[Tlrtucker]

So I am trying to decide if I need to give up on the Xterra and move to a Nissan Titan or another full size truck to meet my needs. This is not my Daily driver and I am running into more occasions where a truck bed would help out more then the off-road capability of the Xterra. I've also started renting travel trailers (camper) and the VQ40DE really has to work hard when towing a camper around 3200-3500lbs before cargo (always empty water and waste tanks). Even with trying to tweak my exhaust it still drones with O/D off and towing on the highway.


When I bought this my family with 3 other girls were not interested in camping so it was never a consideration and I had a 5x10 utility trailer for all my hauling needs. Now I am at the point where we try to squeeze bikes and everything else into a trailer and then all of us load up into the Xterra. A truck bed would give me the option to put bikes and anything else odd shaped into it much easier.


Anyone else make the switch to a full size truck for their towing and cargo needs?

Is it worth changing my exhaust a 3rd time to work on the drone?
Current setup: New secondary cats, AFE caback, with Vibrant resonator welded in where old tail pipe resonator used to be.

I would still be looking at used since Xterra is paid off and would like to keep any loan payments smaller.

I have both an F150 and an Xterra, and to be honest being able to keep both is great! The F150 is more comfortable and obviously much better for towing and hauling. Simple things, like picking up a 7 or 8 foot object, like a 2x4 or whatever, is incredibly simple with a truck, hard to do with an Xterra. BUT - I mostly am driving and parking in the city, so mpg's and parking suck with a crew cab full size truck. Not all that difficult, but door dings a plenty unless you're parallel parking. Parking the Xterra is so simple.

If I had to do it all over again, and could only keep one vehicle, knowing what I know now, I'd seriously consider a long bed crew cab Frontier. Best of both worlds imho.

Plus - filling up a 36 gallon tank on a truck that gets me 11-12 mpg now that gas is $4.59 is hard to stomach. I was at about 2/3 of a tank on the F150 yesterday and it cost $60 to top it off. Last week I paid almost $140 to fill it up from about 1/8 tank. Hell, even my Mini is over $60 to fill up.