Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
Homer, I'm impressed with your knowledge of one of the greatest movies of all time "Wall Street." If I had a tenth of Gekko's money I'd REALLY be loving life.

After buying the Murano I feel like a millions bucks though!
I'm preaching to the choir, but when I started searching I was amazed at what you get for the money. I originally started out set on the Lexus RX 330 or the BMW X-5. I had a 1996 Ford Explorer, but didn't want to get another full boxy-type SUV but wanted more carlike appeal and didn't want to give up all the space. The Murano is perfect and hands down beat out any of the other cars in its class and even some supposedly a step up.
I would like to replace the lackluster Bose subwoofer though. I've seen some posts on here about adding one in the place of the spare tire, but I don't want to do that in the event I might (heaven forbid) need the spare for something one day. Any recommendations? I've read some other stories about changing the stereo loses your climate control features and I don't want that either.
I'd settle to keep the Bose head unit if I can just change the sub and maybe even the speakers out and ad an amplifier in between.