Good luck on the deal Wylie...
I realize that this is not gonna be a deciding factor in most peeps truck purchase but anyways...
I'm on my third Nissan suv, I keep getting a new one cuz I like them so much. Hubby has always had GM...one thing we really notice between them over the years is how well the Nissans take abuse and stay tight. They need far less maintenance for little things and although parts/repairs are a bit higher, you never seem to need it! They just keep going and going...my first Pathfinder is still going strong with hundreds of thousands of kms, my second one is close to 300,000 now, my dad has it for a spare vehicle and it's been absolutely perfect nothing has been done to it since new -regular maintence no major repairs ever and it still doesn't have any rattles or shakes. He was never an import guy, GM all the way, but after owning this suv for 5 years he's thinking differently. He's never had a vehicle require less work and repairs especially one that has that many kms.
Mine sees some rough roads and I don't baby it, but it doesn't have a rattle, shimmy, shake...nothing! Hubby's truck is a few years newer and is top of the line GM...sweet truck, nice ride but the little rattles and rubs and crap drive me crazy! I'll spend hours trying to find the source of a tiny squeek or something...zero tolerance for annoying sounds (unless of course, it's me
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So besides all the important stuff like power, towing, gas mileage etc...I like a non-rattly, tight truck!!!