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with a VW Sharan, guess you don't buy it in USA?
My uncle bought a 1st gen pathfinder in 1988 and I bought it from him in 2002. We drove it for years until it finally rusted out with 404,000km on the odometer. That was a great vehicle with true off-road capability. We still miss it. Your pathfinder, being 10 years old, must be what I call the last "cool" pathfinder...with the boxy, tough look. Now the styling just fades into everything else and I find it has no character at all, and with only just over 7" of ground clearance it's unlikely to ever go far off the concrete. But you're right, it's one of the only SUV's with a 4x4 Lock mode, which was another big plus for the Pathfinder in our decision making process. It's one of those things that normal drivers will never need and boat drivers might only need a couple of times in the life of the vehicle, but but when it's actually needed its very nice to have. Kind of like a life preserver: you never need 4x4 Lock unless you REALLY, REALLY need it. We have launched from a sandy beach a few times with the Durango and without that 4x4 Lock mode, the boat and the trailer would still be there on the beach, I think.March wrote: The poor Pathfinder is beginning to rust... even though the engine is still going as strong as ever. I am thinking of doing some body work myself instead of opting for another towing beast
Nope, nor here in Canada. Here VW doesn't play in the minivan market anymore, although they used to sell an exact copy of the Dodge Caravan, like an EXACT copy, just more expensive, with the Dodge body and a VW engine if I recall correctly. It was called the VW Routan and was rated to tow 3,600 lbs.kurz wrote:I tow my
on the dual axle trailer I got somewhat of 2150kg (these times I towed with a 30 years old Mercees w124... that had 2100kg...) grows like we do... I guess it can stay now in 2250kg, that is ok for me. The trailer (factory alu with EU mods) has paper for 2500kg what is the most important for safety and papers. Interesting, thanks Kurz. So we are now getting real numbers for the X and the M:kurz wrote:@starscream
when I weighted the
So as the
I’d guess Miss Ollie would come in ~ 5K lbs this year -Not including trailer. I ain’t proud - I put on a coupla’ pounds this yearSo we are now getting real numbers for the X and the M:
Loaded X: 5,100 lbs including dual axle trailer
Loaded M: 4,740 lbs including dual axle trailer
I suspect that some X boats (@gazmn for example) are a lot heavier than that, and likely the majority are under, especially if towed empty of fluids.
But is good for 6K lbs. 
] Great commuter with Lots of incentives & give backs. It’s the only auto I’ve EVER driven - that actually Gives me money back + savings, not just once, but Monthly 
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Interesting. With the cable override breaks you have no breakaway system? Here in Europa every trailer with brakes have a brakeaway system. It is very cheap to make it with cable breaks...DownSouth wrote:s here in Australia you can not have cable override breaks on a trailer/boat combination that weigh over 2000kg (4409lbs) so you need electric/hydraulic breaks with a breakaway system.
