That was just a dodge to get us all to go read yesterday’s NPOCP again, and see if Rob mentioned taking the day off.

NGL many of you most likely weren’t even born yet, however as a kid in the 90s seeing these on the road with a huge body kit and lowered, top off and cruising was so cool to me seeing these as a kid, especially in white on white. Two 12" subs in the back and the people driving around just chilling. You had to be there…

You guys good? was late today

You must scare easily. I found them pretty calm on the street and great off-road.  The price and miles makes it ND for  me, so we at least agree on that.  (-;

The first new car I bought was a 1995 Geo Tracker, and I loved it! I drove it for years, and mu oldest kid learned to drive on it. It was dang near bulletproof! When we finally got rid of it, it still had its original clutch and rear brakes.

SMOD was only on 2nd gen autos. This is a 1st gen manual.

It is a pinch too high for me for any ‘ol Xterra, but, for me, it ticks all my wishlist boxes:
Green
Manual
Supercharged (which gives it enough power, but dismal MPG, much like all Nissan trucks/SUVs)

The brush guard may have to go, as it just looks like a damage…

No supercharger, which is not necessarily a bad thing but a significant power difference and far less rare

Right there with you. I always loved the Xterra and wanted one badly when they came out - especially in yellow. This one is probably too high up there in years and miles to be reliable transport, and maybe priced a little too high for someone interested in building an off-roading toy. Not familiar with the current…

So I just looked up the specs on this thing. Should do about 30mpg on the highway and it has a 23.8 gallon tank — so that’s about 700 miles between fillips. And this “beast” weighs in at just 3836 lbs. A 2024 911 Turbo is just a few pounds behind at 3646. Crazy.

I prefer this explanation. :-)

Yes, or the owners are people for whom a few thousand dollars is pocket change, so quick conversation “we really should sell the old diesel since nobody drives it anymore” “ok, I will take it to the shop and have the maintenance done” tells local shop guy who they use and trust to get it ready to sell. $5000 later car…

Or, when it went in for the fuel pump, the shop gave him a list of items it would need shortly and he figured better get out while the getting is good. Smacks a bit of pricing to recover his repair costs. To me this is a high 5k, low 6k car at best.

My guess is, that fuel pump went or was on it’s way out the door, and it’s way easier to sell a running car than a non-running one. Add in the glow plugs (not really up on diesels, but maybe you do that at the same time as a pump normally, or maybe after 184k miles, they were on their last legs as well?), the cost of…

I’ve had a few of these over the years and they are getting harder and harder to find. Mechanically, absolute tanks. The main killer is rust, and sometimes transmission issues...but 95% its rust. This looks rust free, and 185k is nothing on the mechanical bits. Easy NP, these are delightful to drive, work on, and go…

I was going to say the same thing. For the right person — say someone that works in one town and drives 300 home to another every weekend -- something like this would be an effortless, comfy highway cruiser that you could drive for years without wearing out or depreciating your daily driver. And even cockroaches would…

Somebody will spring for it, so NP, but it wouldn’t be me, because ’80s Diesel technology. I don’t care about it being slow, but our air doesn’t need this.

My goodness, that’s a great-looking car! Now, I bet it needs about 5k or so in repairs - maybe a repaint, maybe an engine overhaul, I dont know. Still, maybe a totally irrational, NP.

Great truck, bad price. The dealer most likely knows the truck’s true worth, but added an extra $4K in case a fool comes in and pays near full price.  

Nooope. Wrong generation Montero at the laughably wrong price. Sorry bub, whatever that finance guy at the Mitsubishi dealer did to get you to bend over for a subprime loan at a ridiculous interest rate is on you should be considered a sunk cost. Ridiculous.

Mitsubishi makes fine vehicles (they are a worldwide manufacturer for decades). Excellent example. It’s a $8k vehicle at best. Maybe it’s the California tax that ups the price.