I have no interest in throwing my hat into a debate that has no point and can achieve no real resolution. A point though is that this debate was resurected this time out in the 2WD forum. Interjected into a discussion of the capability of 2wd X's there were the usaul snide critisisms about 2wd trucks from 4x4 X owners. So yes , in this case it was a case of going out of your way to put the 2wd owners in their place.

I've never seen a picture of an X climbing a hard core rock wall either. Just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean it can't be done. Right? You guys that mod your trucks are waiting for the day you can do those things in your trucks.

Same with some us 2wd owners. SUVs have been turned into desert trucks. Broncos , 4runners even an Expedition have all run the Baja 500-1000 races. A Hummer has won the production class for the past four or five years. But racing isn't even the dream. Just to be able to tear around the open desert without having to worry about a pile of rocks hidden behind sand as you hop over a three foot wide ravine would be nice . Doing it without breaking anything would be better.

It is interesting that you guys say you rock crawl. Yet when I look at magazines , and pictures of hard core rock crawling that were posted on this site in another forum it doesn't look anything like what I've seen here. Why not ? Probably because it would take an amazing amount of money and fabrication to the point that it wouldn't be an X anymore.

None of you have "rock crawlers". Your 4x4's wouldn't really stand against more capable trucks in a mud bogging competition , a tough truck competition or any other test of strength against more capable trucks. Read all the magazines and dream all you want. Dillusions of grandeur aside you are a fry cry from being in that class.

Noone has said in any of these threads that a 4x2 could do what a 4x4 could or was more capable or even just as capable as a 4x4 off-road. They merely said that they were capable. The idea is suggested that the X would make a nice platform for a fun desert truck.

Noone here has a real hard core Baja vehicle. Just because Nissan don't promote it as that and it hasn't been done does that mean that it's not possible. Driving a truck fast in the desert sounds like fun to some people , including myself.
Does that mean that I have dillusions of being the Nissan Xterra version of Ivan Stewart ? No , it just means that I and others like me would like to explore the possibility of making the X capable of doing what I would like to do and have a lot of fun doing it.

Just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean that with time and money it can't be done. So it's not your cup of tea. So what. Those of us with 2wd trucks that do off-road them would like something to aspire to . Just like you guys that look at those crawlers and boggers and aspire to do that in your trucks , some of us someday hope to fly over a whoop section at 70MPH.