[nealinator]

It is for sure pretty stuffed looking. I really like the look vs having huge gap on lifted vehicles. He said no rubbing. Did some 2" lift level thing on it I believe.

 

[Osbueno]

I was not very active on this forum. But I wanted to thank the good folks here for being helpful and friendly when I was on. The Pilot has been a good vehicle for us. A little small for me which made using it for our family trips not my preferred choice. I am more of a full size fan (fits my size better...lol).

We were just over 109k and had been looking at the Telluride and Palisade as this is my wife's daily and she didn't want something too big. But also just figured we could not afford a full size like a Tahoe. We went to a dealer a few months back and they had no Tellurides on the lot, and the ones coming were sold. Checked Palisade and they had a couple and were up charging $6-9k on top of MSRP...no thank you. We resolved to just wait out the madness.

Then about a week and a half ago, I notice a nice grey Tahoe on the local Nissan lot I pass by and it had the same wheels I have on my Sierra. I looked it up and was floored when it was a 2017 with 110k on it and they were asking $32k! But while I was looking at that, one of their suggested vehicle ads caught my eye. A 2020 Nissan Armada SL in Gun Metallic with a 5.6 liter V8. It had just under 62k on it which was a little high, but I liked the look and had not really considered one of those. This past Saturday we went to look at it just to see if it was something my wife would like and want to drive. We both really liked it and struck a deal. Wasn't the worlds best deal, but seemed good enough so we signed and brought it home. Uses a bit more fuel obviously, but the ride is fantastic. Very roomy and quite inside.

Looking at the same specs and mileage on a Tahoe/Yukon the prices were mostly $10k or more above this. So seems to be a good value.


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Good Luck! But, stay away from the English fleet. The original Spanish Armada had three rows of cannon... yet, they still were taken out of action by a smaller, but more maneuverable foe. Personally, I am hanging out to see what the new 202X hybrid Passport offers... otherwise, the newer hybrid versions of Sorento and Tucson seem to be attractive. Hey! Why doesn't this forum mention the Passport?

 

[aggrex]

Hey! Why doesn't this forum mention the Passport?

2019+ Honda Passport General Discussions

www.piloteers.org

 

[nealinator]

Hmmm....the cannon mod.... could help with the Houston traffic!

 

[nealinator]

Well the dealer already sold our 2012 Pilot. They gave us $10k for the trade, which I should have held out for $12k realistically, and they listed it for just under $16k. Which seemed a little high, but no idea what they ended up getting for it. I am sure they reamed the new owners with "reconditioning" charges that are total baloney. It had nice Michelin Defender tires on it with plenty of tread left. Does not look like they did anything with all the flaking paint that was in about 6 or more places. Was really getting tacky up close. I fixed one spot and 5 more showed up...so I stopped messing with it. Also, I am sure they did not do the timing belt service which it was overdue for already. So unfortunately the new owners have a ticking clock to a bad day.

I really dislike dealers. No matter what they say when you first show up and are interested, at the end of the day, they are consistently greedy liars and will take advantage of you with all the old tricks whenever they can.

We still have several outstanding items they need to take care of on the Armada and the sales manager is being a jerk and not helpful at all. I had to send a long email to the general manager of the stupid dealership to get any reply week or so ago.

Ultimately it was my fault for falling into the trap of sitting across the table and working out numbers before I had time to digest the deal and ensure it was good. I mean it was not terrible, but I left money on the table and I just hate that! lol

 

[RB101DJ]

I was not very active on this forum. But I wanted to thank the good folks here for being helpful and friendly when I was on. The Pilot has been a good vehicle for us. A little small for me which made using it for our family trips not my preferred choice. I am more of a full size fan (fits my size better...lol).

We were just over 109k and had been looking at the Telluride and Palisade as this is my wife's daily and she didn't want something too big. But also just figured we could not afford a full size like a Tahoe. We went to a dealer a few months back and they had no Tellurides on the lot, and the ones coming were sold. Checked Palisade and they had a couple and were up charging $6-9k on top of MSRP...no thank you. We resolved to just wait out the madness.

Then about a week and a half ago, I notice a nice grey Tahoe on the local Nissan lot I pass by and it had the same wheels I have on my Sierra. I looked it up and was floored when it was a 2017 with 110k on it and they were asking $32k! But while I was looking at that, one of their suggested vehicle ads caught my eye. A 2020 Nissan Armada SL in Gun Metallic with a 5.6 liter V8. It had just under 62k on it which was a little high, but I liked the look and had not really considered one of those. This past Saturday we went to look at it just to see if it was something my wife would like and want to drive. We both really liked it and struck a deal. Wasn't the worlds best deal, but seemed good enough so we signed and brought it home. Uses a bit more fuel obviously, but the ride is fantastic. Very roomy and quite inside.

Looking at the same specs and mileage on a Tahoe/Yukon the prices were mostly $10k or more above this. So seems to be a good value.


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Congrats! She didn't want something too big!!??
🤣 Nice whip, tho 🤟