Well I brought home an '08 SE CrewCab SWB 4x4 (Red Brawn) this evening. I spent two hours driving both the short bed and long bed and decided on the short. The short bed seemed to ride better (maybe just me). Man this truck is great. I traded in my '05 SE CrewCab 2WD and got a smokin deal being the end of the month and Halloween. Nissan must have heard your comments before they brought out the '08's. The nicest feature I see so far is that they lifted up the front to level out the truck on the 4x4's (no more leveling kits). It has been hard to get used to the height while getting in and out though. I was going to go with the LE but I am still not happy with the leather that Nissan is using. I got just about every other option the base LE has except heated seats and dual zone climate control. I think I will look into some Katskins soon. I will try to post some pics tomorrow!:teethmast