I had a ‘93 XFI that I bought from the original owner in 2000. He had the original window sticker (it had ZERO options) and it was $6,995. It did not have air conditioning, had just over 100K on it - body and interior were great. The fuel pressure regulator had failed and he had smoked the clutch trying to limp it…

Regular Cab Short Bed

...brings all the bills to the yard

Looking at the construction materials...

Good point. I used to smog test cars here and did forget that there are indeed ways to make it happen now that didnt exist before. There are definitely suspect cars registered here that didnt go through the required channels because they knew someone at DMV.

Okay, technically they *could* be registered in California if they met the “Direct Import Program”.  requirements and its just not economically feasible for cars that arent Skylines.  Those supposedly legal Beats and S660s likely arent.

*Cues Commiefornia hate*

ND, mostly because I suffered the misfortune of ownership once. It does help that the two weak points of this platform have been addressed but the one people will probably overlook because of the price point:

Rollin a 280ZX Turbo through a DUI checkpoint... That dude parties.

Our Hertz rental last month was for a Mazda3 or similar. Walked out with a Cadillac CT6, paying only the difference in registration recovery fee - like $20 over the 4 day rental.

Rented one the last time we went to Kona. Who needs a Wrangler?  Mustang is a more than capable off-roader.  I bet the underside of that car looked like a well-used range ball afterwards.

I’m with you - to a point. You left out the towing and braking setup that is included that you would have to buy if you were piecing another combo together. The brackets alone to attach the tow bar are ~$500.

And I should also note that we here at Jalopnik are a union shop, too, so I’m heavily biased.

Is it just me or would you expect a “fresh” motor to present a little better than this one does?  Not buying it.

She was a thief, you gotta believe, she stole my heart and my cat.

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.