The jx was based on the Pathfinder, which is a truck but a good vehicle. Had an fx35 before the rav4, that was an awesome vehicle, fearless in the snow, good performance, tiny inside, terrible gas mileage.
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I would argue that the Pathfinder hasn't been a truck since 2013. From 1996-2004 on it went unibody but still had a solid rear axle. 2005-2012 was body on frame but independent suspension all around, a weird compromise that won no fans. 2013+ has been bulbous and car-based, a Nissan version of the Pilot, if you will.
Just find one that runs and fucking buy one already instead of waffling around like a dottering old man
Geesh...low blow guy it was a joke. I don’t give a shit what I drive or what you drive, vehicles in general are fucking stupid and a waste of money.
As for my career , I make enough to live in a great home in a great school district and support my 2 kids and stay at home wife. If you want to compare W2’s over a cold beer when you’re in buffalo hit me up
Any honest to FSM truck, requires at least 1 solid axle. I don't care how long the "bed" is or what size the tire. If it has 4 wheel independent suspension, your bitch ass is driving a mini-van.
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If I had "Fuck You" money, I would love an Elise or Exige.
That is fucking stupid.A coworker bought a V6 Touareg for $2000 off Craigslist. PO said that it seemed fine most of the time, but would just randomly die for no reason once in a while, and his mechanic couldn't figure it out. Just wanted it gone. Coworker figured out that the issue was that it had a split, two chambered gas tank that straddled the rear axle. There were two fuel pumps, one that fed the engine, and another that transferred gas from one chamber to the other. The latter had died, the upshot of which was, as long as he kept it over 1/3 of a tank it was fine. He's been driving it for 3 years trouble free.
I retired in my 40's. No W-2 here. I just cook, ride bikes, travel around and eat pizza. I will be in Buffalo tommorrow to see the Maple Leafs spank the Sabres....Geesh...low blow guy it was a joke. I don’t give a shit what I drive or what you drive, vehicles in general are fucking stupid and a waste of money.
As for my career , I make enough to live in a great home in a great school district and support my 2 kids and stay at home wife. If you want to compare W2’s over a cold beer when you’re in buffalo hit me up
AMG E63 Wagon, which I thought hard about with my last purchase, I probably could have swung it, but I would have treated it worse than it deserved as my one vehicle and kind of better to have a beater for the salt-season, but still, pretty much the ultimate F-you vehicle for me...
This. The JX35/QX60 is a car platform. Not a drop of truck in this thing.
Fun Fact: the QX80 was derived neither from a car nor a truck platform but is actually based off of a shipping container.
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is that a smudge on your windshield, or cooling burning off from a bad head gasket? could be either #fca
not mine, not likely to happen with the boss. the lease deal on them is great right now, and they're selling for $8k off msrp, though that might be even higher now. AND there's a used one nearby with the Q2 package...
not mine, not likely to happen with the boss. the lease deal on them is great right now, and they're selling for $8k off msrp, though that might be even higher now. AND there's a used one nearby with the Q2 package...
I keep pondering Toyota FJ Cruiser's instead of 4Runner if wifey and I get a second car...
One of my buddies rolled his in a snow filled ditch, on the first day he got it. They just tipped it over and drove away. The only thing that broke was the side mirror. His wife didn't even notice.
They seem cool. Though I spent 6 hours in the back of it on the way to Bromont once. That wasn't very fun.
buddy had one for a few years. liked it. got crazy trade in $ this year and got a trd pro tacoma.
3 tires includedIsn't there a c63 AMG for sale around these parts? I mean you've have to road trip it over, but still.
Lexus GX. Luxury 4-Runner that you can get at par px to a 4-Runner if buying used. Food for thought.
Bad visibility. Annoying suicide doors.
I had the opportunity to whip a 4runner recently. Very capable and fun. Handled deep snow and mud very well. Plenty of horsepower and agility. Winch was wonky and the roof rack was not very practical. Barely pulled out my tractor.
i had an FJ Cruiser for a few years. Very plasticy, terrible sight lines, huge blind spots, claustrophobic interior. 2/10 would not bang again.
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Went back to Carmax and re-test-drove the CTS Vsport. They fixed the turbo or whatever was making that noise. zomg that car is wonderful. A good mix of lux and athletics and way too much power. sun shades for the kids...and cue isn't that horrible.
still working with the alfa ppl to see if there's a decent way to get what I want in a lease. Don't really have any other idiotic updates for you.
Went back to Carmax and re-test-drove the CTS Vsport. They fixed the turbo or whatever was making that noise. zomg that car is wonderful. A good mix of lux and athletics and way too much power. sun shades for the kids...and cue isn't that horrible.
still working with the alfa ppl to see if there's a decent way to get what I want in a lease. Don't really have any other idiotic updates for you.
Re V-Sport: Factory warranty + ability to add on extended OEM warranty? Or MaxCare? Or rolling the dice?
factory warranty for another 4k miles, then probably maxcare after that. Honestly, I don't think I'll get my ducks in a row before it's sold so I'll be SOL, but maybe I can scoop up a CPO or at least lower mileage example when it's go time.
If you get something under factory warranty you should be able to get the OEM extended warranty. At least in Toyota-land this was significantly cheaper (by a factor of nearly 2) than MaxCare.
Here's the GM page stating you can jump on during factory warranty coverage, and Cadillac is no doubt analogous: http://www.vadengmpp.com/warranty/gm-major-guard.html
Cadillac is the the new Buick.
Hyundai i30n looked good and trounced the Golf GTI on Topgears review last night.
edit: Looks like it's not destined for the US market.
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woody wants me to buy an electric car (duh). Why are they all terrible though? You can get ugly, expensive, or bad.
There are a lot of cars that are faster than a GTI, I will argue it is a better real world car than most of the competetion. I drove mine coast to coast five times in complete comfort, even slept in it most of the time. Managed to haul 7 2x12x8s inside it yesterday.[/QUOTE]
This. I thought about buying a new one last year. There are plenty of cars out there that put out more impressive performance numbers, but taking the bigger picture into account, the GTI is a really impressive combination of being pretty quick, fun to drive, feeling well built, having a quality interior, and not costing all that much that's pretty tough to match. I liked it a lot.
I like where his head's at.