"BrownMiataDieselWagon" (opporamblings)
04/15/2014 at 19:09 • Filed to: Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet
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"BrownMiataDieselWagon" (opporamblings)
04/15/2014 at 19:09 • Filed to: Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet | 2
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The CrossCab is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . We should all rejoice! Why? Not for the obvious reason, but because for the fact that it will become a future classic...
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The CrossCab serves absolutely no purpose. It is bad at everything that it does.
It isn't fast (0-60 in about 8 seconds). It isn't practical (it seats 2 adults). There's not a lot of cargo room (12 cu. ft. is a generous rating). It isn't a lightweight (4500 lbs.). It isn't fun to drive (slushbox CVT). !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! It's not fuel efficient (18/22 mpg). It doesn't corner/handle well. It doesn't off-road well either. Blah, blah, blah, the list goes on and on. We've all heard it before.
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It's basically just like a Nissan Murano, or any other crossover, but only worse. Way worse. And more expensive, starting at $42K. It might be the least practical car (if you're willing to call it that) you can buy.
So why, given all of these reasons, will it become a future classic in, let's say, 20 years?
Not only because it's rare. Well, we Jalops love these kinds of quirky cars. The stranger, the better. We love all kinds of weird stuff. It is the strangest car-thing to come along in a long time. So, in 20 years, when a few of us are looking for a car that's totally Jalop, something that fits the very definition of "automobile counterculture", we'll remember the CrossCab. Rejoice.
lone_liberal
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/15/2014 at 19:18 |
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If the VW Thing and BMW Isetta can be collector cars then the CrossCab can be too.
PanchoVilleneuve ST
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/15/2014 at 19:22 |
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I've said this in the past, but it's going to be the next big desirable car for car nerds who want to drive something horrible as a kind of jokey ironic statement.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/15/2014 at 19:28 |
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Classics aren't necessarily good cars now, nor were they good cars when they were new. It's just something that hasn't died off yet, and has managed to stick around.
See: CVCC Civics from the 1970s
Sn210
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/15/2014 at 19:29 |
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100% agree. It's quirky as fuck, and we will all love it in 20 years. I'll have one parked next to my Aston Cygnet
Jacob
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/15/2014 at 19:40 |
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I saw one the other day, the only one I've seen. I thought to myself "Why would anyone buy that?" But, at the same time, the owner had the top down and looked like they were loving life, so as long as they liked it, good for them.
AthomSfere
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/15/2014 at 20:28 |
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Wait a sec, are you calling me out?
It wasn't long ago at all I said I liked these...
Anyway, I still do. And in 10 years everyone on Jalopnik is going to be complaining that the last good car Nissan made was this.
LongbowMkII
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/17/2014 at 12:03 |
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so by this logic we should start collecting suzuki x90s?
Funky/=classic
David
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/16/2015 at 23:32 |
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I bought one and the whole family loves it. it is comfortable and fun to drive.