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Hey, 1988, time to get out of those slow diesels.
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Re: Hey, 1988, time to get out of those slow diesels.
Feb 11, 2019, 7:43 PM
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If I was going to buy a truck, this would be it, no question. My wife's cousin has one and its about as badarse as you get with the new trucks. Showed better than the others at the car show as well.
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that’s the old model isn’t it?
Feb 11, 2019, 7:47 PM
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I like the interiors on the new one but they chickified the exterior a bit.
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and I could be off base
Feb 11, 2019, 7:48 PM
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Not sure if they’ve changed the 2500+ exteriors yet or not.
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Re: and I could be off base
Feb 11, 2019, 9:42 PM
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Disclaimer though, I despise GM products and Ford isn’t much higher on my list. My FIL was an FCA guy and all I have driven is Wranglers and my wife Grand Cherokees. Never an issue. Everyone I know with a 1500 or 2500 something rattles from day one ad issues abound.
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FCA is a steaming pile compared to pre-FCA
Feb 11, 2019, 10:53 PM
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You've been lucky.
There is a reason FCA owns all the worst brands.
Hell, the new Wrangler did even have the trac-bar mounts welded on. They were tacked on and FCA saw no issue.
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My Ram has been great, despite the one cam issue
Feb 12, 2019, 8:01 AM
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I blame that on the government though. If we could just let a V8 be a V8, there wouldn't be any problems.
I'll never buy another Jeep in my life though. Our last Cherokee was a total POS. Not even safe to drive. They've got a beautiful orange Wrangler in Anderson, but they're asking about $15k more than I'd ever pay for one.
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My SD is like me.
Feb 11, 2019, 9:09 PM
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It's built for comfort not speed.
While I have you here, I left the gasser's differential and attached the diesel shaft by changing the diff yoke. Ever work with NCm? Anyway, according to the charts at 2700 RPM with 15" 225-75s I cruise at 112 MPH probably somewhere around 2600. The diesel body had a 307 and the gasser had the 241.
I plan on staying under or about 95 on the highway. That's enough to get me locked up, right?
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You just welded a different yoke onto the driveshaft?
Feb 12, 2019, 10:50 AM
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How in the world is it balanced?
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Very carefully***
Feb 12, 2019, 11:09 AM
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Without starting another thread, here's another question for
Feb 12, 2019, 8:32 AM
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you: What gives with Nissan Armada's? Why so cheap? There are some nice 17's on the market now for a whole lot less than you can get a 6 year old Tahoe. My last experience with Nissan was poor, but these seem like a diamond in the rough in a world where Lexus's do not depreciate, Toyota's haven't been updated in 20 years, and you can count on major repairs to any GM with close to 100k miles.
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I helped Dad of procure one last summer. It was
Feb 12, 2019, 9:25 AM
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a 2018 SL with basically all the Platinum options, and we got it for a tick over $40k with a factory certified warranty.
Three months later he called me to tell me that he'd traded it on a Suburban because he didn't think the seat was very comfortable. He was correct about the seat, but still, facepalm.
Try it out....if you're comfortable with it, I don't see how you can go wrong. It's almost identical to the QX80---they don't even cheap down the interior, and that means it's the Nissan Patrol in the rest of the world, so it's built to more of a landcruiser standard than the rest of the Nissan lineup.
They're the bargain of the full-size SUV world at the moment.
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How is the 5.6L in it?
Feb 12, 2019, 9:40 AM
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I would rather have an uncomfortable seat than a 5.3L in a Suburban.
I don't have to drive it every day, but my wife likes a little get up and go too.
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YEAH SHE DOES
Feb 12, 2019, 9:44 AM
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i don't even know what I mean by that.
sorry.
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Honestly that might have been the best part.
Feb 12, 2019, 10:47 AM
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390hp and it was really quick...sounded good too.
Handled a lot better (relatively speaking of course) than the full size GM SUV's as well.
Honestly only downsides were the seats and you could brew and drink a cup of coffee in the time it took the power third row to go down or up.
I've noticed the seat issue on other Nissan/Infiniti products that were designed first and foremost for the home market. I traded in a G37S because that freaking sport seat wouldn't have been comfortable if I had a 28 inch waist. I was in great shape when I owned it (aka not fat), and still my ### cheeks were sitting on top of the sport seat bolsters rather than inside them.
On the Armada, the issue is the seat bottom isn't long enough....not enough thigh support.
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I really like the new Armada look.
Feb 12, 2019, 11:17 AM
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I thought the 2016 and older Armada was a beastly looking vehicle, but the new one (like the QX56/80) is very nice. I have read in numerous reviews that it's one of those love it or hate it designs. It's one of the vehicles I've been looking at, along with the Lexus GX460/470, and the Toyota 4Runner. I do wonder about their overall reliability...guess I need to dig out all the old Consumer Reports car issues I've kept for 20 years now and study that.
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My sister bought a Rogue a few months ago
Feb 12, 2019, 11:43 AM
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She drove it off the lot, plugged her phone into the charger to charge, and all the fuses for the interior blew out. She turned around, took it back and they gave her a loaner car for the night.
3 days later, they called her back and said it was fixed. She goes and picks it up, does the exact same thing in the service bay, and all the fuses blow out again.
2 hours later they gave her a new car.
Nissan has been having electrical issues with cars as long as I can remember. I'm not sure why they cant get that figured out.
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The body mounts on my Frontier broke
Feb 12, 2019, 10:38 AM
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I don't even know how that happens.
I think they should go out of business for what they've done to the Pathfinder, but real SUV's are getting harder and harder to find. Especially for a reasonable price. If the 4Runner had a V8 that would probably be the way to go.
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I can't figure out why they don't put a V8 in them any more.
Feb 12, 2019, 11:06 AM
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They're bigger and heavier than the model I have, with less hp and torque.
Makes no sense.
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Government mandate to get aggregate fuel mileage for the
Feb 12, 2019, 11:18 AM
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entire brand to a certain point, I would guess.
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