that was the finding of a formal, professional market study, and it's pretty much validated out on the street and buy & sell ads. hehe. but nissans now are most probably as durable as any other top-tier japanese make. the Patrol, for example, is tougher than practically every other serious SUV.
....hehehe, the infamous calsonic a/c. had a '90 california before. never gave me problems except both front driver and passenger side power windows gave up on me. bigla na lang bumagsak yung bintana.