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zebadee
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: The Magic Roundabout
Posts: 1392
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I found the Pathfinder to be a horrible car, the Disco 3 is in a totally different league than the Nissan & in my view couldn’t be considered together for purchase at all.
I found the Nissan to be very tinny, like driving a car made of tin foil. I couldn’t believe the tinny “twang†sound when you closed the door, just awful. Nothing like the good solid clunk you get with the D3.
I thought the Pathfinder to be very light on the road & frankly all over the place. I would hate to have to drive it in wet conditions as I’d say it could be a handful. A big contributing factor to it’s “unease†on the road I think, is that it’s only rear wheel drive, unless you selected 4WD. Our gateway here at home is surfaced with gravel & when I was testing the Pathfinder, I pulled out a little smartish & the Nissan just sat there spinning it’s rear wheels !! I had to back off the throttle & ease it onto the tarmac to give it traction.
Over the years I’ve pulled out of our gate in all sorts of vehicles, from 4x4’s to cars, some high performance others not so & I never got such an awful reaction as I did with the Nissan.
I found it to be a truly horrible car, I was quite surprised really, as I too liked the look of the Pathfinder, but the reality is terrible.
Disco 3 vs. Pathfinder……..no contest……..the Discovery is a real car, the Pathfinder is a toy !
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 20th Jul 2006 9:13 am |
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BarryG
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Eire
Posts: 1333
 
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Hi Zebadee.
Dont get me wrong, the D3 is bar far a better machine, Before I got the
D3 I had a Nissan Navara (if you ever want to go Drifting in a jeep , get one of these..)
When I did decide to change I had a look at the new path finder,being a Nissan driver and already driving a nissan (and happy enough with it) it was a natural choice.
I did'nt find it as bad as you did , but perhaps I was compairing it to the Navara more.
I wouldnt go as far as to call it "horrible" , but your correct in saying "a different league"
If you were to ask me the same question , if I couldnt have a D3 and had to chose someting else (landcruiser , Pathfinder ,ML) I would still pick the Pathfinder.
But the good news is that I got the D3 
B.
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| 20th Jul 2006 11:10 am |
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zebadee
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: The Magic Roundabout
Posts: 1392
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BarryG wrote:Hi Zebadee.
Dont get me wrong, the D3 is bar far a better machine, Before I got the
D3 I had a Nissan Navara (if you ever want to go Drifting in a jeep , get one of these..)
Drifting in a jeep………..I love it…..what a concept ! 
BarryG wrote:When I did decide to change I had a look at the new path finder,being a Nissan driver and already driving a nissan (and happy enough with it) it was a natural choice.
I didn’tt find it as bad as you did , but perhaps I was compairing it to the Navara more.
I wouldn’t go as far as to call it "horrible" , but your correct in saying "a different league"
I don’t know I was just so disappointed with the Pathfinder I drove. It was a demo model a friend of mine had out for the weekend. So I took it for a drive around where I live. I was just left with a feeling of it being a horrible car to drive. I found it to be very light on the road, almost twitchy in it’s handling. I just didn’t feel planted or secure on the road. I thought it quite a handful to be honest.
It’s a pity as I always quite liked the look of the Pathfinder, but was left to wonder what some of the other “asian†4x4’s are like, as I quite like the look of the Kia Sportage too.
But I do think that the D3’s, RRS’s & FFRR’s are just out in a league of their own & certainly can not be compared to the likes of the Pathfinder, Sportage, Tucson etc.
Different market anyway really.
Now the new Freelander…..that’s going to be a different story altogether. It will have it all to do. It’s really going to have to be super reliable to shake off the dubious reputation the current model has. If I were in the market that the Freelander is in currently, I’d be hard pressed to buy the “Freddyâ€, swaying more to the Sportage or the like.
So here’s hoping the Freelander 2 will do the business.
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| 20th Jul 2006 12:49 pm |
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oaktree
Member Since: 17 May 2006
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 15
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k1w1 - you may be surprised to find it on here, but you are not alone.  I sold my D3 back to the dealer on Wednesday - I'd simply had enough of the unreliability and having to pray that it would actually get me where I was going. This after a so-called update and a fuel tank recall.
What did I get instead? An Audi Allroad. I simply don't do enough off-road any more to justify a full size 4x4. 
Be brave - if it isn't working, get rid.
oaktree Ex Java Black, Aplaca D3 V8SE 54 plate with front lamps, roof rails and rubber interior.
Ex RRC V8 Vogue
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| 21st Jul 2006 12:28 pm |
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