Old news for the most.  It's Nissan's way of ensuring that failure wasn't due to abuse for warranty claims.  They're not willing to shill out new transmissions left and right because people beat on them.

It's the way things are going, I think by 2012 or so all cars are supposed to have them.  I'm fine with it being used as a basis for warranty claims to prove abuse as those kind of stuff is very expensive for manufacturers.  I also think it's good for the police to be able to use it and determine what actions were taken by the driver before an accident.

I know a guy who was racing illegally on the highway against a G35 in Maryland, clipped a minivan who didn't see him coming and caused a multi-car accident including his car being totaled when it hit a tractor trailer.  He lied to the police and the woman was in such shock and confusion she was unable to provide an explanation.  The cop ended up giving her the ticket for causing the accident.  The insurance adjusters had their misgivings about the police report but were ultimately unable to prove anything, so he was paid out for the total loss of his car.

Black box would've shown he was doing over 100 mph in the moments before the accident instead of having him lie like a piece of crap and letting her take responsibility.

And that was the death of the Fresh Alloy Project Sentra.

who do you think? haha

^ That's pretty low!

What are you doing, thinking??!?!?

Oh no, you at work....  lol.