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X-TRAIL NEWBIE
Date Registered: 10-2015
TOTAL POSTS: 5
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Potential X-Trail owner seeking suggestions
Hi X-trailers.
I’m looking to buy an X-trail as my next car and was hoping forum member’s experiences might help me decide which one.
I currently drive a MY05 Forester, but find it just a bit too small to fit our camping gear, and a bit gutless with 3 people, bikes on the roof and gear inside.
We use our car to drive “into town” (we live in the bush 7 minutes from Hobart, 70km/h all the way, no traffic lights) to take our son to school each day (and will for the next 2-3 years) and to go camping/fishing on the weekends, usually at least an hour or two driving, often on dirt. I fish a lot and find the clearance and low-range of the Forester is great for getting into small tracks leading to lakes and rivers. Nothing fully “4WD” required though.
A few questions about X-Trails. I think I’d like to get a T31 diesel in Auto, but…
- I have heard bad reports about reliability (Particulate filters etc). Is this mainly occurring for city users? We’d drive it for 30+ minutes at 100km/h every weekend. We very rarely drive in stop-start traffic.
- Will a manual or auto suit 4WD stuff better? I use low-range on the Forester to crawl out of steep-ish and rocky tracks, and worry that 1st gear on the manual gearbox in the X-Trail might not be low enough.
- Is the Auto good/better/worse for towing? I plan on getting a boat :-)
- Is there any difference in clearance between the T30 and T31?
- Is a simple spring spacer-lift going to buy me some cheap clearance? Will be looking for tough dirt-road tyres too.
Thanks in advance!
Brad
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14/Oct/2015, 2:07 pm
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: Potential X-Trail owner seeking suggestions
Hi Brad and welcome to the forum.
Your member number is X-4393
Glad to have you as a formal member.
Your post has automatically granted you Regular Membership status and access to most (but not all) forum sections. You now have the option to upgrade to Full Membership to gain access to all forum sections (details HERE).
There is a lot of useful information around the various threads and I am sure you will be quite busy reading it all.
Please use the search feature of the forum first and post any questions you may have into existing threads where possible. Try to avoid creating a new thread if the topic is already covered, thanks.
Let us know if you need any help with any aspect of the forum and we will be more than happy to assist.
We have set-up quite an extensive forum guide section which you may like to refer to for help and it can be found HERE
As a new member you are encouraged you to familiarize yourself with the following section of the forum: Site Navigation & Forum Guides
If you could update your location and add your name, Member ID and Exy model into your signature of the Miscellaneous section of the Control Panel it would help us all to answer any future questions you might have.
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14/Oct/2015, 3:50 pm
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