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Nissan X-trail Sport 2.5 auto 2004
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Posted At 03/04/2009 SirRobertMark  |
I LIKE
Comfort for driver and passengers - big supportive seats. Interior space and family/tip-run/ikea/camping/holiday load-lugging ability. Hard-wearing interior – scrubs up well. Auto transmission - and that auto transmission ‘creep’ you get at parking speeds. RELIABILITY is excellent – servicing costs not too bad. Decent air-con. Massive sunroof. Visibility and high vantage point. Motorway cruising – and easy driving through busy towns. Acceleration from auto kickdown – a rapid, yet gentle surge without frantic scrabbling. Depreciation better than most. The bulk is deceptive – it occupies the same driveway space as an old Mondeo. Great fun to drive in the snow, the diff lock is brilliant - more snow next year please! And, very important this, the kids aren’t embarrassed when I collect them from school or a friend’s house 
I DON’T LIKE Fuel consumption of 2.5 petrol engine – although easing off with the right foot does pay huge dividends. And, Fuel tank range – I wish the current diesel-auto version had been available at the time. Door mirrors are not heated – Nissan added this to the spec soon after purchase. CD changer in dash plays up when weather is cold – I’ve given up with CDs and now use iPod with FM transmitter instead. CV auto box gives limited towing ability – I would be pushing my luck with, say, a four-berth caravan. If I had a caravan, that is. Again, a diesel-auto option may have helped with this. OVERAL RATING 8/10 |
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SirRobertMark
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Subject: Nissan X-trail Sport 2.5 auto 2004
Posted At: 03/04/2009 10:52:53
I LIKE
Comfort for driver and passengers - big supportive seats. Interior space and family/tip-run/ikea/camping/holiday load-lugging ability. Hard-wearing interior – scrubs up well. Auto transmission - and that auto transmission ‘creep’ you get at parking speeds. RELIABILITY is excellent – servicing costs not too bad. Decent air-con. Massive sunroof. Visibility and high vantage point. Motorway cruising – and easy driving through busy towns. Acceleration from auto kickdown – a rapid, yet gentle surge without frantic scrabbling. Depreciation better than most. The bulk is deceptive – it occupies the same driveway space as an old Mondeo. Great fun to drive in the snow, the diff lock is brilliant - more snow next year please! And, very important this, the kids aren’t embarrassed when I collect them from school or a friend’s house
I DON’T LIKE Fuel consumption of 2.5 petrol engine – although easing off with the right foot does pay huge dividends. And, Fuel tank range – I wish the current diesel-auto version had been available at the time. Door mirrors are not heated – Nissan added this to the spec soon after purchase. CD changer in dash plays up when weather is cold – I’ve given up with CDs and now use iPod with FM transmitter instead. CV auto box gives limited towing ability – I would be pushing my luck with, say, a four-berth caravan. If I had a caravan, that is. Again, a diesel-auto option may have helped with this. OVERAL RATING 8/10 |
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SirRobertMark
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Posted At: 17/04/2009 11:14:34
There was something else.
Not too happy that X-Trails seem popular with middle-aged/silverhead drivers. Fortunately, they don't wave like Fiat Multipla drivers tend to. I wonder, does this suggest that the woven-back driving gloves brigade are switching their traditional allegiance from Honda to Nissan? Perhaps I shouldn't worry, I feel in the peak of youthful fitness and my mind is as sharp as a pin. ...oh, something else. I worry that they seem popular with middle-aged/silverhead drivers. Fortunately, they don't wave like Fiat Multipla drivers tend to. I'm eighty-two, you know. |
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