Hello. I absolutly HATE my Xterra. I'm desperate to sell it but have had no luck listing it locally. There is absolutly nothing wrong with it, in fact it is as good as new, they just aren't real popular around here, and unfortunatly when I bought it brand new I got ripped off and paid way to much, so I'm burried it it, but at this point I will take a hit if I have to. Here is what I got:

2004 Xterra SE 4X4, Black

Automatic transmission, roof rack, running boards, tinted glass, power windows, power locks

Runs perfect, looks perfect, been on 2 long roadtrips, but mostly sat in the garage for the short time I've owned it, I just really don't like it at all.

I'm open to offers, I just want out of it.

If anyone out there is interested let me know, and I'll e-mail pictures to you. I'll even deliver to some places.

Thanks everyone!

Why do you HATE it so much? Because it is not popular? What is so bad about it? I will give ya $10,000 cash and pick it up from ya.

Actually the fact it's not popular is what made me look at it in the 1st place. The problem is the gas mileage, and the lack of "high end power" I will confess that this thing as a lot of low end, torqe type power, but I went from a sports car to this and can't handle going this slow.

And $10,000. Come on, this is a '04, and it's not the shitty little XE 4 cyl base model. I'm desperate, but not stupid. But thanks for the reply!

How many miles? What's your bottom line price?

nobody will buy it. it has those headlights.

Mileage as of right now is 7895, but ALL highway. I really need to get 25,000 but I would consider the 24,000 range maybe a little lower. I paid 27,000 for it new. and still owe about 26,500, I've only had it 4 months.

Your way to upside down to sell. ALl you can do is trade it in and take the hit.

Good luck.

I feel your pain brother. I just traded in my 02 X. I just got tired of filling it up all the time. Too bad cause I loved the thing. Now I get 31 MPG!!

Autotrader.com or ebay??

Yeah, I've tried to trade it, but no dealership this side of the Mississippi want's to give me more than $15,000 for it (too many on the lots as it is) so I thought I would try a bigger audience. I'm getting ready to drive it off a cliff to avoid having to put gas it it again.

I looked at what has sold on ebay, and they can't sell them there either, but I didn't thnk of autotrader.com, Thanks for the tip. I'll try there too.

What did you trade it for?

I think I'll put another spin on things here. I LOVE my Xterra...

I ran into some financial problems due to losing my job last year and the only hope I had in keeping the Xterra was to refinance it. I would shoot myself in the head before I'd let the Xterra get away! Well, at 5 years and 108K miles I figured it would be impossible to get a decent refinance on it. WRONG! The X Blue Booked at $14,225 and I was able to get a 4.5% loan on it, which was way better than my original loan.

Anyway, my point here is that the Xterra holds it's value quite well so if you can hold onto it for at least a little while then you should be able to get ahead on your payments enough to get rid of it.

I can't imagine anyone hating their Xterra that much! I went from cars to the Xterra too and I just adjusted to it. Now even the Xterra feels like a go cart to me!

i dont mean to sound negative but there is no way you are going to get anywhere near that amount for your xterra. the simple fact is that people can pay that much (after a little haggling) and get it brand spankin new, or they can wait a few months and get the '05.

maybe you need to break in the xterra a little more? i know when i first got mine it felt so weak and crappy, now its a power whore. granted i've never driven a sports car, but i have driven my dad's passat and his new tuareg(sp?) which has 310~ hp and i still enjoy the xterra's power. you may want to see what you can do about the bad mileage by searching the forums a little... what kind of gas have you been using? would you be willing to invest a little in aftermarket parts to increase mpg?

if you are still set on selling the xterra, give AAA a call (if you are a member). they give pretty good deals above what a dealership will pay.

I have considered holding on to it a little longer, but the thought of making a payment on something that sits in the garage instead of being driven, just kills me. In the mean time, I'm racking up the miles on my vette, and driving by the new Silverado I want, instead of in it.

What can I say, I'm a girl who knows what she likes and this is not it. It has to be hands down, the most gutless vehicle I have ever driven let alone owned. It's driving me insane. I also have a really big issue with the fact that it is foriegn. I still can't believe I broke down and bought something other than a Chevy in the first place (I'm a chevy girl, this is the 1st vehicle w/ 4 wheels I have ever owned that's not a one) I just want it out of my Garage.

One word-TESTDRIVE

I know I'm so burried, it's not even funny.

I'm only getting 8-9 mpg out of it.
I've got almost 7900 miles, so I'm pretty sure it's broke in by now.
I'm using premium gas, but I did try a tank of regular unleaded to see if it made a difference and it made it worse. I'm using syn oil to try to help, which brought it up a little (like 2 mpg), and I tried using that tornado thing, but it didn't help.

Frankly, I didn't do much more cause the gas is the least of me issues. As you'll see in another reply on this disscussion, my hatred for this thing runs much deeper than that.

I actually took it on a long test drive. I guess the excitement of a brand new vehicle impaired my usually good judgement, I really thought I would just dump some money in the motor to help with the no power thing, but I don't like it enough to do that now.

I never hated my X (quite the opposite--just some minor grumbling from time to time generally bitching about inadequate power ), but can certainly appreciate what your saying.

Depending on the mileage you should be able to get 19-20k for it in trade. whenever you trade out of a vehicle this soon after buying it, you take a hit of at least 5k. I see you are in Reno? Head back to NoR and swap it for something closer to your liking...just realize that you will most likely HAVE to keep what you get for a while.

I would check out the Titan if you want power (but anything with a more modern drivetrain would give you that)...and I don't know what you were getting for mileage in the X, but mine consistantly got 12. The Titan so far is getting 19 mpg and I'm not going light on the pedal. Anyhoo, PM me if you need a name of someone to talk to at the dealer as I know a few of them (Nissan freak that I am...)

If you are only getting 8-9 mpg, maybe the parking brake is on?

Well thank you for the advice and the offer of help with the dealers, but I think I'm going to stick to my Chevys from ow on. They have never let me down. This whole thing has taught me a lesson though... I'm a young female, so I think they saw that as an opportunity to rip me off, but never the less, I let it happen, but I can say that it will never happen again. That's part of the reason I still have it, I'm waiting to get the best deal I can, and waiting for those dealer rebates to help with the negative equity in the X.

you, square-queer

I'm not that stupid, but then again, I did buy this thing. I live in Reno NV where there are nothing but mountains, in order to get home on the freeway faster than 40 mph I have to floor it all the way up the hill. In fact, the thing is so gutless, I have to floor anytime I want to proceed faster that 0-20mph in less than an hour. (not that bad, but close) But it is pretty bad when you pull up next to a 3 clyn Geo Metro at a stop light and floor it on the green, and loose to him.

That's about all you can do...I would try to time it before the 05's hit. You might try shopping for the truck you want on the web (i.e. having several dealer within say 100 miles send you quotes) It's what I did and I got a price of $22,700 after the rebate on what I got. You can work a deal with the trade and financing after finding the vehicle and getting a price. Good luck either way (any dealer).

Oh, and I would have got a Chevy, but they are a little down on power

Thanks! I'm going to keep that in mind.