Rogue1 has 9,300 miles
Rogue2 has 10,200 miles
I can sum it up pretty easily. Boy, do we miss our German cars. We come from a long line of Honda & Nissan products, having switched to BMW and Mercedes back in 2008 before trading both for these Rogues in light of rising maintenance costs. The Rogues are cheerful, they're good vehicles, but we're just not enjoying it at all. Rogue2 is the one I make the final decision on and I won't be keeping it past this year. Rogue1 is likely going to stay around, as it is primarily a commuter vehicle between our house and work one town over, about 60 miles a day 6-7 days a week and is better suited to that than the BMW 135i it replaced.
Other items of note:
Both Rogues have a backlight problem on their navigation systems. The backlights (for the buttons, not the screen) flicker from time to time, and in Rogue2 sometimes go out altogether. I have to cycle the headlights off and on to get them to come back on. I plan to address this at the next service, but it's gonna be a pain.
Rogue2 had a rattling tailgate at 1800 miles that was fixed by our dealer at 5700 miles but has since returned. To be addressed at next service.
Rogue2 had warped rotors addressed at 8200 miles. Dealer resurfaced all 4.
Poor Rogue2 has been thoroughly violated. Over Thanksgiving weekend, a toddler was in the Rogue and managed to toss a sippy cup of milk up under the front passenger seat. This "leak proof" sippy cup went unnoticed - for three weeks. In mid-December, it gave up the ghost and leaked about a cup of milk into the carpet of the Rogue. The result was that the whole interior smelled like roadkill, to an unbearable point. I first cleaned it up myself, then when that didn't work the local dealer shampoo'd the carpets. Even that did not work. Finally, a professional service gutted the interior of Rogue2 and steam cleaned (with enzyme killers) from the bare metal up. There are quite a few scuff marks around the interior if you look carefully. That made me angry on a vehicle with less than 9000 miles, but there is nothing that can be done. Rogue2 will be gone by this time next year, anyway, I suppose.
Aside from these warranty or otherwise accident items, some other observations:
The leather looked very good when new but is clearly so-so quality. I use Lexol conditioners, but the outer edges of the driver seats both are wearing quickly from ingress and egress.
We enjoy the Bose systems, now that we have found the right settings for our taste after lots of playing around with it.
The navigation systems are very good, even though they are pretty entry level. Interestingly, Rogue1 does not recognize our street while Rogue2 does.
The HID low-beams, even as D2R, are just as good as the projector HIDs were on the BMW and Benz.
Bluetooth is very easy to use and very good at understand voice.
Heated seats! Neither of our German cars had them..
Fuel economy is mediocre. Rogue1 runs a 100% highway commute and averages just 24.5. Rogue2 has a lot of mixed driving, averages 23.2. This has been the case since new and is obviously never going to get better. Buying regular is nice, though.
Rear of the Rogue gets very dirty, very quickly. Spoiler makes automatic car washes miss spots. Needs rear window washer system to go with wiper. Really, really miss rain-sensing wipers.
Well, that's the story so far.
