Nissan Murano - 2004 Review

We bought our Murano brand new in 2004 when they first came out.  We were looking for a smaller SUV.  We saw these on the lot when we were taking my Maxima to be serviced.  At the time, there were no other vehicles that looked like it.  It was very unique.  It took me some convincing to get my husband to testdrive it, but once we did, he was hooked.  We'd testdriven 5 other SUVs and this one took the cake.  Drives much more car-like.  Luxurious interior.  Safe.  In fact we had a completely flat tire once and couldn't even feel it going 70 mph on the interstate.  Another driver flagged us down and told us or we wouldnt' have known.  That says something for the stability of this vehicle if you ask me. 

And as a nice surprise, our insurance has gone down on this in the last couple of years b/c of "vehicle experience" so that means it's shown that it's safe in real world usage, not just crash tests.

Also it's been extremely reliable.  Needed nothing other than routine maintenance.  The Bose CD player that it came with is another story....that's been replaced twice under warranty.  But that has no bearing on the Murano itself.