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Posted: Dec 30 2011 at 12:13pm | IP Logged Quote winansd

Hey all,

     First of all, I've been reading through the forums for about a month now, just got my thoughts together enough to kinda ask some questions. I just purchased my 2011 Frontier CC 4x4 and have a few quality of life issues. Bear in mind, this is my first truck, so they may be dumb questions:

1) The on-board factory bluetooth seems to be very echo-ey to callers on the other end. My best friend refuses to talk to me when I use it because he says he can't understand me. Anyone else have this issue or any suggestions on fixing it? My dealer said to reconnect my phone a few times, but that didn't seem to do a thing!

2) Fuel economy is pretty bad for me, I'm averaging 18.5 mpg highway. I've read that the backflip hard cover seems to be one of the best out there, but does that product (although awesome by itself) actually do anything for fuel efficiency? (I'm thinking reduced drag = more mpg).

3) This one is kinda dumb, but my side rear-view mirrors frost every morning (I live in western MD) and they seem to take a long time to thaw (20+ highway miles). Is there anything like Rain-X that I could put on them to make them less frosty?

Thanks for any tips guys, I know this all seems nit-picky, but these things are driving me insane (no pun intended). Also, for the record, I love the truck!

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Posted: Dec 30 2011 at 2:15pm | IP Logged Quote PaleoDan

I will take a shot at answering 2 & 3...

18.5 mpg seems to be pretty "good" for this truck as an average. I have
the same model that you have but a 2009 and that is what I get. I will
get 20+ highway only if I keep it below 70. A bed cover like the one you
mentioned should help but not anything that will matter much. I have a
similar hard cover on my truck.

My mirrors do the same thing and I did try the RainEx. It does help
quite a bit but needs to be reapplied pretty often. Short of heated
mirrors, there are not to many good fixes that I am aware of.

Enjoy your truck.
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Posted: Dec 30 2011 at 8:10pm | IP Logged Quote frontierguy

#1 This is just a guess, but they seem very sensitive to
the respect of how you speak into the speaker. When I
road test new vehicles, I will access the system and the
response is there is no phone connected, you then reply,
no or connect phone. It seems if I look up and speak it
says no response, if I respond while looking straight
ahead, it responds to the command.
#2 18.5 this time of year is great. Do a search for
Startron fuel additive, I have tried it in the Altima on
our last trip to Ma. and was very impressed.
#3 I think it is Prestone that makes a spray you apply at
night to prevent frost buildup. Check your local auto
parts store.

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Posted: Jan 03 2012 at 6:53am | IP Logged Quote winansd

Hey Guys, Thanks for the tips, I'll try them out and let you know how it goes.
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