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Nissan X-Trail - opinions please

  • 05-06-2013 11:25am
    #1
    quenching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭


    I may need a second family car in the coming months and the Nissan X-Trail has caught my eye. It'll be driven no more than 5k miles per year at most so petrol is fine but diesel will also do, the petrol is 2l and the diesel 2.2l. The higher tax on the diesel (€951 V €710) would be mostly offset by better MPG, and resale would probably be easier, but there's very little in the difference. The only preference for petrol is because I've never had a diesel car and see very little reason to start now. Age is unimportant, 2002 will do me nicely, a 2WD version will suffice, 4WD would do but I'd prefer to avoid the added expense and complexity.

    It'll get used for the odd weekend trip of maybe 30 miles, and trips to a farm a few miles away down a fairly rough track (hence the ground clearance requirement). The space is also attractive as I've 3 growing children.

    The X-Trail seems to fair well with regards to reliability, so, any reason not to buy one or look further afield?


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  • #2
    quenching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭quenching


    This sort of thing looks reasonable...

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4665729


  • #3
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Both engines are fairly poor tbh,

    Petrol - horrific fuel consumption, gutless yet mainly reliable

    Diesel - Improved fuel economy, more torque but the 2.2D isn't great reliability wise.

    I'd take a petrol model but it would want to be seriously seriously cheap though.


  • #4
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    Get a normally aspirated Subaru Forester. It'll do everything way better than the X Trail has a decent AWD system. It's got good ground clearance too. A 2002 era can be got cheap enough.


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