Is the 2005 Nissan Quest an acquired taste?
While our 2000 Odyssey is in the shop, we’re living with a free rental car provided by the dealer. It’s a 2005 Nissan Quest with only 3000 miles on it. Ordinarily, I’d be savoring my chance to drive such a new and powerful vehicle over our Odyssey that’s been around the block quite a bit. But oh my, the number of issues I have with the car: 1. Gas mileage is simply horrible. I’m guessing we’re getting 15-18 mpg in a 50/50 mix of expressway driving and typical short trip suburban driving. You can almost watch the gas guage drop on it. 2. Why are such key instruments as the speedometer in the MIDDLE of the dash, so the driver has to turn his head 45 degrees to see them? It’s really odd at night, having a black area straight in front of me where I’d expect the backlit instrument panel to be. 3. The horizontally-oriented climate control and audio panel is just weird. Plus, the area it sticks out of takes up a lot of key space. 4. Because the “pod” (for want of a better word) with the audio
