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Just wanted to say hi to the others out there. I just took delivery of a 2013 Pathfinder SL Premium 4WD in Dark Slate with black leather on Friday and we are thrilled with it so far.
This vehicle replaced our 2010 Honda Pilot, which was a decent car for us, but rode like a tank and was a horrible gas hog. My daily commute is mostly local, around 6 miles one way and lots of up and down hills. Despite developing my hypermiler skills, I could barely keep the Pilot around 15MPG with a very light foot. The best we ever achieved on a single highway trip was about 21MPG.
I know that commute will be tough for any car, given that it barely gets time to warm up, but I'm hopeful that the Pathfinder will do a bit better, particularly on family vacations.
Interesting side note - this was the second Pathfinder delivered to us. The first one evidently had a missing roof rail bolt and so the headliner was soaked shortly after I drove it off the lot. The dealer took the vehicle back and immediately found us a replacement, which is watertight
Here's hoping that will be our only issue with this vehicle. I am normally a Honda guy, but the last few Hondas I've had have been somewhat disappointing. I'm hoping our experience will be better with Nissan.
This vehicle replaced our 2010 Honda Pilot, which was a decent car for us, but rode like a tank and was a horrible gas hog. My daily commute is mostly local, around 6 miles one way and lots of up and down hills. Despite developing my hypermiler skills, I could barely keep the Pilot around 15MPG with a very light foot. The best we ever achieved on a single highway trip was about 21MPG.
I know that commute will be tough for any car, given that it barely gets time to warm up, but I'm hopeful that the Pathfinder will do a bit better, particularly on family vacations.
Interesting side note - this was the second Pathfinder delivered to us. The first one evidently had a missing roof rail bolt and so the headliner was soaked shortly after I drove it off the lot. The dealer took the vehicle back and immediately found us a replacement, which is watertight
Here's hoping that will be our only issue with this vehicle. I am normally a Honda guy, but the last few Hondas I've had have been somewhat disappointing. I'm hoping our experience will be better with Nissan.
