This past week we roadtripped the Murano to Disney World and back - there were about 2000 miles put on in a week. Here's how she did!
Comfort: Fantastic! My back wasn't sore or anything, just needed some stretching of the legs from time to time. Definitely great for long trips, with the variable lumbar being set differently once in awhile for however you feel at the time.
Ride: Smooth, silky. What more can I say. The SL ride is great.... I felt the annoyance of stretches of highway where it was block concrete instead of asphalt, but I'd have felt/heard that in any vehicle.
Sound: Not silent at speed, but not bad, more road noise than wind noise. Measuring stick: Talk radio is heard loud and clear, some music requires bass to be turned down to hear clearly if you dont have the volume up (talking to passenger, passenger sleeping, etc)
Burning question - GAS!: I decided to keep track. For this trip I also decided to keep costs down by going with 89 octane instead of 91/93. Good news all around: Lowest mileage tank all week was 19+ mpg, highest was 23 and a quarter. Now, anybody who knows the orlando area knows how jammed I4 can be for a few hours on either end of the workday. The 19-odd tank didn't even happen during the week of driving back and forth from our hotel (near Universal) to Disney. It happened during a huge traffic jam near Jacksonville on the way home. The drive down plus the week stay averaged 21.1 overall, while the trip home, with several stops, averaged 23.4 !!! I'm one happy camper. (Edit: my speeds were generally around 70-75mph for the most part of the highway truckin')
Added bonuses: Garmin GPS and XM Radio meant never lost and never too bored. Huge center console provided storage for all my CDs plus the GPS when not in use. Sheer space of the Mo meant we were comfortable and all our luggage and more (I took down a speaker cabinet and brought home yet another bass guitar, for example) fit into the cargo bay with no problems.
Man I love this car. But I'm not doing any driving at all today, thank God. Was a long 15 hours yesterday to get home, thanks to traffic and weather problems.
Comfort: Fantastic! My back wasn't sore or anything, just needed some stretching of the legs from time to time. Definitely great for long trips, with the variable lumbar being set differently once in awhile for however you feel at the time.
Ride: Smooth, silky. What more can I say. The SL ride is great.... I felt the annoyance of stretches of highway where it was block concrete instead of asphalt, but I'd have felt/heard that in any vehicle.
Sound: Not silent at speed, but not bad, more road noise than wind noise. Measuring stick: Talk radio is heard loud and clear, some music requires bass to be turned down to hear clearly if you dont have the volume up (talking to passenger, passenger sleeping, etc)
Burning question - GAS!: I decided to keep track. For this trip I also decided to keep costs down by going with 89 octane instead of 91/93. Good news all around: Lowest mileage tank all week was 19+ mpg, highest was 23 and a quarter. Now, anybody who knows the orlando area knows how jammed I4 can be for a few hours on either end of the workday. The 19-odd tank didn't even happen during the week of driving back and forth from our hotel (near Universal) to Disney. It happened during a huge traffic jam near Jacksonville on the way home. The drive down plus the week stay averaged 21.1 overall, while the trip home, with several stops, averaged 23.4 !!! I'm one happy camper. (Edit: my speeds were generally around 70-75mph for the most part of the highway truckin')
Added bonuses: Garmin GPS and XM Radio meant never lost and never too bored. Huge center console provided storage for all my CDs plus the GPS when not in use. Sheer space of the Mo meant we were comfortable and all our luggage and more (I took down a speaker cabinet and brought home yet another bass guitar, for example) fit into the cargo bay with no problems.
Man I love this car. But I'm not doing any driving at all today, thank God. Was a long 15 hours yesterday to get home, thanks to traffic and weather problems.
