PF_Flyer's 2014 Nissan Versa Note
It's the red one on the left (mine is the 2013 Versa hatchback on the right) and it's Mrs. PF's daily driver. And let me tell you, she does put it through its paces with a 42 mile daily trek to her office through rural Central PA. Currently at about 39,000 miles (and counting) while getting 40 MPG with the CVT transmission.
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When our second daughter graduated from college, she inherited my 2011 Versa hatch, so we needed to replace a vehicle. I got the 2013 hand-me-down from the wife, and we went to dealer, and salesman, that we've been buying vehicles from since 1979... all Datsun/Nissan (more on how that happened later). We'd already had 4 Versas (daughter #1 has our 2007 with 160,000 miles and my wife's 2012 was totaled when she was read-ended by a pickup). We pretty much knew the Note was going to be the choice, but if we got the manual, no power windows or doors, and no option to build one, soooo...CVT
Took a bit to get used to the feel, and it still feels odd at times, but it does the job
Still plenty of leg room front and back in the Note and it doesn't feel cramped at all. Seats are very comfortable and even our 3.5 to 4 hour trips to NYC or DC don't really cause us any fatigue.
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Having a dealership and salesman that are as helpful as they have been is a real bonus. No-hassle doesn't come close to describing it
Side note (ooo a pun!) The 2013 Versa just topped 60K yesterday!
The snow shoes are Nokians. Seems early to be thinking of it, but the birch tree leaves have started falling already
We've done trips to the DC area with 4 adults in the vehicle and I haven't felt any particular lack of power, although I DO tend to think about what gap I might try to shoot a bit more with a full load
OEM blades did hold up very well for 45K miles, but not enough to justify OEM replacements
The offset mount is important to keep the whole shebang lower because a standard mount blade on the driver's side would have the windshield washer shooting right into the wiper arm.
The only issue with Nokians is that it can be hard to find them sometimes.
Love being able to have our favorite channels along on trips
Bring on the snow! I'm sticking with the Cooper CS5 all-seasons given that the commute to my couch is pretty short. I may go over to Nokian WGR3 all seasons when the time comes for my car.
Nokians are doing great. We even moved the set we had over to daughter #2's Versa and got a brand new set for the wife's Note this season. We really like them a lot. Great traction, not much of a mileage hit at all compared to all seasons, and a quiet ride when things are dry. We paid about $560 for the set (I think it might be a little less than that, that was the amount on the statement, may have been regular maintenance on that as well), and with the amount the wife drives now, we expect to get 3 seasons out of them.
Oh yea, I did just have to replace the rear shocks for inspection. Right rear shock was blown.
I have been exploring different makes of winter tires over the last many years, and I keep coming back to Goodyear's Ultra Grip Ice as the best balance of traction (both ice and deep snow) and treadwear. Continental and Bridgestone were both stretched to three winters, but were definitely done at the end of the last one. I have a set of Michelin (X-Ice 3) on our 2010 Forester now, but I'm pretty sure that they'll be done after next winter, too. In Fact, they may actually be wearing faster than those other brands, if that's even possible!
We had our first set of UGI for five winters, and they still had 7/32" of tread after the last winter, and that's over 30,000 miles of use. Unfortunately, they moved to this new "WRT" designator, and this design just doesn't carve deep snow like the original did.
I had not seriously considered Nokian before (due to cost), but it may be worthwhile giving them their go!
Thanks for the update!
Another frosty morning here, but the Note is still “on key”...heh
There's the odometer, trip A, trip B instantaneous mileage, average mileage, miles left on the tank... I think that's it
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Down here, you can get by without winter tires until Christmas. As long as you don't have summer tires, there is no rush.
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Yes, I run Cooper CS5 all seasons when we don't have the snows on.