New Daily Driver

[xyster]

I've been shopping for a more practical daily drive for a while...since my CA-powered, gutted coupe riding on Tein HE's isn't very comfortable or reliable for daily driving. This became even more apparent this past week, when a breather hose blew off the valve cover, and it blew about a quart of oil into the engine bay in a timeframe of about 15 mins @ stock boost, due to my horrible blow-by (failing piston rings, most likely on 3 and 4).

Anyways, I picked up my new toy on friday: a "salsa" '00 Frontier Desert Runner SE extended cab, auto V6. Here's a couple pics off the dealer's website:





It has 68k on the odometer, all the mechanicals are in excellent shape, and aside from some minor scratches and dings, has a very clean body/interior. I picked it up for $10,160 base.....$12k drive-out w/ 2yr/24k bumper-to-bumper warranty. I like to think I got a decent deal. I would've rather had the s/c model....but I'm pressed for time, and this one was easy to find.I looked at Tacomas, S10 ZR2's, Ranger Edges, etc...and finally decided to stick with Nissan. Anyone have any good/bad experiences with Frontiers?

[skydragoness]

Nice truck! (scratches and dings? bah! you need a big rust hole in the quarter panel to give it real character )

I haven't heard anything bad about the Frontiers, if i were to get a pickup, i'd either go Nissan or Toyota. Since they've been making bulletproof trucks for about the same amount of time.

[Axel Grungy]

thats a beaut!! nice color too. cant go wrong with nissans, if i had to get a pickup, thats waht id get.

[Altiman94]

looks nice, i havent herad any bad stories about them as long as they are probably taken care of.

[silkk]

that looks nice!

[90Q45blue]

Nice pick-up. Be sure to visit our Trucks/SUV sections now!

Nick

[Jesda]

Nice rig!!! Now you need a Calvin & Hobbes "Piss on Ford" sticker. :P (Kidding)

[xyster]

Thank you for the positive replies. I've put about 150 miles on it, with only one complaint: it ticks a bit from the passenger side of the engine bay for the first 5 mins or so of driving. It probably just has a crappy oil filter, and could use an oil change. I'll swap to my usual K&N Filter and Mobil 1 synthetic oil as soon as I can.

[[Zero-S]]

Let it be known that the frontier line would probably be the only pickup that I would ever buy. Good choice.

[Mr1der]

me, I'd go for a crew cab 4x4 supercharged 3.3. But that's a 30k truck new.

if you don't plan on off roading in hardcore manners, the desert runner is very nice though. 4x4 lift with the cheapness of 2 wheel drive and slightly better mileage.

I'll take my Frontier in Yellow:D

[[Zero-S]]

Yes James, they can actually pull that color off nicely.

[Mr1der]

mmhmmm, I'd so take it to the beach and lean on it pretending I'm a lifegaurd.

then probably do some donuts in the sand and go jump something.

I need a boosted 4x4 truck, or 4Runner. three cheers for a turbo 4Runner! Wait, do they make a SC'd Xterra? I can't remember...

[Mr1der]

Nice rig!!! Now you need a Calvin & Hobbes "Piss on Ford" sticker. :P (Kidding)

you see, this is what I get for reading previous posts...

blatant disrespect! bah, who am I kidding...

if somebody buys me one of those, I'll put it on the T Bird:D

gotta be red though, to somewhat go with my interior color.

[Mr1der]

no buyers for me?