I believe it.
We had a 1981 that stayed in the family for 15 years.
When my daughter finally got rid of it, it still ran good.
The intreior (Mouse fur) finally just rotted away.

Looked sorta like this, but ours was blue.


Homer

 

1992 Prelude Si - 130,000 miles. Put a lot of aftermarket mods (CAI, headers, muffler, etc.). It was plenty quick and a sweet ride, too. Ran like a champ even to the day I sold it. It still had another 100,000 miles in it, I'll bet. It was also my second Prelude (also had an '86). In fact, previous to my Mo, I only drove sports cars.

I wanted an SUV for a long time because I needed more room to haul stuff, but didn't want that boxy, 'looks like every other SUV' styling. And shoot me if I ever buy a mini-van. Then the Murano came along. I thought I'd miss having a sports car (actually, I almost fell for a beautiful, blue Z in the showroom), but the Mo is like the sports car of the SUV world.

I put a lot of miles on my vehicles from my work commute. We'll see if the Mo survives like my Hondas. So far so good. Just a month old and I've got 1,800 miles on it.

 

1996 Mitsubishi Montero / Silver / 89,000
I moved to the mountains and needed a comfortable ride to my office (1.5 hour driving) and better MPG.

Long Life!!!

Fernando

 

Replacement

My 03 Murano replaced a "mint" 2001 Maxima SE. The car had only 22,000 clicks and was great. But once I saw the Murano it was out the door!

 

Mine replaced a Black 2000 Sentra SE. I put 100,000 miles on it, and it still looked and drove like it was brand new. When I went to trade it in, the guy at the dealer appraising the car came out and said "Are you sure it has 100K" He couldn't believe it. Man, I loved that car. It was the new body style with the Performance Package. I just couldn't effectively do my job any more with it. (I travel a lot and need to be able to carry a lot of "stuff". I almost kept it but knew with the MO I knew would never drive the poor thing. We also have a 2002 Altima and I will say I liked the Sentra better.

Anyway, sorry, had to pay a little homage to "Greta"...

 

2000 Maxima GXE with 62,000 miles. Had another Max prior to the 2000. It was 10 years old with 160,000 miles and was still going strong with absolutely no problem with anything in all that time. A testiment to Nissan reliability, but it was just plain time for a new car. With the 2000, same deal but I never quite liked the back end. Was set to buy the new styled Maxima, but saw the Murano and that was that.

 

2001 Ford Explorer Sport

I still miss it sometimes.

 

beaten old 4 runner.

 

Replaced a '95 Nissan Pathfinder with 173,000 miles of hard driving and tons of off road fun. She was getting tied and when I went to starter her up to take her to teh dealer she would not start. I had to jump her with my Yukon XL and then hoped I would close the deal I wanted with the local dealer.

 

1999 Yamaha R6. Well, not replaced yet but about to be. Aaaah married life!:2:

 

Audi A4 2002 3.0 6-spd, only 20k miles

Wow was that a tough one to give up. With family expanding, I decided to make the trade. My wife drives a Mazda Protege5 which she didn't want to part with. Sooo, I made the sacrifice. That Audi was a tight, tight car. I'm really enjoying the Murano though and don't have any regrets, yet.

'03 SE pewter LOADED incl. NAV:1:

 

1999 Honda Civic SI, one of the bright blue ones. I really wish I could have kept it. I still have my motorcycles though, no woman could make me get rid of my toys.

 

Replacing a 1999 GMC Suburban (not sold yet) SLT.
I'm keeping the '02 Miata though!

 

A 1995 BMW 3 Series Compact Automatic (something very rare in Germany), and I would never have sold it if not for the move to the US (they refused to import it). The Mo helps a little bit (actually quite some bit) over the grievance.

 

1997 Nissan Maxima with 100k miles. It was modified with adjustable suspension, full bars, wheels, etc... I am now going to graduate school in the snowbelt, so I needed an AWD vehicle.

 

1999.5 Pathfinder SE

It was great -- no complaints at all (my second PF). But one "curious" test drive in the MO and it was history. :drool:

 

1999.5 Pathfinder SE

It was great -- no complaints at all (my second PF). But one "curious" test drive in the MO and it was history. :drool:

C-

similar story here...... (although i had a 2k1 trooper 4x4)... i jus happened in on a dealer (after a brief on-line build-it-yourself session, and test drove....

it rode better than my Mom's rx300 (and her car only has 10K on the clock, after 2 years!!)

the dealer wanted me to take the MO home that night, to 'sleep' on it..... i hastily declined, but still couldnt resist the next-day purchase.....

in love ever since...........lol

S

 

bump

 

Hey KSmurano... a bump?

OK, I replaced a 97 Grand Cherokee.
Liked my 02-Altima, had more than 20,000 miles and no problems so went for the MO since it shared the same engine and Chassis.
Bob

 

bob1 the def of a bump - get an old thread up to the top for some new discussion...........

 

Murano replaced "01 Durango SLT+....nice highway vehicle/poor mileage and handling in town....new Durango bigger and "butt ugly"
Murano cutting edge...great styling/sporty performance

 

2004 Glacier Pearl SL replaced a 1990 Eagle Talon TSI.... drove that car year round and it was very good in snow / ice, as long as it wasn't anything deaper than 6 inches. Swapped the summer 205/55-16s with 195/70-14s for the winter and let the excellent AWD system do the rest.

The Murano is a much more comfortable, refined SUV though, nothing in common with the Talon except for "fun factor" and "head-turn appeal". Two very different vehicles. Very satisfied with both.

 

'98 Trooper Luxury

 

2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE that I miss...It didn't have any of the annoying rattles that my MO has....Luckily I gave it to my dad, so if my MO is bought back I might take my PF back until I can decide on something else....

 

My 2004 SL AWD glacier white replaces my 2001 BMW 330i. Wish I had test driven the SE model. Couldn't have been a rougher ride than the 330i with the sport package.