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Willy - 13 Jul 2006 03:23 GMT

Wondering if anyone here has purchased the new 07 Quest (which appeared
recently)... an updated with some serious revisions over the 06 model. I'm
seriously considering this vehicle, and having owned 13 Nissan's, I'm a
pretty loyal follower. However, in doing some research, it appears there
has been a level of negativity directed toward the Quest, although it
appears the 07 version has changed most of those shortcomings.

The real question becomes, are you, as a Quest owner, pleased with the
vehicle, and would you purchase it again were you in the market for a mini
van? What model year do you own?

How is the comfort on longer trips? I'm a road salesmen, and I'm not
purchasing this vehicle to haul children - rather, I want to be able to make
road trips with lots of room for literature, and I also want to be able to
load four adults and a dog for jaunts from Ohio to Alabama - in comfort.

Is this the right vehicle?

Opinions appreciated.

Willy

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Rich - 13 Jul 2006 13:21 GMT

My folks have an early '04. It was problematic, but my mother has 70k on it
and loves the van. The '07 is a pretty drastic change, and for the better
IMO. I sat in an '06 at an auto show and they actually fixed all of the
things that bothered me personally (the '04 armrests are garbage), I'm sure
the '07 is nearly perfect.

On the other hand, you could get an '06 Dodge Grand Caravan or Chrysler T&C
for a screaming price right now. I'm not the world's biggest Chrysler fan,
but if you were planning on keeping the van for at least 5 years (i.e. you
don't care about resale), I'd be liable to opt for one of those instead and
save myself $5-$10k.

As far as other vans go, the GM and Ford vans are total crap, and the Honda
and Toyota vans are insanely expensive.

> Wondering if anyone here has purchased the new 07 Quest (which appeared
> recently)... an updated with some serious revisions over the 06 model.
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> Willy

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Willy - 14 Jul 2006 04:14 GMT

> My folks have an early '04. It was problematic, but my mother has 70k on
> it and loves the van. The '07 is a pretty drastic change, and for the
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>> Willy

Thanks for the response. I looked at Honda's, and frankly, the bells and
whistles just aren't there, although it does get the best mileage of any of
them with the new 6 that downpowers to 3 cylinders, and I must say, you
absolutely cannot feel it when it shuts three off. But no blue tooth,
finding GPS is virtually impossible, and it just wasn't as plush. Toyota's
is priced identically to the Nissan, however bluetooth is not available and
GPS is once again, almost impossible to find. (as it is with the Nissan as
well).

My dealer tells me the $3K incentive is available on the 07 Quest, but I'm
seriously questioning this... she's either mistaking, or going to reveal
her error after we get further into "the deal"... so I'm going to contact
my old dealer in Pittsburgh and ask them about what kind of deal they could
offer.

I'm not totally opposed to Chrysler, just scared!!!! I had a Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited, and it just LOVED to go to the garage for repairs. I only
kept it one year, and lost my a.s.

Thanks for your response.

Willy

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