Well, I can't seem to get myself out of the truck. Damn, this is one sweet ride. Some observations:

Gas Mileage: Got about 330 miles on the first tank. Dealer filled it, so I don't know exactly how many gallons he put in. Probably getting about 14mpg.

Ride: Smooth and very precise. This is an LE without the off road package, so this may vary, but it handle the bumps, potholes and such very well. The turning circle is suprisingly small for a truck this size.

Handling: Very nimblr. Cruises down back (paved) roads with ease. Only took a few minutes to get used to the size. It does not "feel" big when you are in it. Very hard to explain. Mine has the heated towing mirrors, and the view with the smaller blind spot mirrors that are built in is great. Once I got them set, I feel very comfortable.

Interior: Getting used to it. This is a Crew Cab, and there is a TON of room in the back. I've had the back seat "up", and you can put a lot of stuff back there. Mine has the DVD Entertainment system in it, as you have to get this if you want the sunroof (?). It is pretty cool, but I will rarely use it. The sound from a DVD is Dolby Digital and sounds great. The Nephews will like it.

The instrumentation is great, there is a tranny temperature gauge that comes with the towing package. The NAVI is pretty easy to use, as is the radio.

Back Up Sensor: Works great. Almost as good as having the camera (as in my former Q45). This is well worth getting.

Not So Great:

1) The bed is smaller because I have the Crew Cab. Would be a real sweet (but long) truck if it had the same bed as the King Cab.

2) The fold down arm rest on the drivers captains chair seems to be a bit small, and too close to the seat. It feels like it should be over to the center another inch or two.

3) Interior storage is a bit odd. There is a deep spot where you can throw anything, but that makes it hard to find what you are looking for quickly. The two main cupholders are off to the drivers side, although there is a strange slide out cupholder for the driver in the deep storage area. The spot under the center console is also deep, but filled with the DVD player and a bit cramped.

4) The NAVI is essentially the same as the one in my Q45, but the lower section of the screen is filled with radio station info, etc, which shifts the map display up about an inch. It would be nice if this were selectable, so you could turn it off and get the whole map.

Needless to say, this is all nit pick crap, this is a great truck. I get looks whereever I go. It's a real head turner on the road and in parking lots!

I am getting an X-Pel kit intalled next week to protect the front from rocks, bugs, etc. I will feel better after that is done.

Anyone interested in getting a Titan should go drive one, and you will love it. This is a real winner from NISSAN. Great Job!!!

:-jon

you need to post pics up in the members rides!! theres a link in the begining of this forum in the sticky post by palmerwmd

already done. a few days ago

may we see a link to you photo gallery?

Took me a while to find it:

http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....14953

thats why I asked for a link I went looking last night and got hung up looking at others pics....lol

Hey I believe you can go into the menus of the navi and change the display a bit so once you have your radio station set up or the temp control set up it hides that info. play with the setup menus and see if thats possible.

Also see about getting the stillen or trenz grille for it. it is very easy to install and it looks awesome with the crome lower bumper. I have installed a couple and I tell you it makes it look twice as mean. Your existing grill stays in place and this grille sits inside the opening of the original.

here is a link to that grille through our stillen sponser.

http://www.stillen.com/Supertr...age=1

check this out.http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....61919

Chris is that a new TSB? We have been machining the chit out of the rotors on them.

nope but it should be. it came directly from tech school.

yeah I checked our current asist for it not there. I have another armada with the same problem. I have a titan beached on the rack in the shop waiting for new rotors as well. Are you guys having any problems getting the rotors from PDC? We cant get any they say they are on national B/O. They give us a release date for them and then push it out when the time comes. so far they have pushed the date out 4 times. the new date is the 30th, Friday.

we have not had to replace any yet. we are turning them like crazy though. you can turn them with the pro cut without even taking that horrible caliper bracket off. then you dont need the new bolts. still a good idea to slob some pbc grease on those slides. will help the old f1 score. by the way, no one else would understand so ill tell you. woo hoo, just got my obdII certification and became an engine specialist. only took me 3 years of begging the service manager to send me to school.

We do not have the procut,nor does our dealer have any intention of buying it. We have one of those god awful on car lathes that bolt up to the torque member bolt holes so even if it did it on the car I would still have to remove those bolts:(. These 2 I have in the shop now are horrific. It feels like someone welded a piece of welding rod in one spot on the rotor and when braking it feels like it hits it once every revolution. It seems more like a crack in the rotor surface.

Congrats on the cert. That is the same cert I have now. No begging at my dealer. My service manager has made me the training coordinator for our shop and has put the full responsibility of sending the techs to school on me. I have the whole training schedule layed out for all my techs. I have one guy on my crew I got him to his last class for master about 3 months ago. Hes been with nissan since the 70's left for awhile then returned he was only in need of like 2 classes for master. so hes done. I got another guy who needs 2 more for the ceryt you just got and hes enrolled in both now. He'll be certified on june 9th. I only need 3 more classes for master. actually platnuim master since I am already ase master and have my L1. You need to start hitting up the service manager to put your shops training in either one of the techs or the shop foremans hands since they will have more of an intrest in getting the guys to school there.

sorry oblio, not trying to jack your thread, but on the positive side you got 2 nissan techs discussing a known problem on your vehicle. And the 2 of us pretty much know your vehicle inside and out:)

heh yah.

No problem guys, good stuff to know.

So far, I have not noticed any brake pulsation. How soon does it show itself, and do you guys know what percentage of vehicles it is affecting? I have about 1000 miles on mine already!

:-jon

it has affected approximately 35% of my dealers trucks. you are getting close to the mileage. if its gonna happen it will be within the next 4000 miles. if it does, you know what to tell the techs!

Hey finally got my rotors yesterday and one set came from a dealer in NY. shipping was 148 bucks. The armada I did had 4000 miles the titan had about 8500 miles.

Oh chris thanx for the heads up on the caliper bolts I had to pull the page out of the ESM and post it. None of us where aware of it. We had actually reused the first few we did thinking it was no different then other vehicles.

NISTECH wrote:Oh chris thanx for the heads up on the caliper bolts I had to pull the page out of the ESM and post it. None of us where aware of it. We had actually reused the first few we did thinking it was no different then other vehicles.

yup, us too. guy at the training center told me about it. hey, we are all flat rate over here. who pulls out the fsm for a brake job? i guess we should though.

Yea were flat rate too. Pulling out the service manual can be a job in itself any more with it being on disk and then to top it off having the lay out completely changed from the original service manuals. Finding info you need could take .3 hrs...lol

Btw had yet another Armada today with the shakes. This one a return from a prior machining repair for it.. more rotors on order WOO HOO theres only 900+ currently on back order across the country.

heh!

Is it 2wd or 4? I really want one but don't have the money.. How is the power of that V8?

CST has a 8" lift that makes that thing look great..