Nissan Juke.

Anyone here own one of these? I'm looking at a Nismo RS version and was wondering what the reliability was on these. They are super fun to drive.

 

If you're just looking for pure fun get a MINI my man! There's nothing like them! I've seen some Jukes around and actually got my MINI at a Nissan dealer and they were telling me that Jukes were really fun though. I can tell you that apparently Nissan has underwent a bit of a decline in quality as of late. All my life my dad has sworn by Nissan but not too long ago I just read an article about how Maxima's are horrible now and I think there was even a class action lawsuit about them. The article was about "cars that people love but are really crappy" or something like that. To be fair, MINI was mentioned in the article as well. So was Altimas. I think the Jukes are cool too though.

 

Are those the ones that look like frogs?

 

I guess that's one way of looking at it. LOL.

 

I see a lot of them driving around. Don't know anyone that has one. We're a Honda/Acura household.

 

My wife has a Pilot and she loves it. I don't like driving something so big though. You could fit my car in her car. LOL.

 

True story: I traded in my '02 'vette for my CRV because I couldn't fit both dogs in the Chevy.

 

Man I bet that hurt! I can only fit 2 kids in the MINI so if we hadn't stopped there I would have to make 2 trips. One to drop off the first two kids and then come back for the last one. LOL.

 

LOL. Man my MINI is so dang awesome on gas you wouldn't believe it. Where I pastor is about 45min one way and I have to make at least 6 trips a week down there. So Wednesday night after church I got gas and almost filled it up. Then drove home and woke up and went to the other end of town and left for UPS which is about 30min from there. Then I drove back home which is about 20 or so from UPS. My gas gauge STILL hadn't moved! That's amazing value! The only thing is that I have to use 93 which is more expensive but that is still great gas mileage! Actually a lady at the gas station was complimenting my car and told me she had a Suburban. She asked me what the gas was like in my car and I told her it was about 37mpg on the highway. She got this gleam in her eye and said "I think I might have to downsize". LOL.

 

Meh, I liked driving the 'vette. It was quick and responsive and fun to drive however, what an uncomfortable ride. Besides, with the run-flats needing to be replaced (at 500.00 ea.), it was time to get bigger.

 

My car has run flats too. I don't really mind them but dang they have no give whatsoever. I'm really considering not putting them back on there when I get new tires. I will just have to get a AAA membership. I heard that Tirerack.com is a really good place to get tires. I didn't know vettes had them.

 

I don't know if they still have run flats but, nowhere to put a spare!

 

YEP! Same thing on a MINI. Also once you get above 15in with them they are outRAGEOUSLY high. Like $250 a piece JUST for the tire! Did you ever get a flat on run flats though? My buddy told me that he's heard half the time they don't even work.

 

Unless Nissan has greatly improved their CVT in the last couple of years, or you get a manual, I'd stay away.
The last Nissan I drove with a CVT was awful, and made me swear off CVT's as just completely soul sucking. In a perfect world I'd opt for a manual anyway, but I assume like the regular Juke if you want AWD you have to go with the CVT.
My Subaru Crosstrek has a CVT in it, and it's light years better than the 2010 Nissan cube I had before in terms of overall quality of the transmission.

 

Aren't run flats also super heavy? Give me a set of normal wheels with a proper full size spare any day.

 

Yeah you do but the paddle shifters make it a little better.

 

BFT go look at the dark Knight rises edition of the juke.

 

Yeah they are heavy for sure. My car still gets incredible gas mileage though. I have heard that I would get even better if I got rid of the run flats. I'm really thinking about it.

 

My car is an automatic, because I can't drive a stick, but it does have the paddle shifters. I've never used them because I'm afraid I would mess something up.

 

That's pretty cool looking. I was looking at the Jukes they had at the dealer when I got my MINI and they have these suede type seats in them. I asked why they didn't have leather and they told me that a lot of people don't want leather anymore. Why is that? Seems to me it's a lot easier to keep clean. Those suede seats looked like they might feel a little stiff.

 

Yeah the Nismo RS have like a half leather half suede racing seat.