Titan in my garage

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DAEDALUS
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Car: 1990 Infiniti Q45

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No, it's not mine, though I think it looks pretty nice in there. Belongs to a buddy of mine, Dave, who's visiting family back East, and would have otherwise had to park it out on the street because the truck literally WILL NOT FIT IN HIS GARAGE.

This thing is IMMENSE. It stands just over 6 feet, 4 inches tall! That garage door is 7' x 16', but some of the opener brackets hang down a bit...he inched it in there with me looking on the whole time. This beast really looks and feels from the outside like a regular truck built to 1.2 scale. It's a King Cab SE, with big tow and Rockford Fosgate packages, plus the bed extender and rail system. It rides really great on the street, and I'm certain Dave will put it through its offroad paces quite a bit during his trips to Mammoth Mountain and out to the desert dirtbike trails.

I'm so far really impressed with this ride. It's real comfy and roomy and seems really well built, it gets tons of attention on the road, and it just plain hauls A (and 9000 lbs) when you want it to. Word of warning though, the engine is set deep rearward in the bay...doesn't look like you could replace the valve cover gaskets without dropping the engine! Not sure how easy doing the plugs will be.

After a fairly *MISERABLE* experience with Superior Nissan of Carson (I'll never recommend them), he negotiated a good deal at Universal Nissan and drove this baby home a couple weeks ago. He's only filled it up once so far. Well, actually, he *tried* to fill it up, but couldn't quite do so because the pump automatically shut off once the bill reached $50!

The last thing Dave said before leaving was "I better not come back and find my engine sitting in your Infiniti!" Guess he knows me pretty well. ;)


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SmithSR
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I love it. The five year plan includes a 2wd Titan for towing/utility duty, since us country folk must own at least 3 trucks at all times..

NISTECH
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the valve covers are not that bad to do. Had to do a left hand side on one that got pinched at the factory. took about 30 mins to do.

silkk
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i'm liking it

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MrEous
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Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:18 am

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A guy down the street from where I live owns one...everytime I pass it I grow more in love with it. Even my gf likes it and she's definitely a truck/cowboy hater.

UncleBen
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Joined: Thu Jul 25, 2002 7:06 am
Car: '05 Infiniti G35 Sedan Sport
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Excellent trucks imo. Guy at church has an LE extended cab, pretty much everything available on it I'm sure. Its immaculate and definately gorgeous.

Anand
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Car: 95 Nissan 240SX

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I would get one but I got my eye ont he Murano..=)

[Zero-S]
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:56 am
Car: Tell me whats wrong with this picture. 3 240's, only one runs.

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I don't like trucks in general, but this one doesn't look half bad...

The fact that it hauls a makes it even better;)

dplxy
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went to test drivelove it!!but gas.........

DAEDALUS
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Joined: Mon Jul 22, 2002 8:50 pm
Car: 1990 Infiniti Q45

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If you include mirrors, this thing is wider and longer (by over 20") than the H2, and just about 2.5" shorter. It's HUGE I tells ya! (Though the H2 does weigh about 1000lbs more.) I get to admire it till Wednesday. Must....resist....urge....to....pop....hood. :)

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TachyonS14
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Titan's are pretty nice, I like them a lot. Although, I went the dealership as soon as they got them in and in person, the dash kind of bugs me. It's like the dash drops straight down like a wall, I dunno I can't explain it. It gives it that really open interior look, which I guess is good for hauling things in and out of it.

I guess I just like the closed in feeling of the 240 too much lol. Even when I sat in the rx8 (which is really nice btw) I didn't like that I couldn't rest my left arm on the door really.

spitz7985
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It's a sweet looking truck, but if I were to get a pickup, it wouldn't be this because 12mpg doesn't cut it with gas well over $2.00/ga.


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