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Its a few pages back, but I own a 2014 Pathfinder, I got it Dec 2013. At the time, it was a reasonable 7 seater (the 2013/14 highlanders don't fit adults easily in the back row) that was $200 a month less on the lease than the highlander. It was also rated at something like 7 l/100km (33 mpg) Pros: Back seats are nice, has a really nice tilt and slide that works with LATCH car seats I have the platinum, the around view camera was amazing comparitively CVT makes it really smooth driving Can tow 5k lbs $200 a month over 48 months paid for half of my buyout Good in the snow Cons: Has had 3 transmission replacements under warranty, first one after 9k km. - last one the day after I paid off the lease - there was a class action lawsuit that extended the warranty which is why I bought the lease - CVT had to be reprogrammed so now it drives rougher Has had 2 Transfer Cases because it likes to leak oil onto the exhaust and smell burning. Seems like it is doing that again, and now its not under warranty Gets 21 mpg. Has never gotten 30, not even crusing on the highway Towing 5k lbs makes it poo poo out transmissions (see above) On changing the brakes, I saw the suspension a-arms use a horizontal rubber bushing for motion instead of something that turns on the right axis, so the rubber is all cracked Uses one off 20" tires so tires are expensive and for the longest time the only options were the ones that came on the car Basically its a lifted altima wagon that they stuffed extra seats in the trunk. If the transmissions didn't fall apart, it would be a reasonable car. I would get one for cheap (and I did, I bought mine for $22k after the 4 years, dealers wanted $30k cdn for the same car with more km) but not if you have a choice for something else. Plus the real answer is minivan if you need the third row.
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On the upside, being blind, you don't have to look at it, because woof!
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Jan 8, 2019 05:54
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Yo, new emotes, integrate these into your everyday posting   
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Jan 8, 2019 07:40
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My HD is a 10 minute walk away. I usually ride my skateboard and people look at me weird when i'm walking around the store with it Because you should be riding your skateboard around the store presumably
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Jan 8, 2019 08:29
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Finally got time to finish up the laptop/SSD thing, it's amazing, anyone on the fence just go buy one now, totally worth the media creation hassle. Now to figure out connecting the printer to the router so I can print without kneeling Infront of the printer because I've no long cables.
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Jan 8, 2019 09:36
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Powershift is checking out european    These would make dope rear end little campers. some of them say they get like 45MPG with their massive 100hp diesels. cakesmith handyman posted:Finally got time to finish up the laptop/SSD thing, it's amazing, anyone on the fence just go buy one now, totally worth the media creation hassle. my laptop only supports SATA 2, so i bought 2 cheap SSDs and run them in raid 0. Can't do TRIM but i leave it running so garbage collection should take care of it.
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Jan 8, 2019 09:51
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My girlfriends dad would drive her to school (and park right outside) in a bright blue lovely Volvo hearse. Partly to embarrass with her, of course.
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Jan 8, 2019 09:57
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Powershift posted:Powershift is checking out european Oh gently caress, I wanted a Grumman LLV as my "impossible car" but these are seriously about to overtake that.
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Jan 8, 2019 09:57
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Queen Combat posted:Oh gently caress, I wanted a Grumman LLV as my "impossible car" but these are seriously about to overtake that. That benz is extremely doable. https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=267550248 diesel, man trans, legal to import into the US.
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Jan 8, 2019 10:08
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Powershift posted:Powershift is checking out european *ahem*   Owned by this guy; https://www.instagram.com/jokimbele/
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Jan 8, 2019 14:24
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I never even consider DER KRANKENWAGEN as i figured they would all just be vans. Ya'll europeans come up with the craziest poo poo   The volvo is AWD and has heated seats.
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Jan 8, 2019 14:45
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Those are cool as hell. I look forward to reading about your haunted camper project 
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Jan 8, 2019 15:15
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One of my high school chums is an air traffic controller at a large airport in the midwest. He posted on FB that less than half the TSA agents in his airport are still showing up to work and the NATCA (their union) is pondering telling members to also cease showing up for work. He is also clear that he does not speak for anyone or the union but this is what's being talked about. So uh, better fly while you can.
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Jan 8, 2019 16:23
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blindjoe posted:Its a few pages back, but I own a 2014 Pathfinder, I got it Dec 2013. Man I guess Nissan really can't make a transmission to save their lives. And I thought the V6 accords were bad for going out around 80-100k! drat
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Jan 8, 2019 16:43
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Rhyno posted:One of my high school chums is an air traffic controller at a large airport in the midwest. He posted on FB that less than half the TSA agents in his airport are still showing up to work and the NATCA (their union) is pondering telling members to also cease showing up for work. He is also clear that he does not speak for anyone or the union but this is what's being talked about. I do tech support for several airlines. Hoping they shut down tbh so I can just chill on call and get paid lol.
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Jan 8, 2019 16:44
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Wellp, after two years I'm probably selling my FR-S. Nine hundred a month ( ) including loan, insurance, parking, and gas isn't worth it when I can take a bus and a train and walk fifteen minutes for a grand total of half an hour extra and five dollars a day.Sucks, but apparently car ownership costs in Vancouver got a lot worse since I was last here...
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Jan 8, 2019 16:57
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Kazinsal posted:Wellp, after two years I'm probably selling my FR-S. Nine hundred a month ( I was looking into buying a used FR-S not long ago until I heard how bad on gas they are 
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Jan 8, 2019 17:00
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64bit_Dophins posted:I was looking into buying a used FR-S not long ago until I heard how bad on gas they are Yeah. 9L/100km on the highway is about what you'll get out of one, and that's sucking down 91. Thankfully I've only got 14k on the loan and the dealership I bought it from might be interested in buying it for the balance. Technically I'll lose money on it because I put a decent down payment when I bought it but on the other hand... Almost an extra thousand dollars a month? That's almost my rent.
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Jan 8, 2019 17:19
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I spent my weekend getting drunk and seeing two sold out Alkaline Trio shows in a row at the Metro, and hanging out in a swanky Downtown Chicago hotel. Also, I ran into Brendan Kelley of Lawrence Arms on the sidewalk and chatted with him, he's super rad. But now I'm back in the office and everything got hosed up from my taking off for one whole day, which is par for the course.
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Jan 8, 2019 17:22
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64bit_Dophins posted:I was looking into buying a used FR-S not long ago until I heard how bad on gas they are Ha, my wife is getting ready to buy a 5.0 Genesis if you wanna talk about lovely mileage 
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Jan 8, 2019 17:22
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They're still badass little cars. If I'd been in a better position financially I'd be driving one of those instead of the Miata.
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Jan 8, 2019 17:23
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Kazinsal posted:Yeah. 9L/100km on the highway is about what you'll get out of one, and that's sucking down 91. I'm making payments on a camry right now but the 86 might be my mid-life crisis car in a few years. Sucks to hear about the gas mileage
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Jan 8, 2019 17:31
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I can't believe that turd has been around for 7 years now and the top model still makes 85ft/lbs at 3000RPM
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Rhyno posted:One of my high school chums is an air traffic controller at a large airport in the midwest. He posted on FB that less than half the TSA agents in his airport are still showing up to work and the NATCA (their union) is pondering telling members to also cease showing up for work. He is also clear that he does not speak for anyone or the union but this is what's being talked about. Currently sitting at an airport leaving home. Good times!
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Rhyno posted:They're still badass little cars. If I'd been in a better position financially I'd be driving one of those instead of the Miata. I'm looking into getting a Miata myself. A new/pre-owned brz/fr-s is first big boi job with no kids money. A used Miata is a "first job above the poverty line" money. Guess which one of those categories I fall into lol
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64bit_Dophins posted:A new/pre-owned brz/fr-s is first big boi job with no kids money. Hahaha, yeah, that's exactly what led me to buy one. Oops.
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Jan 8, 2019 18:16
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meltie posted:Have you lot seen the tite-reach? I saw them on a guy's YT channel. He shilled them for free (as I recall) since they actually worked for him in a difficult situation (Agingwheels, and while he was swapping the engine on his Saab 96) doogle posted:I bought one and immediately broke it. The housing is plastic which shattered in the cold. They make a metal version for real men. The plastic one is the "hobbyist and home" version - clearly not for us.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Ha, my wife is getting ready to buy a 5.0 Genesis if you wanna talk about lovely mileage Worse than the ls430? I average ~14mpg, granted that is 99% city driving in traffic. We drive so little tho it doesn't really matter. I have to fill the tank maybe every 2-3 weeks.
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Darchangel posted:They make a metal version for real men. The plastic one is the "hobbyist and home" version - clearly not for us. Considering the price of the things they should all be metal.
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Is anyone else planning on going to Sandblast Rally in northern SC this year? I made a thread because there are several goons in the Carolinas who also like cars. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3879186
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blindjoe posted:Cons: Car shopping for her has made me start getting the new car itch. Just for fun I checked trade-in on my car $100-700, guess I can't count on that to help much.
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slurry_curry posted:Worse than the ls430? I average ~14mpg, granted that is 99% city driving in traffic. We drive so little tho it doesn't really matter. I have to fill the tank maybe every 2-3 weeks. About the same really, but she drives about 50 miles a day to work and back so it ain’t cheap putting gas in these things lol. She likes her V8 sedans so what are you gonna do, she makes good money so she can have her gas guzzler
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NitroSpazzz posted:We did some digging trying to figure out why the Pathfinder was so much cheaper than the Highlander and the transmissions making GBS threads themselves after 15k or less was a common theme. Ultimately took them off the list of possible vehicles completely because of that. We're going to test drive a Ford Flex, even though they're ugly and Ford, and a Minivan or three when the Highlander arrives just to be sure we aren't missing anything. That's just so embarrassing 15k miles? No wonder Nissan is financing anyone with a credit score >100 lol
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64bit_Dophins posted:That's just so embarrassing 15k miles? It was either consumer reports or a forum where wife found several people who had it go out in the first 5k. So yeah, Nissan completely poo poo the bed on the trans. I didn't realize they were ALL cvt, that explains the weird acceleration I noticed. More noticeable on heavy acceleration but I found it to hang after you let off the gas for what seemed like a full 1-2 seconds. Merged onto the interstate at full throttle and thought the pedal was stuck when I lifted, not a good feeling. Explains why you can find a 25k mile, three year old one for <$20k fairly easily. Stinks because otherwise it was a nice vehicle, pretty much on par with the Highlander.
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Speaking of ambulances, I love POV stuff on YouTube and I follow this guy: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAM-cN-N35LuEl-Z1zW5A_A Being in Yurop (The Netherlands), he drives one of those Mercedes wagons, and it's interesting seeing what they have to do to calmly but quickly get through traffic. The frustrating thing is listening to the diesel chugging away, or hearing the sounds of a foot pressed to the floor and an automatic that refuses to downshift, but they still manage to get there in a hurry.
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sigtrap posted:Speaking of ambulances, I love POV stuff on YouTube and I follow this guy: I watch that channel all the time. This is weird.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Considering the price of the things they should all be metal. Won't argue with you there. That's why I don't have at least the 3/8" one right now.
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NitroSpazzz posted:It was either consumer reports or a forum where wife found several people who had it go out in the first 5k. So yeah, Nissan completely poo poo the bed on the trans. I didn't realize they were ALL cvt, that explains the weird acceleration I noticed. More noticeable on heavy acceleration but I found it to hang after you let off the gas for what seemed like a full 1-2 seconds. Merged onto the interstate at full throttle and thought the pedal was stuck when I lifted, not a good feeling. I had the same experience with the "hanging" acceleration on my cousin's forester and I hated it so much I don't think I'll ever own a car with a CVT. That and I don't really trust them b/c I've heard they're pretty much impossible to rebuild and it really does just seem unreliable.
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doogle posted:I bought one and immediately broke it. The housing is plastic which shattered in the cold. Just looked on the website, and they will replace the DIY (plastic) one *once* under warranty. The metal ones have a lifetime warranty. edit: wonder how long their patent is good for?
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We have a CVT in our 2011 Legacy and so far, it's been bulletproof. It did feel totally unnerving coming from a standard auto though as the "hanging" acceleration just doesn't sound/feel right, but even though the motor is sitting @ 5K (or whatever) the speed just keeps climbing, because the ratios keep changing in the transmission to keep the engine at it's best point on the power curve. Unnerving, but works and now doesn't bother me in the least. Obviously though, gently caress transmissions made of glass, whether they are a CVT or whatever. RE: US Government shut-down news, anyone know if the land borders are being effected yet? slidebite fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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