Looking at trucks

[nap61]

As I wrote in another thread, my truck was stolen last week. I have been looking at trucks to replace mine. The New ones a very pricey and I am not very thrilled about buying used. However, I drove an '08 Nissan Titan today that was interesting. It had less than 18,000 miles on it and showed no signs of abuse. It has everything I need (and more). I don't have a price yet, but I know the sales Mgr. and feel that I will get a fair price. My question(s) is: Does anyone have any experience and/or comments about this model? Good or Bad.

Norm

PS
He told me it was owned by a widow woman who only drove it to church!!

 

[Diamondpilot]

As I wrote in another thread, my truck was stolen last week. I have been looking at trucks to replace mine. The New ones a very pricey and I am not very thrilled about buying used. However, I drove an '08 Nissan Titan today that was interesting. It had less than 18,000 miles on it and showed no signs of abuse. It has everything I need (and more). I don't have a price yet, but I know the sales Mgr. and feel that I will get a fair price. My question(s) is: Does anyone have any experience and/or comments about this model? Good or Bad.

Norm

PS
He told me it was owned by a widow woman who only drove it to church!!

I have a 08 and its a beast. I have had 1 3/4 ton truck that was gas and 6 gas 1/2 tons and it will flat out work any of them. I have owned 4 diesels also and I will not even compare them to it.

I have just over 33,000 miles on mine and not a single issue. It had a recall on the fuel sending unit in the tank and thats it. Its by far the best truck I have owned in the snow. Mine has diff lockers front and rear. The front was added by the dealer, the rear is factory with the off road package.

Now for the bad. It rides kind of rough, more like a 3/4 ton. It may be just mine because it came with 35" tires and a 2" lift the dealer installed. It gets 15 mpg on the highway and averages around 14 mpg. It will get 12 mpg pulling my 7,000# boat so thats a plus versus the other 1/2 ton gas trucks I have had, they usually get 8 mpg pulling any load.

Just make sure you get the BIG TOW PACKAGE. It will have the big boy mirrors, not the car like ones. Without it the tow rating is about 7,000# and with it you get 9,500#.

I will post some good pics in a few minutes. 1/2 or more the miles mine has is with this boat behind it.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

Here are the other ones. Had to fire up my laptop. I love the factory sprayed in bed liner, factory back up camera, nav system, Rockford Fosgate stereo with sub woofer, all the little storage bins, the bed rail restraint system, ect. Only thing I would change is to make the seater heaters allow you to just have heat on your back. Sometimes that feels good when its sore.

Chris

 

[nap61]

Chris,
Thanks for the reply. The one I am looking at does not have the nav sys or back up camera. It is 2wd with the 5.6 ltr. engine. The bed liner did not look like it was sprayed but looked like a "drop-in"; it was a factory (Nissan) liner. My trailer and CT225 w/ loader and BB probably weighs 4500#/5000#, so I think I am safe there. I really like the truck and if the price is right, I will buy it.

 

[zene55]

I bought a year end 09 F-150 quad cab that I love. The sync system is way cool and the truck get great gas milage and has plenty of power. If you get one on the lot as opposed to ordering one I find you get a better deal.

 

[Diamondpilot]

If you get it you will love it. I could not live without 4x4, but that's me. Sounds like this one is pretty plain Jane so make sure you are getting a really good price. Mine is loaded to the gills.

Chris

 

[nap61]

I'm meeting with the sales mgr. on Friday. I will post after that.

Norm

 

[nap61]

Chris,
Looks like I'm buying the Titan. The price even with TTL came in under Blue Book Trade-in. Now, I'm just waiting for the Insurance Co. to pay my claim. They said it would be 2/3 weeks about 11 days ago.

Norm

 

[Diamondpilot]

Chris,
Looks like I'm buying the Titan. The price even with TTL came in under Blue Book Trade-in. Now, I'm just waiting for the Insurance Co. to pay my claim. They said it would be 2/3 weeks about 11 days ago.

Norm

Good deal. I just did a oil change on mine before dinner. Its now got 33,750 trouble free miles of which a good 15,000 miles or so is pulling a trailer from 7,000# to 9,000#. May be taking it on a 500 mile trip here in the next few weeks to pick up a 9,500# boat if I can put the deal together.

Chris

 

[MaJYk]

FYI, a 285/70-17 tire is 33"