First Impressions w/new tow vehicle

Ah.  The 171 delivered from the factory is one of the lightest versions.  However, I did weigh ours a couple of years ago with all our "stuff."  With about 10 gallons of water, dual 5 gal. LP tanks and a size 27 gel battery we weighed in at about 2,800#.  The still talk about your days in Beaverton.  Why did you ever leave paradise?  Safe Travels.  

You don't get a choice.  It came with the CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission).  It works just fine.  Very smooth.  Now, we just got the car and it only has about 600 miles.  I did tow the Pod yesterday to have a WDH installed.  No problem.  Pulled just fine.  I did do a lot of research on this vehicle before I purchased it.  Almost every writeup gave it glowing comments.  The transmission is continuously variable so you don't feel any shifts at all, and it has been sold overseas for many years.  The Nissan brand had some problems in the early 2000-2005 models but all seems to be taken care of now.  But I dare say almost every brand has had its problems recently.  In any event, just took some friends out to dinner tonight and it is very smooth and quiet on the freeway.  Six hundred miles does not give any indication of where it will be performing a 100,000 miles from now.  I will give a recap of our summer travels near the end of the year.  We are scheduled to travel to Boise Idaho for the Basque Festival which only occurs every 5 years.  Basques from all over the world convene in Boise for 4 days.  Although not a long pull for us, it will give us some idea of trailering with this TV.  Other trips scheduled so far, are more local.  Ask any other questions you may have.  Overall am very satisfied with the Pathfinder and certainly would recommend it to others.  Safe Travels.

Your right. I did not include her in the Pod weighin. We do include her in all of our travels, however, she travels in the car.   Safe Travels.

Sounds like a really nice trip!