It's been said before, but if it was costing the company more money than the recall would cost, they would have recalled it. It therefore is not a serious enough safety or quality issue to recall it.
Why would the fix for a gas tank being between the axle and the bumper be only $100? There's something that doesn't make sense in that article.
Buying a Jeep/Dodge is like paying someone to fart into your mouth, avoid it at all costs. We had a Jeep Cherokee come in like 2~ months ago with maybe 40k miles on it and the tranny leaked so bad we had to replace the fluid daily and that's not a freak occurrence either. Plus, they drive like absolute shit too.
I have 0 debt right now. Zero. We are in the market for a 7 seat SUV and this one is beyond the budget I want to spend per month. It's a sound financial decision to care about the monthly cost. The only debt I usually incur are houses and cars. I sold my house recently and own my car and motorcycle outright.
I would go with the Honda Pilot over Pathfinder, they have really good deals on themI have 0 debt right now. Zero. We are in the market for a 7 seat SUV and this one is beyond the budget I want to spend per month. It's a sound financial decision to care about the monthly cost. The only debt I usually incur are houses and cars. I sold my house recently and own my car and motorcycle outright.
The point of looking at this model is that we have lived debt free for quite a while. We save well and we also enjoy our money well so while we have a decent emergency fund available we don't have a 60k fund sitting around for a frivolous car. We can get by just fine with a 35k Pathfinder and probably love it. Doesn't mean we can't drool over and actually look into something like the Mercedes though
the pilot is a joke of a 3rd row SUV, has no room with 3rd row up in the back or room in the 3rd row.. Drives as blocky as it looks..and is uncomfortable for me with my long legs etc.
You should at least go look at a new 2013 Hyundai Sante Fe Sport before you pull the trigger on the Murano. The Hyundai is probably 5 grand less for a similar equipment package, has a better warranty (5 year 60K mile bumper-to-bumper) and gets better gas mileage (21city/29highway) In fact, in the 10 days or so my wife has had the Santa Fe, just driving around town(she's off work on maternity leave, so no highway commuting) she's getting about 23mpg city, the EPA estimate may be a tad low. After test driving both, the Murano had a *slight* lead, but the price, mpg, and warranty was just too much to pass up on the Santa Fe Sport, as close as we considered the two vehicles to be when driving them.
