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			Rating: ☻☻☻☻☻
	PROS	CONS
PERFORMANCE ☻☻☻☻☻	Kick-ass V-6 engine coupled with smooth-shifting automatic transmission is powerful and smooth. This baby moves out when you want it to.	LL Gas Mileage - use all that kick-ass power and gas mileage will suffer. Even driving light-footed doesn't get great gas mileage.

APPEARANCE ☻☻☻☻☻	Very distinctive appearance. Maybe the coolest-looking pickup offered today, when accessorized with long bed, roof rack, step rails, bed rail caps, tailgate appliqué, 18" wheels, etc. The SL Model has it all.

UTILITY ☻☻☻☻☻	Very spacious crew cab and cargo capacity with convenient, re-locatable, and adjustable tie-downs on multiple sliding tracks Aftermarket receiver hitch (I recommend Curt 13241) available from Reese and Curt, avaiable through eBay, Amazon.com and Nissan Aftermarket Brush/Grill Guard available from Nissan, Westin, Aires, Go, Steelcraft, Hunter, and other manufacturers.	L Large turning radius (typical of all long-wheelbase vehicles)

COMFORT ☻☻☻☻☻	It's a rugged truck, but it's also a very comfortable truck. Very quiet inside -- excellent isolation from road and engine sounds - you can talk normally at any speed. Excellent air conditioning and heating system - easy controls. Very comfortable, electrically adjustable (8-ways) front seats, and comfortable rear seats with large middle arm rest which stores for 5th passenger.

CONVENIENCE ☻☻☻☻☻	So many well-done, luxury-class convenience items, its hard to single out the best. I don't have a single gripe here. See Features for a complete itemization of the many included convenience features in this reviewed model. There is one feature I never had before that I especially like - an auxilliary jack, which allows me to plug my cell phone or tablet into the incredible sound system and play my favorite music. And my wife likes the Apple iPod / iPad connector that allows her to play her favorites - and control it from the car console.	L No integrated backup video camera, and none available from Nissan.

SECURITY ☻☻☻☻☻	Nissan's Vehicle Security System and Vehicle Immobilizer System help prevent theft. After-market locking wheel nuts available (I recommend Gorilla Guard 61261) - recommend two per wheel of different keys. Available at eBay and Amazon.com, as well as Nissan. Aftermarket locking gas cap is available from NAPA (part # BK 7051689) - the only one that seems to work on the 2012 models. Aftermarket truck cover is available from Nissan and CarCoversUSA.com Nissam spare tire lock, available from Nissan	L No locking gas cap nor locking cover door available from Nissan. L Frontier Crew Cab long-bed is too long for my garage.