3.53/Gal w/ a 80 mile round trip to work daily = Traded in the X. Got 15,000 on a trade in against an 08 Mercury Milan (31 MPG)

Leftover stuff for sale below..

Thanks for everyone's help with everything. Special thanks to TJ for guiding me through the PML and solving my front end clunk.

Did you get the "Mercury Girl Option"?

Love me some Mercury girl.

Sorry the X had to go man.

yawn... see ya....

I'd have gone for the Mercury Mistress

Sorry to see you go! Happy trails.

Let's see though, 80 miles, 3.53 gallons, that's 22.6 mpg! Wish I could get that much! But yeah, we're approaching $4/gal., it's gonna get real expensive, real soon.

-G

Surprise surprise.... I guess we'll see a Mercury at ECXC

What happened to the Charger?

I couldn't get myself to buy a Chrysler.

It wasn't 3.53 gallons. It was 3.53 per gallon. I was only getting 11 mpg for no good reason. I love(d) the truck. I really didn't want to do that but I had to think practical for once on my life.

There's always old age, then you can be less practical.

I agree on the Chrysler, however I have a '98 Cirrus with 85K miles and it usually gets about 24MPG with my lead foot and 2.5L V6. Hard to replace when there's a lot of other cars that get less mileage, etc. that are newer. Plus it's paid for, but has seen it's share of abuse. Two rear-enders, T-bone and attempted theft. Then a GD Bodyshop that put the wrong sized knuckle on it.

Anyways, hope your new ride gets you to where your going and back.

in the same boat as you. fortunately able to park the x. last weekend bought an 06 accord for the wife and i inherited the 94 civic. 35 mpg vs 17 mpg (at best). read/heard alot of good in regards to the milan/fusion/mkz. good luck and hopefully you get another x.

Yeah!!!! Sweet!! Buh-bye!! And of course he proves his stupidity one last time before leaving by overpaying for a chromed out Ford Fusion....well done sir....well done...

I'll miss you too speed racer..How about a calender as a going away present? Your in charge of calanders for team xterra racing, right?

Sorry to see you go. I rented a 2008 Mercury Milan recently and I was surprised at how nice it rode. I think if I had a long commute I'd be following in your path (..thankfully I work at home).

_Lazza

I mostly drive my S2000 these days because it gets high 20's... unfortunately the tires on it are bald right now (new ones on the way) so it'll be a $100 trip to Dallas and back in the X this weekend

New to this forum... but I've been around.

June 2007 I traded my Frontier for a Corolla. I went from 20ish to 37 mpg. I drive a daily commute of 70 miles. Each day as gas gets more expensive, it makes my choice better.

I still miss the hell out of my truck.

another xterra (mine) bites the dust. traded in for a corolla. Good times, time to move on and much further down the road.

I like my new car, it's comfortable, quick, good on gas..but I LOVED my xterra. I will be getting another one...one day.

i feel your pain. i drive 75 miles a day for work and it's pretty painfull getting a max of 16 mpg with these gas prices. i'm trying to buy a house soon and i know if i got rid of the X i'd have more money for the house, but i just can't bring myself to do it

I find myself driving our Honda more and more.

Hmm. I don't have an xterra just yet. But the plan is take the bus for work, xterra for all the fun stuff. I'm not going to waste gas sitting in traffic. I'd much rather be listening to the ipod and reading/snoozing for my daily commute.

Good choice!!

I actually had a 2006 Milan (V6 Premier) when they first came out. I wound up trading it in on a 2005 SE 4X4 Xterra because I wanted something a bit bigger that was dog friendly. Overall though, a great car!! Had it for about a year and didn't have a single warranty issue the entire time.

V6 Premier wasn't out of my price range by any means. The way I saw it was if I had to be stuck in a Milan type vehicle..it's going to get me the best gas mileage possible.

Where did anybody say that it was out of your price range?

I just meant I didn't get the 6 cyl because of the fuel economy.