Lets play "guess my new car"

[anyonebutme]

Pathfinder doesn't have AWD, only part time 4x4. At least in this generation. Also doesn't have hid headlights. But you're really close.

Bonus clue, rear seats recline in addition to being heated. Tomorrow's clue will include a lesson in Japanese Nissan dealerships, and why only certain dealers sold this vehicle there. It's an odd system that still exists today due to the fact Nissan is actually a few different car companies put together by the Japanese government.

[Alan92RTTT]

Murano?

[anyonebutme]

Nope56

[RealMcCoy]

I'm vaguely familiar with the Skyline deal... That early clue points me to an EX35...

[anyonebutme]

not an ex35.

[anyonebutme]

Super condensed small history lesson time. Nissan is composed of multiple companies who until very recently operated like separate companies. This is mostly Prince, Datsun, Nissan, Aichi, and probably a couple others. So the dealers sold cars based on their location (price and style), think brand engineering before that existed. Upscale cities had a "Nissan" store that sold upscale cars only, ect.

So there was Nissan Prince Store, Nissan Satio Store, Nissan Cony Store, Nissan Bluebird Store, Nissan Premium, stuff like that. Wasn't until late 90's early 2000's when that was changed to Nissan red stage and blue stage stores.

Clue #1: My car's platform mate was sold at the Bluebird store, but mine was not because it cost too much. Even though it is considered by most to be a trim package of the brother car, but like a GTR is a trim package of say a GTS. You'd have found my car at the Nissan Premium Store before the changeover.

[j2k4]

Oh - well, that explains everything.

[j2k4]

No idea why you'd buy a Quest, but what do I know?

[anyonebutme]

Nope, not a Quest, lol. Yea, the dealership thing is even more bizarre than that, because Japan. At least in America when brand engineering became a thing we put different names on cars, AKA Ford Lincoln Mercury. There it was Nissan Nissan Nissan, but you still had to go to a different dealer to get the nicer or cheaper cars.

Speaking of minivans, I recently saw a turbocharged and lowered Honda Odyssey on Volks. If my life were to end, I could think of worse vehicles to be stuck with, lol.

[j2k4]

If I hadn't already shared my Vetta Ventura story/pic, I could played this game pretty well, I think.