Up in the air about which ride to get?

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

don't buy an American car.. you'll be sorry

 

[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

Man, the Durango is a great vehicle.

I had one for 2 years, (sold it when gas was 4.30 a gallon)

Never had any problems with it, nice exhaust tone, roomy. was a great all around vehicle.

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

the 05+ pathfinders are pretty good

270hp vq40 and still gets better mileage then my 01 240hp vq35

however there is some quality concerns such as leaking windschilelds

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

I am bias but my choice would be the TB. 4.2L I-6, lots of HP and torque. 20 MPG. Cheap as hell.

Remember how good the 4.3 was? Well the 4.2 I-6 is better. Seven quart capacity though so oil changes will cost more. lol

Check out trailvoy.com

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

don't buy an American car.. you'll be sorry

QFT

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

check out the new jeep grand cherokee's. thats what i was going to pick up when i was in shop for an suv.

dont know if they have everything your looking for but you can have a nice one with around 35k miles for around 15k. sharp look to them IMO

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I like the Trailblazer tapout, but seems that everyone in their mother has one.

I actually starting to like this Oddessy, lol!

Shit goes to 160 on the speed-o!

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

I like the Trailblazer tapout, but seems that everyone in their mother has one.
I actually starting to like this Oddessy, lol!

Shit goes to 160 on the speed-o!

It's the VTEC

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

check out the new jeep grand cherokee's. thats what i was going to pick up when i was in shop for an suv.
dont know if they have everything your looking for but you can have a nice one with around 35k miles for around 15k. sharp look to them IMO

Pretty sure they don't come in 3rd row.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

the 05+ pathfinders are pretty good270hp vq40 and still gets better mileage then my 01 240hp vq35

however there is some quality concerns such as leaking windschilelds

never had a problem with my 05 fronty. has 47000 miles on it and have only had the usuall maintenance done on it.

 

[eharri3 10+ year member]

Man, the Durango is a great vehicle.
I had one for 2 years, (sold it when gas was 4.30 a gallon)

Never had any problems with it, nice exhaust tone, roomy. was a great all around vehicle.

Ive had an 04 Dakota for 5 years. The engine and ****** are rock solid but the front suspension and brakes were SEVERELY underengineered for the truck. I lost interest in replacing it with another Dodge when a Chrysler exec was quoted in the media as saying they don't think bad balljoints and wheels falling off trucks rises to the level of a safety defect that merits a recall because so far it only happened at parking lot speeds. I believe they also said it's the customer's fault for not recognizing the symptoms and getting them diagnosed and repaired before it got to that point. One guy had it happen on his Dakota at low mileage but out of warranty, Daimler Chrysler offered to do all body and suspension repairs free of charge anyway if he promised not to go to the media. He declined, paid for the body and suspension repairs himself, then went straight to Dateline. My passenger's side joints were gone to the point of the truck being unsafe to drive at 60,000 miles. Turns out they had switched suppliers and were using a cheaper version of the part made of weak materials to save a few bucks, probably so they could pay heath benefits and wage continuation to the UAW employees.

These vehicles are very cool and fun if you're the type who trades every two years, stick with it for 5-10 years and 75-100000 miles and see how it works out. Meanwhile my girlfriend gets a recall notice for every single tiny little thing that might possibly ever go wrong on her RSX before she has to read about it in a newspaper or see it on the news.

The domestics have to be sued and embarassed publicly for years before they fix severe safety defects. They don't engineer cars, they engineer profit margins. They have to cut corners on the vehicles to keep their unions fat and happy. The import builders invest their money in the vehicles. They build more durable vehicles and even then are more ready to step up and make it right when they see a pattern that indicates something is still wrong, even small non-safety related items.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

On the Odyssey, I would go 2005 and up. I researched mini-vans thoroughly. At first I thought the Toyota Sienna was for me. Then I went to the Santa Clara Auto show and got in them side by side. Honda Odyssey won hands down. Even the 2007+ Nissan Quest seemed better than the Sienna side by side. Sienna just seemed cramped and laid out wrong.

 

[97gp 5,000+ posts]

don't buy an American car.. you'll be sorry

QFT

GTFO commies

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

GTFO commies

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[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

On the Odyssey, I would go 2005 and up. I researched mini-vans thoroughly. At first I thought the Toyota Sienna was for me. Then I went to the Santa Clara Auto show and got in them side by side. Honda Odyssey won hands down. Even the 2007+ Nissan Quest seemed better than the Sienna side by side. Sienna just seemed cramped and laid out wrong.

Yeah, I guess I will have to head down to the local honda dealership and check them out. Only way to really know anyway.

Just wanted some opionions.