ASD Dad

Wow I still get replies this thread. Guess I need to edit notifications! Lol I still have my NV but it’s still sitting most days. Works awesome for towing the camper and hauling extended family around but that’s all we use it for now. Rad, how are you doing?? Hope all is well out west.

Hey Rad! How is it over in sunny AZ? Been a warm summer here in SC. Looking forward to some cooler weather. How's the NV running for you? Our's is going strong but it sits days to weeks on end now. I take it out once a month or so just to drive it a little.

Hey everyone! Long time never talk. Funny I still had this thread subscribed and got notifications today. I still have my NV but it sits 95% of the time in my driveway shelter. We only use it to tow our camper. I drive way too much (20K+ miles per year) to be driving a big van around everywhere sucking down expensive gas. I now drive a plug-in hybrid (Honda Clarity) that gets me around 2000-3000 miles per tank of gas and that tank is only 6 gallons. Much better on my wallet! We do occasionally use it to take the whole family out (us and grandparents) but it mostly sits all sad in its shelter. We do still camp a lot so it is driven but that is pretty much it. Still love the van and would have bought a diesel version if they ever made it. Just going to keep it until it dies or we stop camping right now! As for the site moderation, I can be removed if I havent been already. This site had so little traffic for so long I sort of gave up even when I was still driving the NV more often. Hope all is well with everyone!

Nissan has officially stated they are stopping ALL NV production. It no longer meets their global sales design. Its too big for anywhere but the USA for the most part and Transit/Sprinter still owns most the commercial business. I know we all see commercial NV's a lot but Ford/Benz have way more sales.

Hey Rad! I have been gone a while, no idea how long though. My NV sits now as a dedicated tow vehicle and when I take extended family out. I drive it a couple times a month but have been camping a few times this Fall so been using it more. Going this weekend! The forum seemed dead so I stopped logging in to see no new posts. Not sure what will happen now that Nissan is officially stopping production next year. I know I am not giving mine up! Just works too well for what we need.

My commercial dealer is closed except emergencies. I guess a recall is an emergency but I am not driving anywhere with it so I am waiting it out.

12MPG is freaking fantastic towing. I get around 8 towing a 30 foot 7600 pound toyhauler camper. I get 12-13 in daily driving with AT tires and a large roof rack. Only one to do a conversion is Cummins themselves as a test mule (they used it for a shuttle van) and the aftermarket conversion Rad talks about above. I remember it was not cheap and did not just drop in. Drive any gas motor vehicle towing and your mileage will tank. Its not a NV thing, its a gas vs diesel. My Tundra got the same mileage towing a similar camper. My inlaws newish Silverado also gets the same towing a smaller camper. It does great not towing (he gets 28 mpg on the highway) but gas motors dont like towing anything, they have to spin at higher rpm to get into the meat of the torque curve. A F350 is a totally different class of vehicle. Compare the NV with a 5.0 F150 or even the Ecoboost when towing. The NV overall is in its own class, there are no other large vans that can tow what it can and haul a lot of people and gear inside. Since Ford stopped the Excursion and Chevy stopped the 3/4T Burbs to non-commercial sales there isnt anything else to pick from new.

Rad - if you look in the "New" content tab, all the posts with the black dot/circle before the post is a post you have read and there are new topics you have not seen yet. If you click on that black dot it should take you to the first unread post. If the subject has no black dot it means you either read the whole post already or you have not started reading it, either way the whole thing would be new to you. This is on a computer, not sure on mobile site...

He is right, they have not touched the NV since the last change of engine and transmission. I'd like to see a mild refresh but doubt it will happen. Nissan has a lot of other issues to worry about vs. a niche vehicle.

Hey aztec, I am still figuring out what all I can do with this new site format. I deleted that video for you. Hope that was OK. I am not sure I can put it back! I still cant do some things I used to be able to do on the old site but I can do other things like delete that vid. Weird. Thanks for posting a possible fix! Hopefully others will find it useful.

Seems I can no longer move threads. This really belongs elsewhere but I cant move things now. Bummer. I really cant seem to do much of any "moderating". Oh well. What rad said is true - Aluminess is considered the "best" and offers many options. Expect to pay $2000+ easily. Any decent off-road fab shop should be able to build you one custom for similar money or even less. You could have tons of off road shops around you depending on where in OC you are. Wheels - there are lots of options, just search.

Yes, they are covered. Mine lost all the "dye" in the pleather on the drivers side bottom cushion and they replaced the cover. Took HOURS to replace, they had to take the seat apart and actually replace the outer cover. This was a few years ago and the new cover has been fine.

Wow, this is crazy! Thanks. Can we upload photos again?

We are taking the Sienna, no camper this trip like last trip. Too much driving and setup time needed for camping. We looked at the Grand Tetons and some of the hotels were half the price of West Yellowstone or North. We were worried about drive times during June. We planned on 2-3 days in Yellowstone. Figure it would be a really really long drive from Tetons up to the areas kids would want to see like Faithful and the hot springs. I truly cant believe they can charge $300/nt or more for a little 2* hotel around Yellowstone but I guess its just that popular. Makes our trips to Disney look like a giant bargain and I NEVER imagined I would say that...

Thanks for the apps. I use Picture This or something close that is very similar to iNaturalist. It does work really well but I will try this one to compare. Chimani and REI both look like fun apps. We are in the middle of finalizing another two plus week trip out west for this upcoming summer. This time we are heading more North vs. staying along the southern states. We wont make it all the way to the Pacific again due to time but plan on places like Yellowstone of course. Yellowstone is our current nemesis with prices and dealing with getting around for at least a couple of days. The rest of the trip was easy.