cjohnston
Test Drive
- Location
- Fort Worth
I really appreciate all the pics, tips and tricks I've been reading on the site. I've recently registered for an account and figured I should introduce myself and my X. I'll list some stats in a bit, but here's her story in shortened form.
I bought the 2002 Xterra on Thanksgiving weekend 2004. My wife and I had just found out she was pregnant and we needed a sensible vehicle. I had a 99 Jeep Wrangler (and ain't no way that was going anywhere) and my wife had a Jetta. So I took the Jetta to the Nissan Dealership and traded for the Xterra and immediately fell in love. She had about 40k miles on her when we bought her.
Fast forward a few years, I ended up having to part with the Jeep because of a job loss, but eventually traded in my four wheeler for a Harley. My wife still had the X and we had just paid it off. I rode the Harley as my only vehicle for 2-3 years while in Florida and it was awesome. By then we had two kids and my wife started to nanny. So we needed space. I talked my wife into a minivan because I thought it'd also be good for road trips but it ended up costing me my Harley. In one terrifying moment I lost all cool points I had ever amassed, while at the same time winning the awards for dad and husband of the decade. That's right. I traded the Harley for the minivan. We all make mistakes.
Good news was, the X was finally my daily driver. Still bone stock and at over 100k miles she was still running strong with the occasional head cold. Last March we moved back to Fort Worth and I've been flirting around with getting something new, mostly because of the amount of miles you have to drive to live in DFW. The X has a tad over 175k miles now, but to be honest, she still has a lot left in her. When I bought it I hoped I could get 250k out of her, and I've recently decided that I'm going to push forward on that goal. I love it, she runs great, and there's really no reason to sell. Other than a slow coolant leak which is aided by the occasional antifreeze top off, it really is in great shape.
So, since I've decided to keep her, I'm going to give her a little much deserved TLC. Since it's not a 4WD I'm not going to trick it out, just update a few things and give her a light makeover.
I'll be listing some of that work here in the next few weeks. But until then, howdy from Texas. I'm Chad. (And the pictured pup is my shotgun rider, Trooper, a 3YO German Shorthaired Pointer).
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I bought the 2002 Xterra on Thanksgiving weekend 2004. My wife and I had just found out she was pregnant and we needed a sensible vehicle. I had a 99 Jeep Wrangler (and ain't no way that was going anywhere) and my wife had a Jetta. So I took the Jetta to the Nissan Dealership and traded for the Xterra and immediately fell in love. She had about 40k miles on her when we bought her.
Fast forward a few years, I ended up having to part with the Jeep because of a job loss, but eventually traded in my four wheeler for a Harley. My wife still had the X and we had just paid it off. I rode the Harley as my only vehicle for 2-3 years while in Florida and it was awesome. By then we had two kids and my wife started to nanny. So we needed space. I talked my wife into a minivan because I thought it'd also be good for road trips but it ended up costing me my Harley. In one terrifying moment I lost all cool points I had ever amassed, while at the same time winning the awards for dad and husband of the decade. That's right. I traded the Harley for the minivan. We all make mistakes.
Good news was, the X was finally my daily driver. Still bone stock and at over 100k miles she was still running strong with the occasional head cold. Last March we moved back to Fort Worth and I've been flirting around with getting something new, mostly because of the amount of miles you have to drive to live in DFW. The X has a tad over 175k miles now, but to be honest, she still has a lot left in her. When I bought it I hoped I could get 250k out of her, and I've recently decided that I'm going to push forward on that goal. I love it, she runs great, and there's really no reason to sell. Other than a slow coolant leak which is aided by the occasional antifreeze top off, it really is in great shape.
So, since I've decided to keep her, I'm going to give her a little much deserved TLC. Since it's not a 4WD I'm not going to trick it out, just update a few things and give her a light makeover.
I'll be listing some of that work here in the next few weeks. But until then, howdy from Texas. I'm Chad. (And the pictured pup is my shotgun rider, Trooper, a 3YO German Shorthaired Pointer).
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