expanding family, trading in her Grand Prix GTP.

Any comments?

 

If I knew you better I would say "SUV's suck". But since I don't know you that well.....

I wouldn't ever buy an SUV.

 

Yes, but most wives love them...my wife wants a Hummer so no one messes with her on the road.

Jim

 

Tell her not to turn sharply. Woops, flip.

 

The new Pathfinder is very nice... a little pricey though. What year is her GTP? Any reliability problems?

 

Same HP (240 ) as the GTP...and should do 2 things
the GTP could not
#1...Much better resale..so much better investment
#2...Should last longer with less problems

At the end of 4 to 5 years of payments I would rather
have a pathfinder to trade in or to keep than a GTP
sitting in my garage ......

 

not the 3.5, but the new body style... We love it. its been a wonderful auto to own. I really cant say enough good things about it.

I will say this, I rode with my wife a few times at first and she is a really safe driver, but I kept having to remind her to give everyone more space. The PF stops great, but physics are physics.. She was alittle bugged at first but quickly realized that she did need to put alittle more forethought into stopping and turning. We got out on some desolate roads and I had her do some emergency braking and lane changing. We felt stupid, but it gave her alot of insight into the handling of a SUV. if you do this, just be careful not to warp the rotors.

We finally got it off road. We had to take a logging road with all kinds of nasty obstacles, about 4 miles long. The PF did great. I was worried that I'd knock it out of alignment on the huge rock and ruts, but it was fine (and I went really slow Yes, I was nervous as hell the whole time. One smack on anything would have been a 2 grand bill I'm sure.
the friends cabin turned out to be a 'long road to a small house' but it was basically like having your own lake when you got there. It was kinda nice not being a poser anymore.

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<--- parents have the same model as TIM_W .. 99.5 LE they decided to buy every aftermarket part that nissan made for it --- anywho it is a really really beautiful car - i love it.... goin to and back from college it has some cargo area issues - but then again - when i go to college i am takin alooooootttt of stuff .... the ride is nice definetly get the one with the 3.5 L the 99.5 PF is no slouch but it just doesnt feel right.... top speed that ive hit in the car with 4 people in it - me my bro and my parents ... was 100 - racing an explorer ..... needless to say - it was a tie =P , but i really really love that Pf, or P-funk as its called in some circles