Nissan X-Trail
REPORT 3
£45,780/£46,925 as tested/£598 pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
Family 4x4 on top, clever hybrid beneath: the ideal SUV combo?
DRIVER
Andy Franklin
THE X-TRAIL IS IN THE WARS. AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF ITS OWN. The other day when I was driving around the M on the way back from another of my children’s sporting events I heard an almighty loud bang At first I thought it was one of the kids popping open a bag of crisps but it soon transpired it was something much more concerning
The whole thing happened in slow motion We took a few seconds though it felt like hours to figure out what had happened and then it became pretty obvious a huge stone had smacked into the windscreen It was large enough to make a decent size dent in the screen with cracks soon appearing on both sides of it
It didn’t take a genius to realise the Nissan was going to need a new screen It wasn’t the hole that was the problem it was one of the cracks that eventually spread across the whole window A quick call to Autoglass and I managed to book it in a few days later as we all know any crack longer than cm immediately requires a replacement
While I’d hoped Autoglass would be able to come to me I’ve seen the TV adverts too it turned out it needed to go in to one of its garages due to all of the sensors and gadgetry disturbed by swapping out the front glass I won’t bore you with the details but let’s just say that the whole process took two and a half hours
I asked the Autoglass technician if I hadn’t been claiming on the insurance what the damage would have been and he reckoned about all in So my top tip for you all is when you’re asked by your insurance company if you want to add windscreen cover I’d say yes it might save you thousands Next month I’ll get around to talking about how the XTrail drives oh after it’s had a service!