Posted: Nov 24 2004 at 5:31pm | IP Logged

Drove home my new XE 2004 King cab a couple of days ago. Yepper it has manual everything, and that's what I wanted!

It is a 4X4 and has the offroad package. After looking around some I have noticed that (being one of the earlier 04's) it does not have the "Class-exclusive* switch-on-demand electronically controlled locking rear differential (switch operated)".

My offroad package cost 1000 extra, and now I see that the newer 04's are 450 dollars more, I assume it's for the locking differential. Question: Does anyone here have this option? And  if they do, is it worth the extra? I wonder if my truck can be upgraded if this does work really well?

So far I have no complaints, I really like the truck, but I'm coming from an old 89 Chevy with 302,000 miles on her. That ole truck got me 18 mpg, sure hope this one comes close to that!

It's good to be here with knowledgable people on the new Titans!

DD