Wednesday, Mar 17, 2004 at 01:27
G'day all,
just to make my intentions clear...
My initial (follow-up) post was intended as a "TIC" response to the (yeah, I know, "TIC") suggestion that we "non 3.0TD owners" are jealous...
Just lettin' y'all know that I ain't jealous, OK??
I have never "bagged" anyone elses' choice of vehicle, and if you 3.0TD owners are happy with your purchase(s), then I'm happy that you're happy (that make sense??), and I sincerely hope it continues to be so...
As for the $7500 price difference between 4.2 & 3.0TD, there's no way in the wide world that anybody will convince me that a whizz-bang computerised high-tech gizmo costs less to produce than the "old tech" 4.2.. In fact, the tooling for this engine (4.2) should have paid for itself many times over, + I'm not aware of any 4.2 engines having been replaced under warranty....
Nissans' marketing strategy is obviously to "push" the 3.0TD at the expense of the 4.2... My guess is that they want to retire "old faithful" (undoubtedly due to upcoming emission regulations), and when the time inevitably comes, their excuse will be "We aren't selling enough 4.2's for them to remain viable"...
In their shoes, I'd be doing the opposite.. Get as many 4.2's as possible out there while the reg's allow it, fewer warranty problems "down the track" IMO....
As an aside... Leroy, if the price difference (between 3L & 4.2) had been negligible, might your choice have been different??
(Not being a smart-a$$, just interested to know)...
Regards, Ed. C.
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