NSR: Equinox milestone today

[Stig / Major Tom]

After its hibernation this Equinox rolled over 20,000 on the odometer today.
Purchased new in 2015 by my in-laws, transferred for a dollar to our youngest daughter. .
So, about 2800 a year.
Returned to the road after a thorough clean inside and out,  with two new key fobs,  half a tank of SHELL 93, new oil & filter and DieHard battery.
Started right up after nearly 2 yrs. Running fine. Looks new.

My cons: h_ll to enter and exit. Yet to find a comfortable sit in the powered multi-fuction seat. Large ground clearance = long step to the ground from a low seat. Large blind spots from the pillars. Lots of info available, but not intuitively and not at the same time. (GM needs to study dash of a Scion) Analog tach and speedo are worthlessly positioned.

The ladies love it. Especially the heated seats and lighted cup holders.

Stig

[Neil955i]

Dontcha find getting cars is always a compromise?  Even with cars I've loved and kept for 10 years (as opposed to m/cycles where my record was 20* years!), there have still been niggles you have to learn to live with?

* Triumph 955i & I'd have it now, but for the racer crouch giving my back gyp.

[aschrauth]

thats low milage for a 2015 model. I myself am not a fan of New cars; More electronics means more things that break whitch inturn means a big repair bill.

[randyo]

thats low milage for a 2015 model. I myself am not a fan of New cars; More electronics means more things that break whitch inturn means a big repair bill.

same here,  I have encountered more things that I can't DIY as well, (without spending $$$$$ on diagnostic equipment and education to use it)

here in NH, much of the State's annual safety inspection is conducted thru the vehicle's OBD port. vehicles older than 1996 don't have em. Inspection is the old fashioned way, visual, more discretion on the part of the inspector. and motorcycles don't get plugged in either 

[aschrauth]

same here,  I have encountered more things that I can't DIY as well, (without spending $$$$$ on diagnostic equipment and education to use it)

here in NH, much of the State's annual safety inspection is conducted thru the vehicle's OBD port. vehicles older than 1996 don't have em. Inspection is the old fashioned way, visual, more discretion on the part of the inspector. and motorcycles don't get plugged in either

Emissions inspections are a huge scam IMHO safty inspections not so much, you have people driving on the road in vehicles that are not maintained