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I can't believe that no one has mentioned the lack of cup holders (and I don't count that ridiculous in-the-armrest contraption). No proper place to put your Venti triple americano with hazelnut and vanilla has to be the biggest single inherent flaw in the WD21 Pathfinder. but i digest....

Got it.

Sounds like I lucked out. I've got them in my 95 SE with the gray leather seats and they both work on both settings. The high setting actually get too hot but works great for quickly heating up the cold leather after a long day skiing. None of the cloth seat WD21s I looked at had heated seats IIRC.

Welcome to the club!

Oh god, I thought I had purged that image of Steve Balmer jumping and screaming once and for all... Should have known better than to click a link titled "dancingmonkeyboy" in a Mac vs. PC thread. Thanks SC88Pathy :o But seriously... "it's awesome when it works" That line is classic!

I feel your pain with getting stuck in embarassing spots. With regards to 4wd not engaging, unless you've installed manual hubs the hubs on your Pathfinder are automatic. This means that the wheels need to rotate in order to lock on to the front differential when engaging the 4wd. Pulling the lever in the cab only engages the 4wd transmission and the front differential. If the tires can't rotate the automatic hubs can't engage with the differential and therefore none of the engine power will get to the front wheels. I think I've described this right but I may have used some of the wrong terms. I'm certain someone will be along shortly to correct me. In short, switch into 4wd before you get stuck.

Where did my love of the truck begin? My dad bought a Pathfinder the first year they came out. Great truck, but it introduced me to a new definition of the term "base model". I didn't know that you could buy a manual transmission car without a tachometer and that they still made AM only radios in 1987. I think he sold it a year later for more than he paid. Dad's quite the deal maker. Roll the clock forward a few years and Dad gets a used 1990 XE 2 door. This bad boy took us camping, towed the boat, got me to the river/mountain and back, and drove through it's share of puddles. My first girlfriend and I spent hours making out in it (don't think we ever 'test drove' it though, that was the other car). Dad finally sold it after one too many pulls of the boat over the Coquihalla Pass without a transmission cooler. Roll the clock forward again to this summer and I decided it was finally time to get a Pathfinder of my own. It's been a big upgrade for me, going from all manual sedans to an automatic truck with leather heated seats and power windows. The AC blows cold and I've got all the receipts from the original owner. It even came with the original sunroof cover. It took me until the end of November to get it good and stuck. But now I've discovered and joined this damn forum so I can see there's going to be a lot of work in the future. Glad to be on board.

Tire chains and an Eliminator invertor/jumpstarter/emergency light from the 'rents. Going in to a remote cabin for New Year's Eve so the chains will get their first run this weekend.

Sorry for the late thread bounce Where: Main and Broadway - smack dab in the centre of the city. What: Just got my 95 WD21 (automatic) in the summer and managed to get it stuck for the first time on the Diamond Head access road back at the end of November. It would be awesome to hook up with some other locals and go for a run or two this summer. Maybe we'll all have to meet in Merrit and go from there.