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I don't know, but it almost sounds like an engine light alert code. I'd call up Nissan Service in case it's something serious. You never know. Beeps going off all around you is a little strange. I'm surprised Nissan does not have a readout somewhere to map where all the different beeps are coming from. In Human Factors Engineering, once you get more than 3 different colors, sounds, beeps, buzzes, etc... it is no longer user friendly anymore and is just confusing without a reference. Renting Japanese cars, sometimes there will be over 100 buttons on the steering wheel and dash!

This sounds interesting. I was planning on a constant rear-view camera and a 4 way camera for parking. I can't find anything about the product yet. I figure anything electronic can be bested by 3rd party, but Nissan's Japanese electronic prowess deserves a look first (and then see if it can fit on a NV.) Any product links would be greatly appreciated. TIA! http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/vehicles-on-display/2017/nissan/titan-xd/

Your wife and kids? You are a lucky man. Just how good of a deal is it, and when will your family outgrow it? If I can swing a 2017 NV 3500 Tall V8, I will be looking for 1M miles lifetime, if I live that long: and I will be shooting for 16 mpg average (unless towing, and then I just want to get there without tearing anything up on the powertrain.)

I was real impressed with Titan too, just looking over it since 2016 innovations. But pickup trucks is all USA has going for it now, so I don't want to make anyone in the propaganda machine mad at me. However, 2016 is when all the changes were made, so I wonder if it was truck of the year for 2 years straight, or it they made other significant improvements I don't know about yet (and could be in NV by 2018?) http://www.trucktrend.com/truck-of-the-year/1701-nissan-titan-wins-2017-pickup-truck-of-the-year/ Notable quotes: 1. "The V-8 engine note was there when you wanted it, and quiet when you were cruising, never intruding on the comfortable, well-equipped cabin." 2. "Among the highlights were Nissan’s Around View Monitor 360 virtual overhead camera display, ..." 3. "This year’s contenders included: Ford F-150 RaptorFord F-250 Super Duty GMC Canyon Denali Honda Ridgeline Nissan Titan Nissan Titan XD Ram 2500 Off-Road Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro" 4. "The Nissan Titan found itself among the quickest production pickups our experts have ever tested...":-)

Please show pics of your conversion, and someone may be better able to assist you. 8' high garage (or carport at least) is on next year's Christmas list for myself. If you have your conversion covered in your own insurance, then it would be no problem. I think it is still no problem and government entities have huge insurance policies for things just like this (minimum wage or volunteer labor is not very skilled on the average.) But if you are not 100% satisfied with the results after they defaced your perfect vehicle, I'd not hesitate in checking a lawyer out. I'm sure there are group legal bonus plans just for what happened to you in Tahoe. It looked like the driver was trying to carve an apple in the snow, blind, and with a snow scrapper. What an idiot driver and wasting your time too. That makes me mad just thinking about it. :judge:

The Titan does have about .02 better drag coefficient, so that should be a mile or a couple better gas mileage than the high top and a few better than the low top. 8% better efficiency for 56/319= 18% more hp with a HD 7 sp trans is no small potatoes in my book. I guess the Titan production volume was overestimated by me, but the research to break into the US truck market by Nissan was a significant investment and effort, which almost duplicated it's effort into the NV market for almost free too. The Titan looked pretty good to me, except for a concentrated propaganda effort against the Titan for the US's last stronghold in trucking. Ford is going to extremes for it's lighter weight, and I see big problems ahead in unbalanced design efforts that are too quick and drastic for their worth. I never did care for GM, and Dodge/Ram have their design problems in transmissions. IF I wanted a big pu truck, I'd sure consider the Titan. But for a Tall Van, the 2017 NV CV tall V8 is the theoretical best in my book in frame and powertrain and quality. For a small van, the Dodge city van seems like it is hard to beat; but it is hard to compare just the NV van alone, I can't really say on any other size of truck configuration. I am looking at design flaws mainly to reject makes and models: systemic flaw analysis of critical value variables. As well, I may have overstated my model choice's worth too. But it's not an oversized step from the quality levels they are at for similar production, so it seems quite achievable to meet my expectations. I'd be happy with the current models, and am confident in a Japanese powerhouse company to keep doing what it has done for decades in producing a quality vehicle within specs. Good model run vehicles make significant improvements about every 5 or so years, and 2017 3500 NV CV Tall is that model for me. OEM's seem to put extra quality details in the first innovative improvement model years to help capture markets, in American models anyway. Those are my reasons and rationales anyway (and I need one asap too :-)

I don't know if they are out yet. The Nissan Salesman seemed to indicate they are, but I could have just heard what I wanted to hear. There must be a few people waiting on the 2017 3500 v8/7sp high roof with better drag coefficient (but garage limited too.) I haven't seen any test ride comparisons yet: just Nissan reviews reedited. I wonder what the hold up could be? All the components are hopefully tried and true since powertrain was introduced in 2016 Titan model.

You would think there would be lots of van/truck magazine 2017 NV 3500 reviews coming out soon, but the new v8 and 7 sp trans were already introduced in the 2016 Titan. The new big box van v8's new mileage should strip some of Transit's customer base who are not completely satisfied, after paying the big bucks. Unless you are a multi-disciplinary engineer with nothing better to do, the Transit looks like a good concept with some half-baked ideas that make a close-by dealership required(!) There are islands of brilliance though, but not enough to make it a reliable good vehicle system: without more money spent on top of the already high price, $$,$$$.$$. The soft lightweight frame that changes your alignment every time it is lifted was the biggest turn-off to me. I already do way too much baby sitting with mechanics working on my vehicles :-( I like the "HD" in front of the new 7sp transmission name for the 2017 NV 3500 too. Has anyone heard anything from the Titan owner forums on how the 2017 new v8 w/7sp trans powertrain is doing?

http://autotk.com/dimensions/nissan/nv-cargo-nv3500-hd/2017/ From the same site with questionable DC, it shows NV3500 as .36 to .39 (Nissan .365 to .399); so they are truncating by known comparisons. So it's closer to .35 vs. .37 vs. .4 (Titan/Tall NV/Regular NV) in standard rounding conventions (vs. rounding down which is unconventional biased rounding.) And unless I see it through Nissan, they probably folded the side mirrors in, took off the antenna, put skinny tires on, etc... to reach that DC, even if it was .35. I'll ask the Nissan salesman what the Nissan 3 decimal DC is for the Titan as a point of reference. Of course: 1. I think pickups actually do better gas mileage with the rear gates up since they act like a spoiler. I could never tell a difference with my trucks gates open or closed, but never did an actual test which can be biased by direction and the wind anyway. 2. Nissan put many millions of dollars research on Titan to break into US Pickup market (which directly benefited NV owners in 2017.) It certainly sounds possible, but I'm not confident yet. I even read where DC is variable and not fixed, so I'd like to at least see the same comparable measures from the same source (Nissan, the source.) If Nissan does still NOT release the DC figures, than I'd assume that the huge Titan cab may get closer to .44 DC figure released 10 years ago. Dealing with OEM's specs is not straight forward. Titan is their number one market, so...? If the Titan is .35 DC, then the tall NV may be 14/20 city/highway which is fantastic in my book for the fastest in it's class engine. I'll drop by the Nissan dealer soon to find the 2016/17 Titan DC measure.

From 2017 NV Nissan Press-Kit, 2016 Titan Nissan Pres-Kit (when new v8/7sp trans introduced), and one 2016 Titan drag coefficient article link below for - ?? http://autotk.com/dimensions/nissan/titan-xd/2016/ 2017 NV 3500 SV ......Regular.........Tall...................2018 Titan 4x2, new v8/7 sp. trans Height (in)....................84.9............106....................78 CD..............................0.399...........0.364.................0.34 (??) Weight (lbs.).................6172............6335.................6171. mpg (city/highway)...................................................15/21 As per Wiki, "The average modern automobile achieves a drag coefficient of between 0.30 and 0.35. SUVs, with their typically boxy shapes, typically achieve a Cd=0.35–0.45. "

I finally stopped by the dealer today. He said few dealers have shop lift height capacity for tall NV's and don't carry them yet (if they can't service them); but he is moving down the street in a couple of months. He seemed to think the NV would beat the Titan in gas mileage with the same engine and trans due to the coefficient of drag. One simplified average estimate I saw was double the CD difference for mileage difference for comparable weight vehicles: maybe a mile or two better by that estimate (instead of worse by my first guesstimate.) So that's about 23 highway for the tall 2017 NV v8, empty. That's starting to sound encouraging, and is mainly the 7sp trans efficiency bumped up by CD of the tall NV, which is like a semi top spoiler (sweet.) I am thinking a big rear view camera and possible the sliding door glass only when rolling. Then at night, a 4 direction camera screen while parked. I'd sure like to make it look as good as those low roofs with tinted glass all around, but for one glass, it would be impractical. Since the hood scoop is like a Kenworth roof, I need to start looking at nice big rigs for slip-stream efficiency and looks packages. The dealer said the 3500 Tall NV SV maxed out with technical package around $34-35k out-the-door. That's a big 10-4, ha ha.

Those low vans really look like a luxury SUV over twice the cost. I wish I could fit my motorcycle in one.

2017 specs, but I did see one spec that was superseded already on new v8 engine, but it shows all the capacity and towing of every model complete, because it is confusing without a reference. (it's paged way down in the information to find it - about 3/4's way down under 3rd SPECS button at the top.) http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/presskits/us-2017-nv-cargo-van-press-kit

There are wash-waxes that 'sheet' water off, instead of beading which collects dirt. Then for up to 3 mos or longer, you can just spray wash it and it looks waxed. They keep changing the products because they keep you from buying other things you don't need in great quantities. Look for a good quality product like Mcquires (sp?) that says "Sheeting action" and it should be good. Other than the hood and passenger window plastic air foils, I was going to get a clear 'skin' put on high roof front slope. I'll still need a long handle soft brush and ladder, but I'm not going to do it but about every 4+ months for white. The spray washes will be weekly though for an almost just waxed look. That's my plans anyway: easier is better. It's hard to trust a machine or even other people from scratching your vehicle: and it's almost assured. You just don't know how much until the next time you hand wash it again.

From both of these websites, the NV 3500 cargo model does not come in a Tall NV van model (except passenger shuttles, which should really be considered as well, except for the security of windows access all around.) http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2016/12/07/320970-nissan-2017-nv-cargo-van-and-nv-passenger-van-us.html http://www.caranddriver.com/nissan/nv1500-2500-3500/pricing/trims So, NV SV 2500 Tall v8 it is. I did not consider the all the tall version's steel in the towing limit capacity (I'm a newbee!) And the first link says the new v8 is 8% more efficient, so: 11 to approx. 12 mpg, city, and 14.5 to approx. 16 mpg mixed average (estimated): which makes it closer to v6 mileage specs, and is not bad at all for the safe and reliable vehicle it is toting around. "An 11.2:1 compression ratio is provided by a new piston design, aiding overall engine efficiency and performance and a Multi Control Valve (MCV) assists in managing the engine's thermal efficiency better than a traditional thermostat." "It is available through a select network of 440 authorized Nissan Commercial Vehicle dealers nationwide." "The new V8 is assembled in Decherd, Tenn." So that is NW of Chattanooga, TN, and a nice location with a good industrial workforce. The V8 and CV assembly plants both, in TN and MS, would be great plant-visits if they allowed them. Being from the SE USA myself with Rebel and Cherokee Indian ancestors (many, many moons ago :-) and being an industrial engineer, I am really starting to appreciated this van more and am proud of the defect-free quality history. This van will be tough to beat for knowledgeable business owners looking to reduce overall systemic costs.

I was just wondering how the unloaded and specified towing load mpg's were in reality. Maybe they have not sold any yet though.

That was the feeling I had too, but the mpg's were all over the place in surveys. It's the in-between trips that really sack the average closer to 2 mpg over the bottom city mileage. To me, the slight improvement was a more reliable displacement response to the dual turbo ecoboost with a fragile chassis: and it is all over the place in gas mileage too with a GT race engine. I would rather not pay the $10K difference for the GT engine technology which is a touchy race engine to maintain. The 7 sp trans mission may have more to do with gas mileage efficiency, but it did gain 56 hp somewhere. It was already the fastest most powerful and fastest engine in it's class and now it's even more powerful and more efficient. I was just sitting on the fence trying to figure out if I would tow or need that power. It's hard to make decisions from web surveys. Now it's a no-brainer; and even if it was before, it's hard to decipher the wide gap;in both v6 and v8 mileage with incomplete survey information. Now the V8 will better compete with empty loads in the v6 and blow it away more in towing. I don't know how much difference it is from before, but it is 56/319 = 18% more hp and 2/5 = 40% more transmission efficiency in gears. To me, it's now the undisputed heavy weight van. The Ford Transit 'Spin' team is going to driving themselves crazy now. They about drove me crazy trying to figure out why they blabber incomplete information and make customers spend man-months figuring anything out.

The soft framed 3.5l eco Transit has got fairly decent gas mileage. The Ram Promaster has a decent Maserati engine but an underrated minivan transmission. And the Nissan NV 2500/3500 has it all except gas mileage in comparison. From what I see, the NEW V8 375 hp w/7 speed transmission seems like it is hiding it's new gas mileage breakthrough due to huge used market inventory of NV 3500/2500/1500's on hand. I could not find one of the sites that had mpg estimates for the 2017 NV3500 v8/7 sp. trans. BUT I did find mpg estimates for the 2017 TITAN with v8/7 sp trans! https://www.edmunds.com/nissan/titan/2017/st-401666976/mpg/ 18 / 15 / 21 And the Titan SL cab weighs about only 300 lbs less than the NV3500 Tall van: with 18" and 20" wheels on the Titan. SO a rough cut estimate of the NV3500 V8/7sp tran tall van would be -2 mpg on each estimate: ** 16 / 13 / 19 **. That would be a eco Transit gas mileage beater and beat it in performance too - it already did that before 2017 (and you would not bend the frame every time you lifted it while rotating tires making a good alignment impossible like the $45K Transit ;-) Does that make sense? Now all I need is $34,660 for NV3500 SV V8 w/ 7 sp trans with rear windows, as well as hood and window deflectors. This is a great site and great van builders! Peace.

How are you going to fit a motorcycle in there now, on the trailer? Thanks.