Well, we owned a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer that only had 51,000 miles and it was starting to fall apart, one problem after another. That was the deciding factor since I'm in the military and we are going to Germany for the next 4 years. I actually had to order and wait for a part, ground shipment takes at least a month to get to Germany so we decided we wanted something more reliable.
We decided to test drive, we drove:
Escape, Tribute, Explorer, CRV, Pilot, Murano, Pathfinder, Xterra, Highlander, Rav4, and the 4Runner. We made the mistake of driving the 4Runner first, and it never left our memories. It just seems to be built at a higher standard than the rest, you can feel it when your going over bumps and accelerating. If you want me to break down which cars were the worst I could for you. I pretty much had decided I wasn't buying a domestic so the escape, tribute, and explorer were just to drive
Mazda's owned by ford and all there engines are ford now so I wasn't interested in the tribute. Out of the rest listed the Xterra stood out as worst gas milage, and it was smaller than most.
Now why can I wait till tuesday? Its hard, trust me, but I have a wife and two kids who are enjoying Easter this morning with me and we went to the beach and played and surfed yesterday so time is flying until I go to work on Monday
They also gave us a top of the line Camry until they deliever the vehicle, I mean top of the line, its pretty bad$%#!j
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