Nissan Murano Convertible first drive

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http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/08/2011 ... ve-review/
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Ew
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:eek:
I hope I never see one driving around with the top up.
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My god... its so... awful.
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Jesda wrote:My god... its so... awful.
Nala or the car? :biggrin:
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Nala.. you should go to a dealership and do your own review.
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A turd on wheels.
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Reverend D21 wrote:A turd on wheels.
Nala or the car?

the murano vert kinda reminds me of that ugly egg shaped Lexus SC 430
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Bubba1 wrote:
Reverend D21 wrote:A turd on wheels.
Nala or the car?
Now that you made me think of it the convertible Murano does look like a turd on wheels.
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BARF :eek:
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What a beautiful piece of machinery. :naughty: :spitout: :eek: :eek:
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Does this ruin the regular Murano for anyone besides me?
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Razi wrote::eek:
I hope I never see one driving around with the top up.
I hope i never see one period.
PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:Does this ruin the regular Murano for anyone besides me?
yep!
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The kind of women who will buy this are the kind of women who have trouble backing out of parking spots without running over several neighboring cars. The convertible's crazy high tonneau is NOT going to improve things in that department. I guess I should at least be thankful it doesn't have a liftgate-mounted spare tire...

As for the review's confusion at how the model got greenlighted, the answer's simple:
The PT Cruiser died last year.
PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:Does this ruin the regular Murano for anyone besides me?
I never really liked the Murano visually in the first place (though I have been known to admit aloud that the 2nd gen is a big improvement over the first gen).
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What a waste of engineering time. The folks 'lucky' enough to design it were probably just happy to have not been laid off.
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Jesda wrote:My god... its so... awful.
:werd:

not a huge fan of vertz... but this is the worst vert evarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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