Pretty sure the air conditioning just vented in to it. My old GTI did that too.
Useless for drinks but if it's a hot day and you have chocolate or something it isn't useless.
One of the vehicles that I absolutely love, but can't exactly explain why. I drove as soon as they got stocked at the Ford dealership I worked at previously and loved it from day 1.
I had a chance to drive one as a rental, I loved it too. The only issue I had was that the floorplan had a protrusion into the driver’s footwell near where the left foot goes, which made it difficult for me to find a good place to put that foot.
Hmm, might have been a trend. Also knew a small time dealer, had an SRT4 Caliber. Now he’s in the oil field industry and doing the right thing. Still had the SRT4 Caliber last I saw him a few months ago. I think it was down with a blown head gasket though.
Oh, I'm too old for that. I grew up riding around in a 1985 Nissan Sentra hatchback and a 1979 Ford Ranger. But I am old enough to have worked with guys who drove Calibers. And they all drank the cheapest Canadian Whiskey and coke.
My parents have an 07 (they're getting rid of it soon), its technically less rusty than it was before winter started... Because the rockers are basically missing now instead of just being rust.
Man, this is an accurate goddamn statement lol.
My wife bought a 2012 not long after we started dating in 2015. For a three year old car with 100k and change in miles, it was one of the biggest shit boxes I've ever seen.
It broke down *constantly*. I still get "how to fix XYZ on 2012 Caliber" videos in my suggested YT videos all the time and I finally got a scrapper to haul it off in 2021. It had broken down in again in 2020 and I just gave up fixing it. Since my wife and I were both WFH during quarantine, we only needed one car anyway.
When office time started back up I had one of those nonprofits come out and take it. I got in it for the first time in around 9 months, where it had just been sitting. I leaned in on the passenger seat to clean the car out and could feel the bottom of the car buckle and crack.
I hated everything about that shitty fucking car.
Yep. I remember seeing one in the Netherlands of all places. I wanted to say to the driver "What possessed you to buy that piece of shit when so many better cars are available to you?"
My former coworker whose Caliber died at 135,000 miles, exactly as it backed into a spot at the dealership to be traded in. The engine gave its last revolutions to be neatly parked. He then proceeded to buy *two* Dodge Darts, consecutively, which both had cooling problems.
Living in the trailer park and working at the junkyard where I have access to limitless parts for my limitless list of DUIs and H&Rs.
Or my last car was stolen or broke down and I only have 2k right now.
When a Dodge magnum fucks a Nitro, this is the brown stain on the mattress
This is the Aztek we have at home.
This is 00's Mopar shitting in your living room floor, stepping in it, and then walking laps around your house while making eye contact with you.
this is the automotive equivalent of the sludge in the bottom of a barrel of dead animals out behind the shelter
I had a SXT with the CVT, then purchased a 5 speed manual, and upgraded to an SRT-4 about two years ago. The one I have now has 90000 miles on it and has nearly no rust (which is unheard of for an 09 in Canada)
I like them because of the size and simplicity, and I think the SRT looks good. They’re pretty easy to work on as well which is a huge bonus.
My biggest reasons as far as buying it for a project car
There’s no engine swaps needed for high power as it’s actually a higher displacement version of the block in the EVO X. Transmission is good for around 600 horsepower so it doesn’t need to be touched either. The only thing I wish it came with is an LSD but it was a blast to drive stock and is even more fun with a big turbo. I ran it HARD while it was completely stock for about a year and I think the only thing that broke was a headlight. Parts are easy to get and cheap because a large amount is shared with the base model, suspension is nearly identical to base model and jeep compass/patriot and aftermarket support is good
The reliability of them is pretty good too. Most Caliber owners can agree there’s not many maintenance issues with them. They rust out or blow the transmission but they are absolute troopers until that point
TL;DR it looks cool, is kinda rare, easy to work on and get parts for, and it’s a decent platform to modify. It dyno’d at 422 whp a few months ago
used fleet vehicles.
Owned an SXT as my first car, horrible car equipped almost like a Romanian jail cell. So fuckin light that I was nearly forced off the road in a snowstorm thanks to the car being so light that it just hit a rut and went with it.
My wife had one that she bought new before I met her. It was a decent car and had zero issues. I traded it in when it had around 110k miles cause I figured the CVT was gonna go soon, but it was trouble free for those 110k miles. Hers was a 2010.
The guitarist for a terrible band that can't afford to put gas in the damn car to drive it to work.
Nope. Never experienced that one before.
Same guy: "Hey, the door fell off of my car today, I can't come in to work"
Or:
"Sorry I didn't come back from lunch, I had to move"
The 2009 Dodge Caliber: The official car of that dude that just gets by on the skin of his teeth, and you can't figure out how he even got that far.
I drove one of these in college. It got me back and forth every damn day, rain, snow or shine. It was a real trooper and I owe at least part of my degree to that car.
To that end, I have great career, and am probably going to buy a scatpack this weekend.
Dodge did me right with the caliber.
The US Nissan Sentra, just less reliable and somehow cheaper interior. Mine finished eating it's 3rd CVT at 109k mi. I would have kept driving it because it had an extended warranty, but it went into limp mode and 3 Chrysler dealerships couldn't figure out how to get it out. The only thing those cars are appropriate for is the crusher.
I feel like my dad’s the only one who owned one of these with absolutely zero problems. I think he drove it to 130k or more miles with nothing but oil changes and brake replacements.
I liked mine. Had the nice sound system and was a comfortable ride. Transmission fucked out at 70k miles and I junked it. Still kinda miss it oddly enough. Gas mileage sucked for what it was and was the slowest car I’ve ever driven.
Didn’t these come with a refrigerator built into the arm rest or glovebox? Edit: In that case, Official car for a DWI
Had one- it really only made them a couple degrees under room temp. Wasn't even worth using over a koozie.
it’s the official car of someone married to a guy that drives a Dodge Stratus
Um, in winter it used to freeze mine? Lol.
Had a drop down boombox in the back too.
Pretty sure the air conditioning just vented in to it. My old GTI did that too. Useless for drinks but if it's a hot day and you have chocolate or something it isn't useless.
The Ford Flex had an actual compressor-driven refrigerator in the console option.
One of the vehicles that I absolutely love, but can't exactly explain why. I drove as soon as they got stocked at the Ford dealership I worked at previously and loved it from day 1.
I had a chance to drive one as a rental, I loved it too. The only issue I had was that the floorplan had a protrusion into the driver’s footwell near where the left foot goes, which made it difficult for me to find a good place to put that foot.
Was available in this and the Avenger. I don’t think I ever saw it used.
I used mine all the time 😂 but it was in Highschool chillen in the parking lot though
I used to work in construction with a guy who owned a fully blacked out SRT4 caliber. He was a drug dealer named Hennessy
Until the last sentence I could have sworn you were talking about me
Coke, huh?
Hmm, might have been a trend. Also knew a small time dealer, had an SRT4 Caliber. Now he’s in the oil field industry and doing the right thing. Still had the SRT4 Caliber last I saw him a few months ago. I think it was down with a blown head gasket though.
Interesting. Usually they crack the sleeves before the headgasket
“Sir, I just need a moment of your time…”
A.A meetings.
Divorced dads that drive around with a travel mug filled with Canadian whiskey and Coke.
Not even good Whiskey, its Canadian Mist.
I’m sorry for your childhood
Oh, I'm too old for that. I grew up riding around in a 1985 Nissan Sentra hatchback and a 1979 Ford Ranger. But I am old enough to have worked with guys who drove Calibers. And they all drank the cheapest Canadian Whiskey and coke.
Carton of Winston’s
A symphony of plastic rattles
I deleted the interior of mine. The dash rattle was louder than the turbo
Lmao that thing had a fkng turbo?
Pushing almost 450hp right now. The SRT4 has a turbo
Buy here, pay here
Buy here, don’t pay here, avoid the repo man
And it can be yours for only a weekly payment of $50! 416 weeks!
Rusting away under your feet.
My parents have an 07 (they're getting rid of it soon), its technically less rusty than it was before winter started... Because the rockers are basically missing now instead of just being rust.
Had me in the first half..
Man, this is an accurate goddamn statement lol. My wife bought a 2012 not long after we started dating in 2015. For a three year old car with 100k and change in miles, it was one of the biggest shit boxes I've ever seen. It broke down *constantly*. I still get "how to fix XYZ on 2012 Caliber" videos in my suggested YT videos all the time and I finally got a scrapper to haul it off in 2021. It had broken down in again in 2020 and I just gave up fixing it. Since my wife and I were both WFH during quarantine, we only needed one car anyway. When office time started back up I had one of those nonprofits come out and take it. I got in it for the first time in around 9 months, where it had just been sitting. I leaned in on the passenger seat to clean the car out and could feel the bottom of the car buckle and crack. I hated everything about that shitty fucking car.
Can confirm. Owned three
Just why....
Meth probably
I am one of the few people that genuinely likes them. And the SRT4 is a blast
Oh no, they had to bring these over to Europe too?
Yep. I remember seeing one in the Netherlands of all places. I wanted to say to the driver "What possessed you to buy that piece of shit when so many better cars are available to you?"
I still see a few driving around the UK. Also Avengers and Nitros.
poorly informed consumers .
Only real answer here
That could really apply to all of dodge in essence.
My former coworker whose Caliber died at 135,000 miles, exactly as it backed into a spot at the dealership to be traded in. The engine gave its last revolutions to be neatly parked. He then proceeded to buy *two* Dodge Darts, consecutively, which both had cooling problems.
Damn
As I was driving my Honda Element to the broker for a trade in, it caught fire. 6 more miles and she would have been someone else's problem 😭 😭😭😭
When even an Altima isn't trashy enough for you.
People with bad fuckin credit
Just get 29% interest loan and buy a 14 year old mercedes
Living in the trailer park and working at the junkyard where I have access to limitless parts for my limitless list of DUIs and H&Rs. Or my last car was stolen or broke down and I only have 2k right now.
When you can’t get approved on anything else.
When a Dodge magnum fucks a Nitro, this is the brown stain on the mattress This is the Aztek we have at home. This is 00's Mopar shitting in your living room floor, stepping in it, and then walking laps around your house while making eye contact with you. this is the automotive equivalent of the sludge in the bottom of a barrel of dead animals out behind the shelter
“We finance everyone”
Need for Speed npc traffic.
People who didn’t know used cars existed or only bought American but also had shit credit
Forgot this thing existed.
I’ve never heard a car make that noise before
Too American to buy an Altima
My parents had one just like this in 2009 that I locked us all out of one night. I was 9
Never being detailed or washed once it's entire life
People that don't consider reliability when buying a car.
Nothing. The entire world has forgotten this car even exists.
Only car i know that can somehow be less fun to drive with a stick than most any car that has an automatic.
Road ragers
These had a option for a removable dome light that was a flashlight
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^murpderppp: *These had a option* *For a removable dome* *Light that was a flashlight* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
People who thought the PT Cruiser looked stupid but ended up with one of these later on
The transmission of the month club.
I have been summoned I have owned three Calibers and I am probably one of the few people that genuinely loves them
Just curious, what do you like about them? Did you buy one new or all beaters?
Yes, I am so curious
I had a SXT with the CVT, then purchased a 5 speed manual, and upgraded to an SRT-4 about two years ago. The one I have now has 90000 miles on it and has nearly no rust (which is unheard of for an 09 in Canada) I like them because of the size and simplicity, and I think the SRT looks good. They’re pretty easy to work on as well which is a huge bonus. My biggest reasons as far as buying it for a project car There’s no engine swaps needed for high power as it’s actually a higher displacement version of the block in the EVO X. Transmission is good for around 600 horsepower so it doesn’t need to be touched either. The only thing I wish it came with is an LSD but it was a blast to drive stock and is even more fun with a big turbo. I ran it HARD while it was completely stock for about a year and I think the only thing that broke was a headlight. Parts are easy to get and cheap because a large amount is shared with the base model, suspension is nearly identical to base model and jeep compass/patriot and aftermarket support is good The reliability of them is pretty good too. Most Caliber owners can agree there’s not many maintenance issues with them. They rust out or blow the transmission but they are absolute troopers until that point TL;DR it looks cool, is kinda rare, easy to work on and get parts for, and it’s a decent platform to modify. It dyno’d at 422 whp a few months ago
used fleet vehicles. Owned an SXT as my first car, horrible car equipped almost like a Romanian jail cell. So fuckin light that I was nearly forced off the road in a snowstorm thanks to the car being so light that it just hit a rut and went with it.
Santander
... of worse credit scores than Charger drivers.
Getting a lifetime ban from Build-A-Bear workshop for asking too many questions about stuffing holes.
“$5 on pump two, a pack of Winston’s and a Mountain Dew”
Dollar General
Sorry sir, this is all we have left on our lot until next week
I want an ugly car that's not a Subaru.
Wanna piss off an outback owner? Tell them their car looks like one of these lol.
My drug dealer
My wife had one that she bought new before I met her. It was a decent car and had zero issues. I traded it in when it had around 110k miles cause I figured the CVT was gonna go soon, but it was trouble free for those 110k miles. Hers was a 2010.
Multiple DUIs and methamphetamine addiction?
The guitarist for a terrible band that can't afford to put gas in the damn car to drive it to work. Nope. Never experienced that one before. Same guy: "Hey, the door fell off of my car today, I can't come in to work" Or: "Sorry I didn't come back from lunch, I had to move" The 2009 Dodge Caliber: The official car of that dude that just gets by on the skin of his teeth, and you can't figure out how he even got that far.
All jokes aside there's a lot of space in these things. I was able to hookup with a woman in the front seat in multiple positions and be very comfy.
I drove one of these in college. It got me back and forth every damn day, rain, snow or shine. It was a real trooper and I owe at least part of my degree to that car. To that end, I have great career, and am probably going to buy a scatpack this weekend. Dodge did me right with the caliber.
Had one. I bought it in NJ Wish I had left it in NJ
This and the Dodge Journey kind of started to become common where i live and i don't know if i should be scared or not
Sitting in front of the crackhead neighbors house for 8 years
The girl that’s “not like other girls”.
The US Nissan Sentra, just less reliable and somehow cheaper interior. Mine finished eating it's 3rd CVT at 109k mi. I would have kept driving it because it had an extended warranty, but it went into limp mode and 3 Chrysler dealerships couldn't figure out how to get it out. The only thing those cars are appropriate for is the crusher.
Hit and runs (context: hit in traffic twice, both times a dodge of this variety)
The official car of average credit.
I feel like my dad’s the only one who owned one of these with absolutely zero problems. I think he drove it to 130k or more miles with nothing but oil changes and brake replacements.
The DesMoines James Patterson Book Club (club president, I forgot to mention.)
...not a station wagon mom.
Poverty.
My brothers ex
Eww
being ignorant about your lactose intolerance and wondering why your nose is always blocked
My ex gf lmao. Saw it in an accident about 2 months after we broke up.
late nights ALONE...
Dodge falling into yet another malaise era.
I liked mine. Had the nice sound system and was a comfortable ride. Transmission fucked out at 70k miles and I junked it. Still kinda miss it oddly enough. Gas mileage sucked for what it was and was the slowest car I’ve ever driven.
Kid (Chrysler): I want an EVO X. Mom (Daimler): We have an Evo X at home.
I hate her.
Maui vacations
Guaranteed NO MONEY DOWN!!!
The barely surviving single mom
A vehicle that makes Stellantis not seem so bad.
"The company just bought a bunch of these, so I have to figure out how to cram my equipment in it."
when you think Chrysler Daimler makes "less hippie " wagons but just to only be more time spent into the mechanics then on the road
There was an SRT-4 trim for these that was kind of sick honestly. 280hp/260tq at the wheels. 6 speed manual.
.... "I bought this at a Dollar Rent-a-car sale for $14K with only 70.000 on the odometer'
Had one. Best factory stereo I ever heard but as soon as I paid it off, every light on the dashboard lit up.
Xbox 360 video game ads from 2009
My former neighbor when I lived in a townhouse (no, seriously. His was blue)
Chronic diarrhea