OK if anyone has been following the VW emissions thread you know wifes car is getting bought back so the wife wants an SUV. Looking for recommendations as we have never owned one.

 

She has a few things she would like.

 

1 - AWD

2 - heated leather

3 - moon roof or sun roof.

4 - she wants it to have a bit of pep to it yet get 25+ mpg I just lol at that one.

5 - 30k max price

Other than drive by on the lots we eliminated the VW Tiguan as the best milage is 23 on the spec sheets and is also the smallest and quite ugly.

We both like the looks and mileage of the Nissan Rogue, the reviews are pretty good but they all say it is about the lowest on power.

Honda CRV keeps coming up with the highest overall ratings but have not looked at one yet but many I have talked to around here that have own one say the hondas are really light and cheap and tinny feeling.

Mazda cx 5 is another high ranking but no local dealers for them here so that is an automatic disqual.

Toyota Rav 4 ?

Jeep,Chrysler, Dodge, Kia, Hyundai, ford any GM products we have dealerships for locally.

 

We keep coming back to the Nissan Rogue for some dumb reason having not even looked at many others or even driven anything yet.

 

Advice from all welcome

 

GO!!!!!!

Edited February 17, 20178 yr by Wild and Free

7 hours ago, Wild and Free said:

Ha Ha yeah we already talked about not mistakenly filling it with diesel, she has been pumping diesel for a lot of years now.

This thing is weird as it doesn't have a gas cap, the thing has a rubber flap you just shove the nozzle into and the fuel fill door seals against it when it is closed.

I have seen the tanks with out the cap. That would take a little getting used to. For the most I have driven older vehicles most of my life. Went to Christmas party in Dallas Texas many many years ago. The company got me a rental car. While driving to the office it started raining and I had to pull off the road to figure out how to turn the wipers on. It was on a column mounted switch and I had never driven a car with one. Spent 15 minutes figuring out where all the switches were.

Edited March 9, 20178 yr by dripley

 

So what's the reason for no cap? Just so people don't forget to put the cap back on?

Your guess is as good as mine on that one.

It's so when it doesn't seal tight anymore the check engine light will come on with a p0455 large leak in fuel evaporative system and you can't just go to your local parts house and get a new gas cap to fix it.  It means money for Honda.

Don't loose the funnel.. I'll bet it's $75 to replace at the dealer.

Well broke 1k miles today on the new 2017 Honda CR-V EX-L AWD 1.5l turbo and wife and i both love it. Still learning all the options but the more we both drive it the more we love this thing.

Edited March 20, 20178 yr by Wild and Free

Good to hear. My daughter has an 06 I believe. I kind of got stuck driving for a few days while working in her area. It drove fine and filling it up for less than $20 was pretty cool. The drivers seat was comfortable but my leg laid against the console and was npt comfortable at all. It was on the 4th and last day I drove that I found a steering wheel adjustment that let back away enough to get my leg off of the console. Sometimes learning new vehicles can be fun. On a side note, hers was returned with a full tank and mine was empty. Kids, you gotta love em. I know I do mine.

Ha ha sounds like my wife. It won't take long for her to figure out EXACTLY how many miles she can drive with the fuel gauge on empty.