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Originally posted by off2cjb:
Concerning the SAS, no matter whay Calmini's final price is for the great product, it will be too much money, There is no way I, or many others, would pay that much money for this. For the price of the SAS, you could buy yourself an already more capable offroad vehicle. It doesn't make good financial sense to buy this. Don't get me wrong, I like it and I like what it can make the Xterra do, but no way does the performance equal the cost.
The way I look at it is this:

I love my Xterra, but for all its charm and prowess, it could use a bit more help in the front end to enhance my off-road experience. I could go and spend $3k - $4k on an old Jeep or Sami and have some of that ability (more and less with shorter wheelbase), but I don't want two vehicles that do the same thing. That doesn't make good financial sense to me. I could spend the same amount and improve an already awesome vehicle whose background and maintainance record I intimately know. The Xterra is newer, everything works (including A/C - knock on wood), the reliability of Nissan should take me another 150k+ miles without much issue, and I think the X is one of the coolest vehicles out there. I'd rather spend the money on my current vehicle, sacrifice some on-road ride quality (DesertHB - is it that bad?), and have something I will be completely happy with for a long time. Like I said before, I will wait another year until I have the X paid off before I make this commitment, but I am looking forward to seeing my truck as a bigger contender in the 4x4 SUV market.

That's my excuse. laugh