I know this is and older post so my apologies if I'm in the wrong place. New to using forums(In 2019? Really? Where have you been hiding!) It's funny, I've been thinking about posting good things about the PF. As a newbie I've been reading a TON of posts, mostly older, to familiarize myself with potential issues and their solutions. I tend to over think and worry too much(blessing and a curse). I realized that my puny human brain was getting super-saturated with bad, expensive and stressful problems folks have had. Did I F up buying this? Is the world going to implode? No. I'm just seeing things from dozens of years across thousands of vehicles; each with their own needs and personalities. (Yes I believe every vehicle has a "soul", like us they have a myriad of components working together and it isn't a stretch fo one small thing to stop the whole she-bang. It's amazing that humans and cars funtion as long as they do
) Anyway, to boost my self confidence and maybe others, here's a reminder to myself why I bought it. Sister-in-law had 95 Maxima for over 11 years, routine maintence is all; said goodbye to it at 340,xxx mi only because it was rotten from a life on the Michigan road salt flats. Now has 2011 Nissan minivan (can't recall model, sux getting old). Brother (in MI) had 05 or 06 Titan with no issues (other than rear axle defect which Nissan rectified at no cost). Traded it in for upgraded 2016. My dad has 06 Armada (drool drool wanna sell it? No, you could'nt afford what it's worth. Thanks yet again. Yes I've got issues,who doesn't). No problems and that thing's a TANK!. Mom had 03 Infinti I35 that we bought from her in 2013. No major issues, normal maintenance. Just sold it at 189,000 miles because the body was unzipping ( it had been rear-ended twice, and she wrecked the front twice. You couldn't tell it had been repaired, even by looking at the bones). The fender wells and under body pinch welds were rusting pretty bad, not the car's fault tho. I grew up in the 70s and 80s listening to my dad bitch about GM. We were always a GM family, by default I would guess. He even worked at Delco in Dayton in the 60s. Dad and bro are engineers, so they are hyper aware of design/assembly flaws. Alot of the issues before our Nissans joined us was where the bean counters super-ceded the engineers. That occurs on nearly everything though. However, Nissan has a good balance between the 2. These are all reliable NISSANs. Great value for the hard earned buck. For me, driving and especially wrenching on them is night and day compared to my Chevy Trailblazer (still have, 244,xxx mi, good truck except for all the stupid stuff I've had to fix (usually a PITA to do so, not meant to be serviced) that should'nt have been needed if they spent .002 cents more on parts
); my former 96 S-10, 86 mustang, 76 Cutlass Supreme (man I wish I still had that car tho) . Logical design and construction is why I bought this PF. Fun to drive. Reasonable to work on. Easy to maintain. Like the style (prefer R50s, could'nt find a decent one, clock was ticking). So to sum up, once I get through replacing and upgrading things that need it I'll have a solid, capable, reliable and affordable truck that's not rusted out. And I have this forum with awesome fellow owners to help me out WHEN I get stumped. "Relax, you're ridin' with Audie Murphy!" There. I shut what's left of my brain up by stabbing it with this mental Q-tip. Now if the dang weather would just....