Pathfinders

Yea just been talking with Eric about it (God I love that man), apparently we arent getting the great deal we thought... But still want one over a tinny X-trail.

The quality of X-trail V Pathy to me is amazing, fair enough they are aimed at at totally different markets.. and the price reflects this too. Pathy is about 10k more than a X-Trail new.

X-trail at the young boys wanting to cover them in salt water down the beach.. The sporting advertising campagin shows the market intended.

The Pathy seems to be aimed at the mature if you like people, and the finish and quality is 1000 times better, from just the few I looked at today. The comfort level is also 10 times better in the Pathy, I want a set of them seats for mine!!! The pathy also has low range!

There were 2 pathys in our club setup with HF and all for desert travel, but this is the wifes car (Ive already sussed out a body lift for it LOL), its only for her when she has the kid in few weeks (found out today if it doesnt move or turn in by next week, they are doin a CZer the week after, and there goes my $3000 from the Gov for my lockers).

Thanks for the info!

You have seen those Ford KA Ads with the cat and the pidgeon runnin round the net havent you?

Gawd, of all the bleep boxes to go for!

Thats what i said, bloody tastes in his ring, i told him to go outside and give himself 10 uppercuts.

The one in the driveway we have for tonight is a 99 model, but will be lookin at a nice 2001 mod tomorrow.

Gotta look into the engines, they are basically the same, just stretched out a few more ML, eg, started as a 3.0, then 3.2, then 3.5ltr.... Shame they are hard to find in manual, she really wants manual!

T, there's no such thing as a 3.5 litre Pathy. It's now a 3.3 litre.

They are thirsty - (don't believe the claim of 11.8/100. You'll only get that with a very light foot on a flat freeway. 15 to 16.4/100 is the norm for suburbia (and that can rise to as much as 27/100 off-road).

Whilst they have a very flexible motor and produce good levels of torque low in the rev range (for a petrol motor), they don't have a lot of grunt for a V6 - lowest Kw and Nm figures in its class.

The fuel tank is small - 77 litres so with the high consumption, touring range is not good.

They have an excellent rear LSD.

Apart from the fuel economy, they are a really good "daily driver" with very good on-road manners and surprise many with their off-road capabilities.

If you need/want more info/comment, you'll find a dedicated Pathy thread over at here

Not really extreme offroad duties... But want the ability to travel if need be. If she wants to go away to club property with the kids she can, if she has her relos over from Shooterville USA, she can take them for a run up to Craigs, or the like...

She has a bad back, so low down cars are out, and with nutha kid in few weeks, puttin in and out of car 20 times day will kill her back, thus nothin for me at night... ;)~

Useage would be takin the kids to school, shopping, lunch with the girls, tennis on thursdays, shopping sprees, crap like that.. I basically want something safe, and reliable for them, dont want it breaking down after dark, thats about it.

Better than a landy.... of course, its a NISSAN :P

Another point. Herself has an auto Pathy and the fuel consumption is atrocious.

T, given the stated useage, have you considered a Suby Forester. They will provide the height for the kiddy thing (we chose a Suby Outback for our last car for the same reason), are very good on-road, a very capable small 4x4 (you should see some the examples the Overlander boys have created) and Subys are a very safe vehicle.

If you go for a pre-2004 model you can get a manual with low-range.

LOL

Thanks Stillthinkinaboutit. Actually we have a few PCoA members and an associate (in WA) that have modified their vehicles far more than me.

Truckster, we've had Pathys on the CTL track which surprises most folks. One of the PCoA members actually performed a snatch recovery on a Jeep up one the steeper sections.

A decent set of tyres (and aftermaket suspension - 40 - 50 mm lift - if you want to go that far) is really all it takes to make a big difference to the Pathy. However, you can get front and rear lockers if you want :)