Thread: Thought on Nissan x trail

Yeah a tidy one of those would serve


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Originally Posted by Sarvo

Lada Niva ??

Make sure you get the one with heated rear window defogger to keep the pushers hands warm.

For what it's worth my service manager has an auto one. Had heaps of issues. Must have spent a fortune on it.

If you can get a jdm sr20vet it'll hoon along

jatco cvt is the worst of the bunch for reliability not to mention they fee like a slipping clutch
they use a metal belt that pushes not pulls and fail very expensively

Mmm
I remember my Grandfather saying when I was at the age of thinking of my 1st motor
He said "if you listen to everyone about what to buy - you will never buy one"

also as i remember with ours it had 205/65 tyres on it (factory standard) speedo was well off. i think we were doing 93 when speedo read 100, changed the to 205/70 and it was spot on and way more economical. but the electrical issues were ridiculous for a japanese car. alternator, mirror motors, wiper motor, window switches, central locking the list goes on.
luckily i repair all that stuff myself with no problems or it would have added up to a small fortune.

I have a 2006 petrol 2L CVT have had it off road and pretty good. not a landcruiser but does ok.
Hill descent is good if you like that kind of thing. but it will still climb with two wheels off the ground (opposing corners ) if you have the hubs locked up.

This may not be relevant, but I wouldn't buy another car that I couldn't fold the back seats down and put a camp mattress on. It's been quite handy for the occasional overnight adventure and so much better than sleeping in a tent.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

jatco cvt is the worst of the bunch for reliability not to mention they fee like a slipping clutch
they use a metal belt that pushes not pulls and fail very expensively

Old man just traded his late model one in. Fella at the dealership said they'd had a number through for CVT problems. One with less than 100k on it cost $15k to fix. All vehicles have their issues but bugger taking the risk of an issue costing that much to fix.

have recently been through this.. diesel under a hundred ks, decent service history proper 4wd and under 15k.. ended up with a Suzuki grand vitara. here's a link to a real sweety https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/c...0?bof=BUVVpoSW

Originally Posted by MB

This may not be relevant, but I wouldn't buy another car that I couldn't fold the back seats down and put a camp mattress on. It's been quite handy for the occasional overnight adventure and so much better than sleeping in a tent.

haha legit sleep in my jimny for overnighters, seats fold flat perfectly

Interesting, I am still looking at a 4x4 for light duty off road an heavy duty family hauling... One of these might work.

Originally Posted by Blisters

have recently been through this.. diesel under a hundred ks, decent service history proper 4wd and under 15k.. ended up with a Suzuki grand vitara. here's a link to a real sweety https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/c...0?bof=BUVVpoSW

have a nudge bar sitting here for one of those i'd let go for $150 genuine not dinged or marked
the wife bought a 2wd version cheaper to run than the fulltime 4wd i have an older vitara (last of the non airbag type)

A Subaru Forester is much the same with slightly better ground clearance.

Did your nudge bar sell? Fit a T31? 021851 580