I've got an '08 Titan Long Bed Crew Cab.

The best thing about it are the wonderfully matched engine and transmission. Very smooth up and down the tach, towing or not, and engine breaking is fantastic. In ten years, no power train issues of any kind. Also, the Util-I-Track system is awesome. It's very well executed, and I can't imagine having another truck without something like it. You can use off-the-shelf Can-Truss and Uni-Strut components from Home Depot to mount damned near anything to anything.






The worst things generically are the abysmal gas mileage of the towing package gearing. 15.4 MPG upwind or down, towing or not, light foot or heavy. The interior plastics have also aged really poorly, and become brittle and crack-prone. On my Titan, it manifested as the valance panel by the defroster, which is now in three pieces, and the overhead console, which broke at the plastic brackets and finally annoyed me enough to replace this year.

My personal gripe is that I bought a long bed pickup that has a bed that stops at 7'8". Just like my wife told me, that 4" extra inches really makes a difference. I am reminded of it every time I pick up a load of ply or 2x4s.

The design hasn't really changed in 10+ years, so parts are readily available and cheap. There was an issue with the differential leaking on the 2005 to 2008.5 models. Many were probably fixed by recall, but the 2008.5 and up models have a beefier differential and I think better stock brakes.

It has been a really great truck, minus the bed size and interior plastics. Low maintenance and high reliability. Certainly not a bad choice if you go with it.