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Man, you are having a BAD day! I don't want to throw out anything because it would take too long. All I can say is that those who don't wear seatbelts: nothing wrong with thinning the herd.boogyman wrote:I just read the same article this morning. I'm sure it will save weight, but also lose off road agility. Damn CAFE rules, making everybody try and save gas. If the gov't would stop adding mandatory safety features, the vehicles wouldn't be as heavy. I say get rid of the air bags and put in a 4 point harness. That will keep people in place. If people complain it's wrinkling the clothes, then they don't need to be a part of the human race, because they are ignorant. They are probably the same ones talking on their phone or texting while they are driving and causing the accidents. Sorry for the rant it's early and this whole save the world by cutting the wrong emissions ticks me off. co2 is expelled by every living animal and is used by the trees and plants. I say plant more trees and stop clearing them for monstrous houses that most people can't afford anyway.
Couldn't agree more. If they ruin the next iteration of the Pathfinder, they had better either redesign the Xterra and/or make the Patrol available in the States. They absolutely need to have at least 1 mid-sized 4x4 (truly off road capable) SUV. The trend, at least with the American brands, seems to be making the SUV as a blacktop only vehicle.Fofiddy wrote:I posted at length on another nissan forum that dosen't deserve mention but. I agree with you guys, Bad move. But I'm willing to accept the loss of the Pathfinder under 2 conditions:
1) we get the Patrol in exchange and it has the deisel option
2) no crossover or soft roader ever wears the pathfinder badge
Don't even get me started. The mfrs. are catering to the "gotta have it all" crowd, meaning they put in too much. I've complained about 3rd row seating since the day I got my Durango. Even though the cargo room in the back with the 3rd row down was enormous, I kept thinking how much more room there would be without the stupid, too small to sit in, impractical 3rd row.Fofiddy wrote:IMO the thing the Pathfinder could have done without is the 3rd row. The dimensions of the truck are fine but the compromise on the 2nd row made for the useless 3rd row were far too much. You get way more rear leg room in an Murano. If only some lockers were available... awe dammit just give me a Patrol already.
I got the Pathy the month the R51 came out. I had been in a borrowed car since some old coot blacked out and head-on'd my ZJ. My background includes thrashing H1's for a few years, so say what you will about live axles IRS on all four corners to me is ideal for a daily driver that does some (IMO) mild trailing. Making lockers for IRS isn't impossible (LR3), getting Nissan not to cheap out on the US market with inferior hardware compared to their over seas counter parts is...RacerZX wrote: If you only wanted 4 seats and a locker, why not the XTerra OR? I would kill to get that 6-speed in my Pathy...