C'mon folks.

Why the need to copy a Jeep marketing ploy? Are you guys really that insecure about the capabilities of the Xterra?

My Xterra is not a Jeep, therefore, it is not Trail Rated. Being Trail Rated is marketing propaganda spewed by DaimlerChrysler in the hopes that offroad newbies will buy into it. The term Trail Rated means nothing in the real world except that Jeep came up with a cool and inticing marketing campaign. After all, you guys bought it, hook, line and sinker.

The Xterra can do 90% of what a Jeep can do. If you don't believe me then ask Hustler from UXOC about Mickey's Hot Tub and Potato Salad Hill (two major obstacles that hardcore Jeepers have claimed an Xterra could never complete).

I like my Xterra the way it is. It is a valuable onroad vehicle that can get me from point a to b in relative comfort and a very capable offroad vehicle that can hang with Jeeps 90% of the time. And for that other 10% of the time, I'm not really interested in beating the shit out of my truck.