Okay, Andrew we need to talk. Your Jalop card is in jeopardy here: what you’re seeing in these videos is a Vanagon. Busses looked like this:

Suppose this a good enough time for a Syncro dump

this, this is why my coffee table cost so much?!?!?!

I actually care about my car, so I already don’t use automated car washes. But thanks for the video.

I have never heard of this show, or of this person, or if this production company.

This doesn’t make me as fearful of exhaust modifications, as it does make me pay more attention to the advisories to turn off your idling car when parked.

Never knew someone’s driven a full size van across a country before.

Except that is a Hiace van which is considerably larger than a kei car.

The fix is expensive enough (up to $4500) that people are often junking these now, but you’re in the clear if it’s done — or has 3 pedals (even better! !). Buddy of mine has aan Xterra getting this repair now for about $2500.

XTerras and Frontiers tend to keep their value a lot less than the 4Runner or Tacoma do. From my experiences with older Nissans, that’s because you pay for what you get with these...

Yup —any buyer would be wise to do this first thing after you buy it. After that, it’s pretty reliable.

One word.... intermix. Otherwise known as the “milkshake of death”

There is a very good reason for this: they do not hold up well mechanically, especially if you use them off road.

4runner or die

The gen 2 Xterra’s are pretty damn robust and are popular with the Overland crowd. The main thing to watch out for is the “milkshake of death” but this can be prevented for next to nothing in your own garage by doing the aux cooler bypass. The front diff is also seen as a “weak spot” but isn’t really an issue unless…

So all the aftermarket support you mention and the reliability and the... and the.. doesnt justify the $1000 more for the 4runner? I think your article title should be¦ “ buy this truck if you are too impatient to wait a few months to afford what you should‘ve bought”

Beware of the early XTerra (2005-2010) radiator internally failing and taking out the automatic transmission. There was a class action case about this that provided some relief, but the deadline for that has long passed by now, IIRC. https://www.ncconsumer.org/news-articles/settlement-reached-in-lawsuit-against-nissan-…

“In general, used Xterras seem to undercut similarly straight-looking 4Runners by at least $1,000"

As someone that has owned and wrenched on a first gen for a while, I can tell you that having an alternator that hangs at the lowest most point of the engine, is one of the worst designs for mud puddles ever. No. Don’t buy an Xterra. Get a 4Runner. Even if you’re wheeling to JCPenny and back.

Sometimes I wish costco have this, but I realize that will be a longer wait.