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Lots of “in use” photos (check travels in NV SMB) but what you probably want are interior photos. There is one for sale on Sportsmobile.com, (Texas) with photos. Asking $46k. 30 built (standard and high tops, V6 and V8s) in 2012-13 for $65-73+k. Can be converted to 4x4 but not needed.

I think it helped that the tread remained intact. At least it saved the mudflap. New tire had to be special ordered. No one keeps this size in inventory. Installed yesterday. Considered moving unused spare, same tire as rest, to rim in photo, but sidewall showed significant “rub” wear from being mounted under van. Only good for a spare. Low was 14* at the Grand Canyon. High 30s at home. Maybe try again in January or February.

Some trips go from bad to worse and you head back home. Weather looked great for a repeat trip to Grand Canyon NP. Tried reserving 4 nights but recreation.gov wasn’t able to process payments. Few days later I was able to reserve 2 nights and about a week ago was able to add 2 more nights at the same site. Weather looked great, lows in the 30s and highs close to 60. Then there was a National Park alert, “Danger.” Lows around 13-14* and high winds. We have the gear so trip was on, but I was worried. Water in interior pipes would freeze but water in containers would be fine. Who would get up first to make coffee? About 50 miles into the trip, the check engine light came on. The usual code P0048. Cleared it and it didn’t come back on. Just north of Phoenix, the tire pressure warning light came on. Tire blew on I-17 at 75 mph in the middle lane. Except for a lot of smoke and a little wobble, able to get to the breakdown lane. After road side service got the tire off, there was a huge hole in the tread. Getting the spare down was a major problem. The tire wouldn’t drop down because the excess chain was jammed into a bolt hole. It was hard to get bolt cutters into the space. 3 hours later, we turned back for home. Cancelled reservation with recreation.gov. $10 cancellation fee. Get $8 refund from the $36 for 4 nights. Mainly wanted to free up site for someone just as crazy… The only reason I am posting this is that there was no way I could have changed this tire with the tools that come with the van.

Youtube has several “owner” walk around nav6 videos that may answer some of these questions.

Price reduced to $46k. Interesting that used Roadtrek Nav6 Active sell quickly and SMBs languish. SMBs and Roadtrek(?) are considered certified RVs, eligible for RV loan rates and insurance.

Go to Conversions and Roadtrek Nav6 post. Similar question…

Post some photos of your project and travels. Enjoy your free spirited borrowed time. Impressive!

NV CARGO - Nissan USA pdf is the 2021 brochure. For whatever reason, I can’t post a direct link. Hope someone else can. Good resource, particularly if the brochure can be”copied.”

Sorry, Should have been more specific. (I have never had much luck with searches on this site or copying info to this forum.) Google “Nissan NV specs” and it should come up after a bunch of bogus sites that want to sell NVs. Scroll down to NV CARGO - Nissan USA. The pdf file is the 2021 brochure.

Most likely, this already was posted. MotorTrend did a review on 10/10/2012. Some useful info. Travel and Adventure: The N6-Active…

OEM tpms are vehicle specific, so probably not reprogrammable for aftermarket rims and tires. Pre-programmable or programmable tpms (EZ-sensor from Schader tpms Solutions, Europe) may be a possible solution. schadertpms.com Difficult site to navigate. Ignore “Car” and plug in 2021, Nissan and model. This will pull up NVs.

Search NV CARGO - Nissan USA. This will bring up a 2021 pdf file. Nice that there were no changes during the 10 year run.

Cheddar Jim, Did a quick “phone” look and no luck. With one of the site upgrades, some posts were deleted in full or partially. Try search for rear sonar or parking sensors and wade thru the results. A lap top may get better results.

11/1 post on Sportsmobile forum re: Advance 4x4 conversion of 2008 Ford Econoline SMB with low mileage (25k). Pro take away: Positive conversion of an older van from start to finish. 2 other positive posts. Pics of underbelly to follow on SMB forum. Con take away: 10-15% less mpg. Advanced is in Salt Lake City. They have converted NVs. Not a great option if not relatively close to SLC.

Guess I couldn’t see the sonar bouncing to and from… Seriously, how do you account for sonar seeing shadows? I get it bouncing off uneven terrain, but that isn’t always the case nor is anything close. Periodically, as in seldom, tire beep and symbol come on just to get me to pull over and check. Tires look fine, so get back in, restart and reboot… I don’t recall if going through the psi dash display removes the symbol if psi is fine.

Low psi will trigger a ping and a tread symbol. Back up camera beeps for real and imaginary objects. Doesn’t like shadows. Front sensors used to be a problem for some with front license plates.

You may have to pm ASD Dad to get a response.

These are very old posts, complicated by a “phone only” process to Nissan Commercial. So, no paper trail.

ASD Dad, Read your post without looking at source. Then, “wait a minute.” Doing well. Only planned to keep our NV for 10 years. 11 years as of a couple of days ago. Reevaluating how we plan to use it. Still feel this is an amazing vehicle. Amusingly, people still approach saying they’ve never seen one before. LAF, This was more like too much time on my hands.

This forum needs some modification. Remove: Leasing and ordering NV 200e and taxi Upfits Add: Buying “used” Doubt this will increase posts…

Slightly different NVs. 1/4 ton vs 1/2 ton. (Crusty will weigh in on this. Pun intended.) A few reports of 17+ mpg for both the V6 1500 and 2500. Generally speaking you get what you get and the dealer probably will tell you this is normal. Assume dealer has been doing routine and recommended maintenance. 1500 mpg seems ok. Suppose you could fill the 2500 tank and gingerly drive it “cargo” empty for a a 1/4 tank. Won’t take long at 9-11 mpg. Refill it and do paper calculation. Ignore the computer. You may want to check the Frontier forum to see if there are relevant problems or solutions.

Why Humbug Mountain SP? Beach is dog friendly. Hike 3 miles up to 1700+ summit of Humbug Mountain from the campground. Walk the 3 mile out and back abandoned Route 101 that also starts from the campground. 5 photos down, looking at new 101 and base of Humbug Mountain through smoke and fog. Single lane bridge original. Railing new.

Nav showed 1000 miles to Port Orford, OR via I-10 & I-5. Once we got to Joshua Tree National Park, we exited I-10 and didn’t see I-5 until Ashford, OR. Total trip was 3000 miles, almost all asphalt. 16.1 mpg. Price of gas varied between $4.50+ and $5.80+. Avoided $6.00+. Over the course of 11 years and 96k, we had camped at all these sites previously. Overnights except for Humbug Mountain State Park 7 miles south of Port Orford, where we stayed 7 nights. Needed an ocean fix. Only negative was fire east of Port Orford and north of campground. Under 4000 acres when we arrived and over 22000 when we left. Lots of smoke, falling ash and a running, “cautionary” be ready to evacuate 3 nights before we left. Had to pack up everything a live out of the van. Photos Joshua Tree NP Sonora Bridge in the Sierras (28*) Lava Beds NM (Fire swept through the area 2-3 years ago. Hot and little shade.) Humbug Mountain SP (Mandatory reservation.) Hole in the Wall/Mojave Desert. (Just reopened after storm damage. Sunrise breakfast to clean out fridge etc before heading home.) For anyone itching to go to Death Valley, it is closed due to flooding. Supposed to reopen mid-October.

Price reduced to $54k. Reasonable given the reliability of NVs and SMBs.

Well done and great write up.