Thread: Any experience with the Nissan X-Trail?

Flew to QLD last year and hired a brand new x trail for a week. It was rough as guts compared to my D3, handling was ok but at highway speeds I really noticed noise, bumps and honestly did not enjoy driving it. With my 3 kids and two adults I felt it a little sluggish up hills unless I worked the gears a lot and reved it but it was petrol and I like my torky Diesel. I did drive a Lada 10 years ago so say as rough as guts could be me getting soft

My sisters family had one and enjoyed about 5 years before upgrading, Did not mention many issues. Now I have been grumpy I looked at the fuel economy claimed for the new Diesel x trail and it looks impressive.

I would assume you might sell the MG for a bit more as it gets older. Bet that would not occur for an X trail

My Mate had one because his wife insisted on a new car for there impending arrival.
He hated it! And it spent a lot of time at the workshop.
Keep the MG. It will be worth more, depending on model of course.

I know a few people who have them and have never heard a bad word spoken against them. But the diesel version definitely seems to be the popular choice.

A girl at work had one and loved it, until she smashed it.

I hired one in Tassie for a while. It did everything it needed to do without any fuss at all. I thought it was a quirky vehicle in its design and very very boring to drive. Its really a car for grey types of people who blend into nothingness - much like a Camry.

In laws have an 06 petrol manual and it's been a very reliable car. It's towed their small van around Australia twice now without issue, although the clutch is about knackered now but that's not surprising given the use it's had.

Don't know about the auto - I'd do some research on that, but the car in general seems ok, but as mentioned not very refined - take it for a drive before agreeing to anything.

Next door has a 2013 version which is also used to tow a small van and she loves it - I've driven this one and the in laws and the new one obviously drives better, but I don't mind either really.

When the missus' car was written off, we were given one as a replacement for a little while.

Cheap on fuel, fairly comfortable, entirely practical.

But I've experienced a car with less soul, if that is important to you.

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Waiting for Nan in the local shopping carpark the other day, I got to chatting with the bloke parked ( again waiting for SWMBO ) next to me with a newer diesel. He is claiming 9/100 km on the open road but 13/100 around town. I would have thought a modern common rail would do better than that

My BIL (dairy farmer) owns an 02 X-Trail ... been a bit unreliable and a bit of a money pit ... not helped by the lack of X-trail knowledgeable service people where they live ...

Personally (in respect of HIS X-trail) I'm less than impressed.