After months and months of searching, test driving between Tundra & Nissan, I finally have a new truck in the driveway. To dark for pictures.
I drove to a dealership about 30 miles from home and as described on the website, they had what I wanted. I will not bore you with the negotiating details except to say that the sticker was $44,650 and after only 30 minutes, we agreed on a price of $38,400.
The Truck: 2008 Titan LE Crew cab 4X4 in smoke with the dark leather. Options are NAV, rear dvd, sunroof, airbags, tow package, step rails, mats, bluetooth and everything else that goes along with the LE package. And its a long bed.
I drove in with a 2004 Titan and 4 hours later, I was out the door. They gave me a great trade on the 04 as well considering the AC had dumped about a gallon of water on the floor of the passenger seat, it desperately needed front brakes, there was a terrible wining sound coming from under the engine and a host of other issues I just didn't feel like dealing with. Good bye 04. That 1st year truck was nothing but trouble from day 1 but was still the best truck I ever owned. What a drive train!! I am glad I got out before the rear end went which was making noise for the past few months. At any rate, the Tundra was a nice truck to drive but I just couldn't go through the 1st year issues again.
The dealership did a terrible job or prepping the truck, no surprise there. I am ok with that as the real cleaning will come over the weekend.
Only impressions I have so far is that the long wheel base makes for a more comfortable ride, the Crew cab is about 40% quieter than the King cab, the Rockford fosgate in the 08 sounds MUCH nicer than the Rockford Fosgate in the 04 and the interior is much more refined in the 08. I thought i would hate the wood accents but because I have the charcoal interior, it looks just fine.
Sorry for the rant. I am pretty excited. It has been a long search and it is finally over. I will post more about it when I actually have a chance to use it.
I drove to a dealership about 30 miles from home and as described on the website, they had what I wanted. I will not bore you with the negotiating details except to say that the sticker was $44,650 and after only 30 minutes, we agreed on a price of $38,400.
The Truck: 2008 Titan LE Crew cab 4X4 in smoke with the dark leather. Options are NAV, rear dvd, sunroof, airbags, tow package, step rails, mats, bluetooth and everything else that goes along with the LE package. And its a long bed.
I drove in with a 2004 Titan and 4 hours later, I was out the door. They gave me a great trade on the 04 as well considering the AC had dumped about a gallon of water on the floor of the passenger seat, it desperately needed front brakes, there was a terrible wining sound coming from under the engine and a host of other issues I just didn't feel like dealing with. Good bye 04. That 1st year truck was nothing but trouble from day 1 but was still the best truck I ever owned. What a drive train!! I am glad I got out before the rear end went which was making noise for the past few months. At any rate, the Tundra was a nice truck to drive but I just couldn't go through the 1st year issues again.
The dealership did a terrible job or prepping the truck, no surprise there. I am ok with that as the real cleaning will come over the weekend.
Only impressions I have so far is that the long wheel base makes for a more comfortable ride, the Crew cab is about 40% quieter than the King cab, the Rockford fosgate in the 08 sounds MUCH nicer than the Rockford Fosgate in the 04 and the interior is much more refined in the 08. I thought i would hate the wood accents but because I have the charcoal interior, it looks just fine.
Sorry for the rant. I am pretty excited. It has been a long search and it is finally over. I will post more about it when I actually have a chance to use it.