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: 2011QX after a year of ownership, my thoughts


Tenn_Titan
08-18-2011, 11:35 AM
2011 Qx 4x4 Tech and Tour pkg we bought Aug 2 2010. After diving it a year we have 21,000 miles, yeah we drove it! I will first say we love it! Added dual exhaust to get rid of the minivan rear end. It sounds great. Spent the whole year looking for 24" wheels with no luck. I don't like the Lexanni and Diablo's so if anyone has seen some other brand in chrome let me know. The off set on the front is much diff than the 2010. I have a extremely moded Titan and it gets better gas mileage than the 2011 QX. This thing likes the gas! I had an 2006 QX and was like a prius compared to this 2011 not really but it was better. The 2011 has a smaller gas tank so I'm filling up every week. I feel the sonar sensors in the rear are not picking up until it is almost too late, I liked the 06's better. The ride is awesome and the fact that there were very few shipped to the U.S. makes it nice that normally you don't see them everywhere. That being said, I live in a collage town of 50,000 and there are 7 here and one my exact color on my very street The power is much better. I raced the 06 before we sold it and 2011 is little quicker off the line even with the 06 being Bully Dog tuned. I tow a large boat and feel the 06 towed it better than the 2011?? not sure why but it is notable. The 2011 really sucks the gas under the tow of the boat. Not a fan of the auto seat stow button in the rear, takes too long, would rather just be able too lay them down. Miss the arm rest and hate the console lid that slides when you brake. All in all, I really like the 2011 as well as are a little more than our 2006. I like the way the front end looks compared to the "pig" look of the 2006. However, I like the rear of the 2006 better.

Last week while driving home in a storm here in Okla, a tree fell across the front of the 2011 QX while my wife was driving 30mph. The tree crushed the roof, winsheild and hood of the QX. My wife and daughter were in the front seats, they were both unsratched and are fine. The windshield collapesd a foot back into the cabin and did not have a hole in it anywhere?? This suv saved their lives, a smaller car would have not fared so well, its worth the price and gas milage. I will post pic of the crash later...:bow:

The Subway Guy
08-18-2011, 12:11 PM
Im glad everyone is OK. It makes me feel good knowing our trucks can take a beating and keep us safe. Did it total the QX or can they fix it?

armadadd
08-18-2011, 08:21 PM
Glad they are fine...sorry to hear about the truck tho..

BlakSpyda
08-19-2011, 03:17 PM
DAAAAAAAYUMM!:eek: Glad they are safe! Insurance is for the rest!

nyc2005armada
08-19-2011, 08:08 PM
Have you taken it into the dealer to have the new ECU parameters installed, it is a recall.

Tenn_Titan
08-21-2011, 08:05 PM
Because it is worth so much the Ins Co said they would fix up to 28K!! However it did only 12K in damages. I say only 12K because that includes entire new roof, new glass, new hood and entire repaint. Body shop guy said the parts were cheap compared to most imports he sees.
No, have not done the ECU recall yet. Does it help with mpg???

Photos taken after I arrived and removed part of tree a drove to a bank teller drive thru to get the QX out of the rain. Every body panel except the front was scrathced by limbs.

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae102/MallettTodd/Blackberry258.jpg

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae102/MallettTodd/Blackberry254.jpg

keg97
08-21-2011, 08:37 PM
Dang! How much water got inside? Thankfully any electronics problems should show up quickly.

Tenn_Titan
08-22-2011, 10:58 PM
The electronics seem to be fine. I actully drove the QX to the body shop and it ran fine. Got a lot of strange looks driving it. It got wet on the inside because my daughter had to climb out the side window after the wreak and the rain was coming in sideways with the 60mph winds.

The Subway Guy
08-22-2011, 11:07 PM
After the insurance fixes it SELL IT..... I used to do body work and we would laugh are *ss off when insurance wanted us to cut the roof off and replace it. The car will never be the same. You might not notice it at first but give it a few months and it will sqeek and rattle and if you lucky it wont leak.

Major roof and body work and major suspension work caused by accidents are the two reasons to sell a car.

Not trying to hit you while you are down.....Just trying to save you some head ache.

EgQX56
08-22-2011, 11:42 PM
good to hear everyone is ok, i have been close in trading in my 06 but im just not ready to let her go yet...more pics and info on the titan?

Scorpion
08-23-2011, 09:16 AM
Wow thank god everyone is ok


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edrock200
08-23-2011, 11:25 AM
Glad everyone is fine. Events like this put what's really important into perspective.

speedjunkie_g35
09-01-2011, 03:12 PM
Glad to hear everyone is ok!! this is the reason I put my family in a large vehicle that is safe. It kills me seeing people driving smart cars (dumb cars if you ask me) and prius's. All it would take is a motorcycle hitting one of those compact and everyone is dead( slight exageration, but ya get what I am saying)!! I don't care how much gas cost or how poor of MPG's I get, it is worth every penny knowing my family is safe!!!