Any forum like this one for the Honda Pilot?
01-08-2011, 05:31 AM
#41
Senior Moderator
I tested an Xterra with my Mom a few years ago. Pilot is bigger/less cramped but the Xterra is most certainly better off-road. Again, we will have had our Pilot for four years in a couple of weeks and it's a tank.
01-08-2011, 08:45 AM
#42
AZ Community Team
After the sunroof became available for the Pilot it became mostly which look you like. I waited for the 2003 Pilot then didn't like available features. I also wanted a console mounted shifter. That plus the price was so close with Honda additional dealer mark-up. MDX also had better warranty new. Hard to go wrong with either one.
01-08-2011, 02:46 PM
#43
well I am looking for an affordable SUV and xterra seems to be a little cheaper. Pilot is bigger but I don't have a family and 5 seats are just fine for me. The only thing is Pilot has better features than the xterra. So it's still a toss up between the 2, and I might even just go with something completely different. Didn't set my mind on anything yet. Thanks for the info.
01-08-2011, 03:46 PM
#44
Senior Moderator
The problem is that on the Pilot, at least when we bought ours in 2007, you couldn't get the RES AND the navi system together, you had to pick one or the other. It was an inducement to upgrade to the MDX. We chose the navi because we travel enough to actually use one. In retrospect, we should have gone with the RES since we have our little one.
01-10-2011, 10:14 AM
#45
The problem is that on the Pilot, at least when we bought ours in 2007, you couldn't get the RES AND the navi system together, you had to pick one or the other. It was an inducement to upgrade to the MDX. We chose the navi because we travel enough to actually use one. In retrospect, we should have gone with the RES since we have our little one.
01-10-2011, 12:02 PM
#46
Senior Moderator
Do you use this car in the winter? Not sure if there is snow where you are so I have to ask you. I am learning more and more about this car and it's AWD system. I know it's the same system as the xxxx-2006 MDX, FWD until it starts slipping then the rear kicks in... Is this good in the snow. I was reading on piloteers forum and some say it's a good system and some it's not that good and people are getting stuck in the snow. We have LOTS of snow up here in Canada and getting stuck wouldn't be a good thing at -40C
As far as getting stuck....you must be referring to people with the 2WD Pilot getting stuck. We have the "4WD" version. "4WD" in quotes because it has the VTM system. It also has a push-button diff lock for severely slippery conditions, or....in case you get stuck. We've never been stuck. With winter tires, the Pilot is simply unstoppable.
Here's a description of the "4WD" system:
Four-wheel-drive models feature Honda's full-time VTM-4 (Variable Torque Management 4WD) with an electronically locking rear differential. Most of the power is delivered to the front wheels, but Honda's system is a bit more proactive than most all-wheel-drive systems in the way it sends some of the power to the rear wheels any time the driver accelerates. A push-button differential lock improves traction in extremely slippery or stuck conditions by making sure both rear tires get power. So equipped, Honda rates the Pilot for what it calls medium off-road duty, including 30-degree dirt grades. The Pilot does not offer true off-road capability, but it's perfectly capable on gravel, rough dirt roads and two-tracks.
01-10-2011, 12:29 PM
#47
AZ Community Team
The problem is that on the Pilot, at least when we bought ours in 2007, you couldn't get the RES AND the navi system together, you had to pick one or the other. It was an inducement to upgrade to the MDX. We chose the navi because we travel enough to actually use one. In retrospect, we should have gone with the RES since we have our little one.
We choose the RES since our daughters were 6 and 9 at the time we got it and we've use the RES even on short trips and on long trips is a godsend. However nowadays with small GPS and DVD players, everyone can watch their own movie and have GPS.
01-12-2011, 10:07 AM
#48
Yes, we do use our Pilot in the snow, and in my part of the Cleveland area we range from 100-130 inches of snow per season. It snows A LOT here. The Pilot rocks in the snow.
As far as getting stuck....you must be referring to people with the 2WD Pilot getting stuck. We have the "4WD" version. "4WD" in quotes because it has the VTM system. It also has a push-button diff lock for severely slippery conditions, or....in case you get stuck. We've never been stuck. With winter tires, the Pilot is simply unstoppable.
Here's a description of the "4WD" system:
As far as getting stuck....you must be referring to people with the 2WD Pilot getting stuck. We have the "4WD" version. "4WD" in quotes because it has the VTM system. It also has a push-button diff lock for severely slippery conditions, or....in case you get stuck. We've never been stuck. With winter tires, the Pilot is simply unstoppable.
Here's a description of the "4WD" system:
I drove on pure ice pretty much so when ever I was in a turn I could feel the front end slipping and sliding forward but then I would just give it a little gas and the car would just straighten out and go where I intended it to go. I liked it very much.
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