AIBU?
To buy a Nissan Qashqai
UnforgottenPunk · 11/04/2021 12:51
Need a new, bigger car.
Love the Qashqai, but have heard not great things re reliability. It's what I would ideally buy.
It's that or a Kia Sportage.
Am I really setting myself up for a lot of bills with a Nissan? Or should I still to the more boring but more reliable Kia (which has the balance of a 7 year warranty)?
Ginuwine · 11/04/2021 13:43
Both slightly ghastly cars that slightly worry me if I come out of a shop and find myself to one in a car park. People think they project an air of lifestyle but for me they're the new C-Max or Picasso, just in "I can see out higher up and save my back loading the kids" format 
Back on topic, what gearbox - manual or auto? Beware of the auto gearboxes in the Qashqai depending on the year you're buying. CVT auto gearbox has issues with the bearings, the fluids, can lead to big bills as Nissan don't consider it warrantable or so I hear.
FlyingBurrito · 11/04/2021 13:52
@Lockheart
Do posters not know that you don't have to phrase every single issue as an AIBU?
Why not post in the cars topic and ask for the views of knowledgeable posters or even chat and ask for owner experiences?
I genuinely think that a lot of posters think this topic is all there is
Seeline · 11/04/2021 13:55
I've got a 2014 QQ and hate it.
The drive is bad - no power, and the gear ratios are weird.
The visibility is poor.
Random warning lights come on and the garage can never find anything wrong. One - to do with the breaks - they openly acknowledge as coming on randomly. Great - how am I supposed to know when the breaks need attention then?
The space in the rear seats in very poor - 2 teens are very cramped.
The boot space is very limited.
KetchupOnTheFloor · 11/04/2021 14:10
Kia and Hyundai are made in the same factory and different badges are put on them, at least that was what I was told when I looked at two cars in both showrooms and they felt identical. Smaller car than the Sportage though.
People think they project an air of lifestyle but for me they're the new C-Max or Picasso, just in "I can see out higher up and save my back loading the kids" format
Actually @Ginuwine sometimes you have a husband who is 6'3" and you sit in lots of cars to find out if he can lift his foot off the clutch without banging his knee on the steering wheel or that he has room for his leg and it won't get trapped between the built up centre console and the steering wheel.
If the car has a sunroof, forget it. The slightly lowered ceiling line to accommodate the mechanism means his head is touching the ceiling. Even when you manage to find this car after sitting in 25 "family" cars in one of those places that sells all sorts of cars and he has the seat in a position where he can drive, there is no room behind the seat in the back of the car for a passenger to sit without their legs being trapped.
We have teenage sons, the shortest one is 5'10" the other is 6' and still growing. We have to consider whether there is room for their heads not to touch the sloping roof line in the back of the car as Dh's car is the family car. Mine is the Hyndai but I usually only have 1 child with me and they are in the front.
We have had to discount VW Tiguan, BMWs, Ford EcoSport, CMax, to name some I can remember. When I met and fell in love with Dh 25 years ago I didn't realise shopping for clothes, ordering shoes into shops for his huge feet or car buying would be problematic
We have had the Sportage for a few years and love it. I cannot remember why we chose it over the Qashqai. Might have been the 7 year warranty.
mogsrus · 11/04/2021 14:26
@Seeline
The drive is bad - no power, and the gear ratios are weird.
The visibility is poor.
Random warning lights come on and the garage can never find anything wrong. One - to do with the breaks - they openly acknowledge as coming on randomly. Great - how am I supposed to know when the breaks need attention then?
The space in the rear seats in very poor - 2 teens are very cramped.
The boot space is very limited.
that's the biggest problem with anything you will ever purchase,random faults are an absolute nightmare,as they never show up when the tech has a look, could be this? could be that, try reporting to manufacturer as they may be unaware.of the issue it could take yrs down the line before it shows its head,worth a go surely. trouble is most cars now are all computerised when it says. no that's it, it won't let go, had 2 brand new that locked me out on very first day,
Scubalubs87 · 11/04/2021 14:38
I'll preface this with I know very little about cars, but I love my Qashqai. Mine's 5 years old - I've had it for 3 - and I still love it. It's prefect for ferrying a toddler and a baby around. I'll likely upgrade to something a bit bigger once the children are older but it has been a car that has served me very well.
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