That is at Jeepskool and I've done everything in your pics on 31's and front locker in my XJ with ease including Blue berry 12. After I get mine fixed we can have a 4x4 match if you would like. Pretty sure mine will spank your X and leave it in a mud hole in back woods or mini tank. I am the only one to beat Blueberry 12 on 31's. Let me know if you wanna put them head to head and what month you wanna do it. I would be glad to spank another X and then pull it out again and again after I go through them same holes on my own. Does this look familiar? I've seen you out there too. Look me up and see if you can hang. Here's my rig.

You may remember it looking more like this though.

I think I pulled you out once?

 

We could do a X-terra club versus Portage County Jeep Club face off! Sounds like a lot of fun, don't it?

 

I don't like how you sit up higher in the back seat of an xtera. its weird to me, lol

 

I or should I say my wife has a 2006 X-Terra. I like it, she likes it. We have not had it off road because, well, it's heres and she won't let me. It is a very capable truck on road and in the bad weather we have had it out in. However, I'm about 6' 2" and have to really duck to get in, the doors are just too small with that roof line. I set very high in a comfortable seat but it won't adjust down enough. Also, like most foriegn trucks I've been in, they think we Americans are all short legged long armed or something. In short I like the X-Terra alot but it just don't fit me. Wife is 5' and loves it. It has a good amount of room for her and carries others ok in the back, but not me.
Now having said all the above bear in mind I have no XJ yet, I did have an FJ-40 Land crusier, that got me started and a full size Blazer with 4" lift and 3/4 ton axles for a total lift of about 5.5" on 35" tires. Talk about RRRROOOOMM. Now I mostly drive a Ram pickup and I hope when I find an XJ it will be roomy enough for me.

 

Haven't seen this thread for a while

 

My buddy has an xterra and I've driven it- underpowered and overpriced... I'll take my XJ all day

 

Um, actually I wasn't trying to say X's are better than Heeps. To the contrary, look at the photo I just posted today (page 7 of this thread I believe). It shows an Xterra with a "Jeep Rescue Unit" sticker on the back of it getting winched out by a Wrangler.

I figured you guys would get a kick out of it. Look again....

 

correct me if im wrong but xterra's tranny cooler is apart of their radiator so if one breaks or something you have one big expensive fix. i believe ive seen quit a few incidents of these problem and still nissan has not fixed it.

 

Sister picked me up from high school once a few years ago. She has an Xterra...I hated that about it

Drove my Sis' about 400 feet and wow...not alot of room for me to get in the drivers seat. And everything seemed backwards. Sounded bad as well.

 

great thread. been a fun read.
I dont really have anything to contribute.
nissan is a great company but...

XJ > XTERRA

 

I like the old pathfinders vs the xterras. I actually almost bought one instead of a cherokee because they look sweet, had less miles than the cherokees and was cheaper. This was 5+ years ago though. I've known people with xterras and it seems like they were always having problems and they were in the shop alot. Now, I am glad I went with the cherokee vs the pathfinder because parts are plentiful, cheap and you can't really beat a solid front axle when it comes to lifting higher than 3 inches.

 

I like Nissan Xterras but I prefer my old beat up xj

 

I like the Xterra and considered it. But it came down to the classic square body, cost, availability of parts and ease of repair. I also like that people take a "cheap" vehicle and turn it into something special. We've all seen it with Vespas, Cushmans, Yamaha 650 twins, etc. They develop a real cult following because of some undefinable characteristic that I don't personally feel with the Xterra or even other 4wd's have.

The Cherokee works as the best example of a cheap bit of classic machinery that I can afford to own, know how to fix and drive every day anywhere. It's not unlike some of the farm trucks I drove as a kid. In a decade they'll all be beat to crap and the remaining ones will be to expensive to own and hipsters will drive them, like beetles and 70's road bikes converted to single speeds. At that point I may be forced into a Wrangler ; )

 

rack and pinion doesnt belong offroad.

that is all/

 

Ok, I'll fess up. I like Jeeps because a teacher I had the hots for in High School drove a yellow wagon. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I still smile whenever I get in my Cherokee. I don't get that mental image with an Xterra : )