I feel like such an idiot. I just now realized the XNR...

For a lot of people it isn’t.  For us it is.  We don’t store ours remotely, its here and mostly ready to go at all times.  Nice when we get the urge to just get up and out of the house - we also live in an area prone to fires so we do keep it prepped just in case.

We did EXACTLY the same. Thought it was time to replace our 2003 25' Layton. Looking at $40-50K rigs with worse fit and finish than our old girl. Wife pointed out some horribly done trim, the salesman heard her and replied “They’re all like this” to which she shot back “Not for my 40 grand they don’t” and he was done…

We went looking a few months back, thinking we wanted a larger trailer than our 2003 25' Layton. After looking at $40K rigs that had worse fit and finish than our nearly 20 year old one, we decided to keep what we have.

Came here to say exactly this. Expect that something will need attention each and every trip. If you travel with this expectation, those times where nothing goes wrong will be just that much better.

Hell, cover it up with a sheet of paper for the pics.

In this case G.O.A.T. stood for “Go Order Another Truck”

*adjusts engine removal labor time to 0.01 hours*

Floating in the summer sky

I thought it handled GREAT.

Wanna go down a rabbit hole? Look at the patents for these things to find out a bit about how some of these were done. Crazy.

I may not hit bottom but I will bang the shit outta the sides.

After you crest that mountain, you then see the even larger peak to climb:

My sons see these in his shop almost daily (Euro shop on the edge of a lower income area) and tells me horror stories about these from people who buy them used for $5-10k and enjoy a variable-length honeymoon. They’re great - until they aren’t. Several a month make the trip from the shop down the street to Pick and…

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Definitely this thing over a similarly priced Prowler without a frigging doubt.  2 more cylinders, an extra pedal *AND* a tailgate?  Are you kidding me?  There isnt any comparison.

Yeah, most of the time if it looks OEM its gonna get by. I did catch a couple guys with the low-mileage JDM Toyota 21Rs. Those didnt fly as a replacement for the 22Rs but if you as the tech werent aware, they could get by if they took the time to make it look presentable and OEM.

If the intercooler is behind the bumper and the under valance is in place then its probably fine *unless* the tech can see something like anodized fittings or the aftermarket name emblazoned on the fins. Caught those a couple times lol.

I would agree as well. One thing is that during a visual inspection, the tech is not required to disassemble or move anything. If its buried from the OE, about all they are going to do is check the hoses and stuff related to that part that they *can* see and if that looks good then its a pass.

Maybe the CAI is, but I bet at least the DP isnt. I tried looking at the CARB EO Database but they dont let you look up EOs by vehicle, you have to have the EO number to look up what it fits and I aint doing that research.