Your car before your Xterra?

05 scion xb, just never really got into it. It was a ticket magnet too. I had nothing for 4 years in my civic but 1 year in that thing and i got 3 tickets. Plus i wanted something to be able to tow my bike with and go offroading with my buddies. 2 weeks now and i'm standing behind that choice.

1996 Chevrolet Blazer...the worst vehicle I have ever owned...traded in for my X....

1991 Toyota Xtra Cab Pick-Up, great truck!

'88 Nissan 4x4... Still 4-wheeling after 18 years (a buddy of mine has it now)... Definitely convinced me to stay a Nissan guy...

1996 mazda (ford) 626, never again.

88 Pontiac 6G , POS but I loved that thing.

92 Ford Explorer 4x4...had it a year and a half, then it started to fall apart and had to be FixedOrRepairedDaily

2002 Nissan Maxima SE 6MT

2002 Mazda Protege5...

Loved it, but felt the need for something bigger. Fun little car, wish I still had it at times.

Well I traded in a 99 Oldmobile Alero for it but I had an 01 Frontier also. That's what really convinced me to go with the X.

Axle

BMW Z4 3.0i, and Jeep Wrangler, both gone now.

2004 VW Jetta GLS and 1997 VW Jetta GLX VR6.

They were nice cars and I enjoyed them but needed something bigger and better. The VWs also ate tires like they were candy.

I sold my 01 stratus R/T coupe to get the Xterra:


Then I have a TT350Z that is about 18 months old:


And my beater car - 98 mazda protege LX with a 1.5 litre monster under the hood.............
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Sorry no pics

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I kept the scooter.

Nice

I went ahead and got rid of my diesel for various reasons: partly due to fuel costs, partly due to me having to be all up on the engine a couple of times a month. be warned: diesel hotrodding can get stupid expensive when you break stuff.

it ran liked a raped ape and 4x4'ed good with the 285's I had for it., but I got it used and I didn't like the flaws and issues that were there before me or I would have kept it as a third car.


notice the detroit locker action on the rear.

2000 VW GTI 1.8T
Loved that car, but my ex girlfriend and her dogs tore it to shit over a weekend when I was borrowing her Jeep. Needless to say the Ex and the dogs went the way of the car...

here's a pic, not of mine, but that's what she looked like only with stock wheels

I didn't know a 350Z came with a twin turbo?!?!

not stock, and if the engine bay of the 350 is anything like the 300 was then that must have been fun to install.

Thanks! I think I'll keep the Road King for a very long time. It's kind of the perfect blend for me...

A piece of crap 1998 Ford Ranger.

5 transmissions in 4 years...one didnt even last 10 days!!

Tim

I had a 1991 Land Cruiser FJ80

It was a great truck, but after a rebuilt engine, and 5,000mi later a broken crankshaft, it was time to call it quits

But I am really happy with my X

04 Mazda 3 lots of mods but after slamming into a wall at 75 MPH i needed a new vehicle. BTW i walked away from teh accident

Exactly


Link:
TT350Z

1985 Oldsmobile Delta '88. That thing was a tank, I loved it.

1997 Ford Expedition XLT

Prematurely retired by a hit & run driver @ 109,000 miles. It never let me down and always got me through all kinds of terrain and trouble. Be it mud, water, snow, ice, or sand...it always performed. It towed everything and then some. It moved me twice & moved two of my friends twice each. Never a problem. Never a hesitation.

It was always my intent to get an X, just not a year earlier than I had planned. Never planned on getting rid of my EX, it was supposed to tow the big boy toys.

FORD:

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1992.5 (yes, I said point 5) Nissan pickup. Base model. 2WD, plastic floor, 4-banger, AM/FM cassette. BASE.

10 years, 100,000 miles, back-and-forth across this great nation twice, and NOT ONE SINGLE PROBLEM. Hated to see it go, but had to have an Xterra. Will always buy Nissan.

1999 Mitsubishi Montero SR daily driver, and eventually replace my aging 1990 SWB Montero trail rig.

2000 Fronty King Cab that I got new. Needed the extra room for the youngin' and the dog.

Had a '74 Datsun pickup (was it the Fronty then too?) way back when and it ran like a raped ape. I could literally beat the shit out of that truck and it'd just keep going. Made me decide when I got my next REAL truck to go back to Nissan. Haven't been sorry yet. (Had a '89 S-10 for 11 years too. Great truck, but it was a just toy. Not a REAL truck by any means... IYKWIM!)



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I traded a 2001 sc1 saturn in for my X. Strangely i kinda miss that plastic thing.

Man some of you guys have way too much cash. My ride before the x was a 1988 Plymouth Acclaim



Talk about a tank, it was a 4 banger and it had one dead cylinder. Drove like a champ, still got like 20 mpg out of it. Merging was always a fun experience. Had one weird issue though, every time I would take a corner too fast... the entire thing would shut off, no lights no nothing... It would start again no problem.... weird...

Before my Xterra, I had an Xterra.

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I love new X though . Sold the GTI and just got rid of the A4 .

my first truck was a '92 isuzu rodeo. 4wd SE. i really wish i woulda kept it. i also just recently sold one of my bikes. it was a '01 honda shadow.

I had an 03 Subaru Impreza WRX
here's the pics:









had to let her go because i needed more room. now i see people w/ riced out cars i just :rolleyes:
but i give a for those that are "actually" a performance car.

I replaced my 1985 Ford Bronco with the 2000 X.

1990 Chevy Corsica V6 auto 187k & still running, sitting beside my house now.

1997 Dodge Dokota SLT V8 auto HD everything, nearly beat to death when it lost the steering gears & wouldn't turn, which was traded for the X in oct. 00

Then my 1992 Mazda MX3 GS V6 5sp. for some fun. Now in a million pieces in garage.

X is DD now, othere 2 not legal.

i traded my 2003 saturn vue for my x

1989 Dodge Caravan that my dad gave me, he bought it brand new in 89, and put about 85k on it when he gave it to me in 2002, died in 04 with 108k, then i bought the Xterra, it, that thing was a piece of crap but i still miss it, way too many good memories in that thing

I had a 92 MX-3 also 1.8L V6 that thing revved like a motorcycle engine, still have my 1998 Mitsu Mirage DE coupe as my commuter car.

2002 4X2 Xterra (Sedona), loved mine enough, and upgraded instead to the 2004 4X4 (Granite) .

this

OK, are you ready? From left to right:

1986 Ford F-150 - sold a few months after I bought...
2000 Nissan Xterra XE 4x2 - daughter totalled it for me in December, 2004. Bought the current truck with the insurance proceeds.
1969 VW Beetle - Still around, kids drive it most of the time.
1971 VW Beetle (aka Herbie) - daughter's Bug. Currently undergoing a 2nd resto, to be painted a deep, metallic blue.

And, to give equal billing for my wife, she used to drive this before we bought her a 2004 X:

Clubhouse topic...

Why'd it be clubhouse? The subject clearly states, this is an XTERRA related topic, albeit not discussed anywhere else on the site.

"The car you owned before" isn't talking about Xterras...

I had a 00 Nissan altima SE, and because of the options that the SE had, i HAD to get the xterra SE!

2001 Cavalier Z24

'97 black beemer, 2 door coupe. Stuck to the road like a slot car. Then came the German Shepherd. Claws and leather don't mix!

01 Volvo S60, 2.4T

SIGH

Oh yeah, my last car was a 96 Ranger STX 4X4 King Cab

'96 VW jetta trek edition... still have it 180,000+ km

98 Pontiac Grand Am..."The Little Red Car" was my first car and did its job well. Killed prematurely by an oak tree December 05.

Mine was a 1998 Ford F150.

Wish I still had it. I do like my X, just miss the bed of the truck.

- 1986 Ford Escort
- 1987 Honda Accord (sister totalled it)
- 1988 Honda CRX (nothing more than a go-kart with a windshied, bad car for a 16yo)
- 1992 Mazda MX-3 (crap!)
- 1987 VW Golf, with a homemade 6" body lift and 24" tires (that thing was a fucking tank)
- 1994 Olds Bravada (Still own)
- 1989 Nissan 240SX SE (Still own, anybody got a motor for it?)
- 2000 Nissan Xterra

By the way, I'm 20 years old and yes, I bought them all.

-1988 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo
-1994 Mazda 323 4x4 Turbo
-2003 Xterra SE Supercharged

Yeah I have a thing for Forced Induction.

Previous truck was a 91 white Hardbody. Bought it in 92 and traded it in for $1500 in 01 for the X. Had 165,000 on it, first gear started to go at about 160k but other than that only had to replace the clutch at 120k and the slave cylinder at 60k. Had a couple of motorcycles before I joined the Navy, 81 Suzuki GS450E and a 84 KZ700. Only other car was my first car in HS, a 69 Camaro, nothing special but sure wish I would've kept it. Anyone wanting to get rid of a 69 Camaro?

2003 Nissan 350Z and 1998 Nissan Pathfinder (5MT). Strangely, I miss the Pathfinder a lot more than I miss the Z.

- 1973 Ford Falcon Utility
- 1975 Ford Falcon Utility
- 1990 Holden Comodore
- 1989 Holden Camira
- Late 60's Mini
- 1969 Triumph TR6
- 1978 Datsun 200B SX
- oops edit 1990 Ford Falcon Sedan XE
- 1990 Honda Accord Hatch
- 1999 Nissan Frontier

I'm 32 and have finally found peace with my 2000 Xterra.....lol.

I owned 5 motorcycles also, gave it up last year too dangerous out there now.

====1993 twin turbo z stage 6(week end toy, 1994 full size chevy blazer 350 4x4 6 in. rcd full suspension lift on 35 in tires(for offroading and towing my z), 04 silver xterra 4x2 for dd.

This was my rice rocket before my Fronty...I wish I would have been able to keep both...

02 honda S2000 and a 93 Mazda Rx7 twin turbo. I still have the mazda but I traded the S2000 down (got cash back) for the Xterra. The money is going mainly into the rx7 but whats left over is for off road goodies

'94 Volvo 850 had 150k on it and was starting to fall apart.. traded in for my X...

Sold my 97 Rav4 with 170k miles on it that consumed about as much oil as gas the same day I bought my Xterra in 2003. Car was a lemon from day one but I must admit the toyota name kept the value up as I was still able to get 4k for the damn thing.

Still have my first car a 1975 MGB that I just restored. A very very fun car to drive.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2302091

I don't have any of my own pictures of it hosted, but that's the same thing, same color. Mercedes C-36 AMG

I just traded in my VW GTI, bought an X

Traded my '04 Infiniti G35 for my '05 OR X . Had an '89 Chevy Blazer which, aside from having no internal lights and a failing electrical system, ran pretty well... Just got too old and beat up.

The G35 was fun but I didn't get to use it much in the Fall/Winter due to weather.

If I have to keep something in the garage, it might as well be a bike.

The G35 and Blazer went. Now I love my Xterra, and for fun, the VTX 1800.

I sold my 1991 Honda Civic LX for my 2002 X! This was a great car... just didnt have 4WD.

1997 BMW M3... Great car! Only reason we sold it was mileage (120k)

Only had 2 before my X
1. A little red 1996 Mitsubishi Mirage. Got great gas mileage, but not much of a looker.

2. A black 98 Chevy Silverado single cab. Not a bad truck, had a lot of miles on it and seemed on the verge of some problems.

2002 Toyota Rav4.....sold it to my mom and bought a 2003 Xterra

1988 Pontiac LeMans
1996 Dodge Neon
2000 Dodge Stratus

My first car was a 1984 Corolla SR5 GT, didn't know what I had until after I wrecked it.

After the wrecked I picked up a 1992 4 door Civic.

After selling the Civic, I joined the Nissan family and purchased a 2002 Spec V.

1999 BMW 528i

My 2005 X is faster !

Ford Fiesta -(4 speed with moon roof and 8 track!)
Ford Escort - a very small step up from the red car.
Ford Tempo - evolution of a cheap car payment continues

Pontiac Bonneville - now this ain't your gramma's car
Chevy Impala - you could put a body in that trunk

X - part of the family

Here is my other "car":



2003 F650 CSA. Thats not me but it is such a good photo I had to use it.

'82 Pontiac Acadian
'84 Pontiac Acadian
'82 GMC Sierra 2wd
'92 GMC Sierra 4X4
'00 Honda Civic
'03 X

'05 WRX STi

I love the WRX! One off my favorite all time cars! Truck 4 u buddy!

I am really surprised at how many people were into the import/domestic scene before the Xterra.
I traded in my '99 Cougar for the X.

'05 Honda Accord Hybrid
'05 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE 5MT
'05 Toyota 4Runner V8 SR5 4X4
'04 Honda CR-V EX 5MT
'03 Honda Civic LX 5MT
'90 Volvo 240 DL
'87 Honda Civic LX
'92 Mazda 626
'84 Pontiac 6000

My X's bigger brother (we still have it)...

I had a 2005 G35 Coupe 6MT. I miss it but I love my X!

1987 Audi 5000 - died pretty fast
1990 Ford Taurus station wagon (beater)
1986 Honda Civic (manual tranny died with 226,000 miles!)
1998 Nissan Sentra - wasn't much of a car, really
2000 Nissan Maxima - my dad still drives it, awesome car even though it's seen it's share of problems including a new tranny

Now my 2002 X!

1992 Jeel Wrangler 3" body and 3" sus lifts, 33 BFG's...got to be to high for me (post spinal surgery) sold it and got my terra

'93 lexus

172,000 miles on that bad boy

top speed: 142mph

top speed getting pulled over: 109mph

1999 Mitsu GST Spyder
1992 Honda CBR600 F2 (not street legal, but plated)
1975 Honda CB750F Cafe Racer (OG factory works bike)
1986 Audi 5000Q Wagon (great bike race SAG wagon)
1967 Fastback
1974 Dodge Ramcharger (been in the family since '77. Could 2'nd gear chirp my 33's, but damn, it broke down a lot. I really miss that one; wish I never had to sell it for tuition.)

Wouldn't trade the X for any of 'em.

94 Camry. Really miss the mpg.

Okay, don't laugh.. well okay, you can laugh.. but it was the car i could afford at the time.. and obviously i've made big improvements from the 01 kia rio to the X =)

Kelli,

I am not worried about the Kia Rio, those things are awesome in gas mileage. What I am worried about and may even laugh at is that black CR-V parked next to your Rio. Please tell me it ain't yours....

'71 Chevy Malibu - beautiful but winters and salt did it in

'74 Renault R12 with four dead shocks and bad brakes...but someone gave me $40 for it.

'90 Mazda 323..had this cheap little rocket for eight years and drove the crap out of it. Miss it the most.

'88 Ford Bronco 4x4 loads of fun

'90 Mitshubishi Montero..had 75,000 on it when i got it, put another 80,000 myself.

'93 Mitshubishi Montero..never had it long..bad engine first..got it fixed..then it died in a flood.

Edit: Oops forgot the 1993 Jeep Laredo..had it just a little bit..traded it in for the 2001 X.

2001 Xterra....best truck I ever owned...the day i traded it in for the 2005 X, it still drove solid as a rock.

You all should be glad you don't own one of these.....I don't own it...but I wouldn't admit it if I did, either.

Hehe.. no, that belongs to my parents =)

Bad picture, but...



Wish I'd kept her.

you got us all pegged all right. how did you guess that we owned either an import or domestic. damn you should be a detective.

99 Hyundai Elantra LOVED that little car so much I ran it into the ground 136k when I traded it in for my beloved X!

1994 Pontiac Bonneville. Hand me down from my older brother. Not a bad car at all, it had some juice. Had it through high school.

Mine was black though.

Saturn 2002 VUE V6 AWD, Auto. Many problems, wanted an X back then but the new-at-the-time VUE made more sense for the new longer commute I got by moving.

Drove like a car, better quickness than you would think, but many problems - detailed:

-Right off the bat - rear washer not working, bad map light (no big deal, yet)
-Wind deflectors peeling off (common among all makes, to some extent)
-Tech lost two lug nut caps and didn't realize until I got home (service issue)
End of 1st year, no big deal...

-Thermostat replaced under warranty from "SES" light
-Major oil leak involving front valve cover was loose (nice acrid oil smell after repair and pressure wash)
-Front washer not working, replaced new washer nozzles (not good in the middle of a Northeastern winter)
-Frozen throttle plate (twice), have to stop and restart engine to clear, no fix according to tech
-Retape wind deflectors (again)
-Dome lights don't flas and daytime running lights are out, major investigation to find and fix "resistor" failure
Two years down, not really happy at this point...

-2nd Major oil leaks 11 months after first (led me to call Saturn HQ to demand and get an extended warranty)
-Clunking noise during turns: 1. Loose stabilizer links 2. Right strut mount, (both replaced)
-Crankcase hose replaced (overnight wait)
-Rear lateral link replaced (believed that was a recall)
-Hood wind deflector loose again, this time they don't have any tape, fix myself
Right around three years, reliabilty is not a word used at this point...

-Fun one: horn gets stuck on, remove fuse before going to dealer. They had to replace whole steering wheel airbag/horn assembly (fortunately warranty covers it)
-Squeaking steering, this time they just have to grease up column
-Fails state inspection, tie rod/steering rack replaced (again under warranty)

End of saga, X will be in my driveway tomorrow...

A Dodge Neon. I drove it Cape Cod to north Boston and we had to get the X because I don't think the Neon was gonna make it back to the Cape lol. That car fell the heck apart at about 60K.

Mitsubishi Lancer EVO....**sigh**

costs of a family huh? traded it for a pathy....

99 Saturn SL2 - loved it, was a great car, totalled in a 4-car smash up on the freeway a month and a half ago:(


Got this 2002 SL2 to replace it:


I had the 2002 for 3 weeks and it was acting up, the tranny was acting funny, the brakes were mushy. My husband Alex drove it for a day and said something really bad was getting ready to happen. I took advantage of the Saturn dealer's 30-day exchange policy (plus I had already taken it back to the service dept a few times already), the only catch is you have to pick something in their inventory, new or used. We were looking at a Honda Element and then we looked over a few spots and there sat a 2003 Xterra 2WD with 51,600 miles on it. Test drove it, fell in love. The money we spent purchasing the Saturn went toward the price of the X, so it worked out that the Saturn exchange paid for half the X's selling price

I still miss the 99 SL2 sometimes, in 77K miles the only thing I had to do to it aside from regular maintenance was replace a temeperature sensor ($15 and 10 minutes).

Isuzu Rodeo, my first 4WD. Back before they got all curvy and aerodynamic. Put 90k on it and then had to put in a new engine after I ran through too much water (yeah, I should have walked it first to check the depth) and bent a rod. After that (probably related to that), every month I had to replace something new--alternator, brakes, fuel pump, water pump. After a while, I figured I was sinking as much money into it each month as I'd make on new car payments, so I bought the XTerra.

(I didn't drive any new Rodeos or Troopers before I bought the XTerra, since there aren't any dealers within 100 miles of where I live.)

This was my last ride and I had a blast with it. But it was time to move on. I'm getting married and do a lot of outdoor stuff.

Previously I had a 1999 Nissan Maxima SE which I loved, it was a very reliable, sporty and fun car to drive. My wife totalled it a few months ago and my insurance gave me much more than I expected for it and I picked up the Xterra.

I'm a Nissan guy, I love their cars and trucks. The Maxima was the only car that I have owned, everything else in my life has been either a truck, Jeep or SUV, I just love to wheel!

I've owned a 78 CJ5, 98 Cherokee, 96 Tacoma, 94 Bronco, the Maxima and now the Xterra.

Well this is something like my 37th Vehicle
Last 2 were a 2006 Charger and a 96 Grand Cherokee Lifted and locked.
I also have a 74 Series Land rover from the Norway Military..

Bought my X to replace a 1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport. The Jeep was getting to the point where it was going to part me to death. And I just couldn't bear the thought of driving through a Minnesota winter in a soft top Jeep with a bad heater.

Prior to that I had a 1993 Nissan Sentra that had around 160,000 on it when I sold it and it still ran great. So it is good to be back to Nissan.

1989 Cavalier Z24
1994 Grand AM GT Coupe (junk)
1996 Grand AM GT Sedan (junk)
2002 Honda Accord V6 (great car)
2005 Acura TL (great car but had a bad accident)

Hubby has had too many numerous cars to mention but currently drives a 1996 Honda Civic. Great little car and great on gas.

Traded in for the X, 05 MPV GT...


Current toys...
1991 VW Passat GL


1962 VW Standard Bus

04 Maxima SE, MT (the best car I've ever owned)
00 Maxima SE, MT
00 Xterra SE, MT (one of the first available - got rid of it becuase the MT was not the best and the vehicle was under powered.
94 Acura Integra RS (loved that car!)
89 Dodge Daytona
85 Dodge Shadow
79 VW Rabbit

Not my exact truck, but an exact look alike in black.


6" suspension
3" BL
Headers
Straight pipes from headers back
K&N FIPK
Throttle body upgrade
--Traded it in for something with better gas mileage.... (8mpg) I did get 17mpg with the X till the mod bug bit me a month after I bought it.

1991 Toyota Previa

70 something Mazda RX4
70 Chevy Camaro
79 Chevy Z28
86 Pontiac Fiero
87 Chevy Blazer
89 Chevy Cavalier Z24
91 Ford Escort GT
92 Mitsubishi Galant
85 Olds Calais
93 Chrysler LeBaron
01 Pontiac Grand Am
06 Nissan Xterra

I had a 2004 Nissan Murano and what a gutless wonder it was. The CVT sapped the power, could barely pull my two 4-wheelers up a hill and was such a gas hog that I was happy to get 18 MPG out of the Xterra. I traded mine in on the X as soon as the tranny was making the death rattle that had already afflicted a co-workers Murano after about 20,000 miles. It did have a slick AWD system that made great rally cross four wheel drifts in the snow and did have a system similar to E-locker.
Before that, 2003 BMW 325Ci that I loved but quickly found the need for room that a coupe could never give.

85 Omni
89 Cutlass
91 Maxima
98 Altima
04 Sentra
03 X
04 SC'd x

notice a trend?

Next
200? X Offroad?

I had an 83 VW Jetta, 86 VW Jetta, 95 Pontiac Grand Am, 97 Jeep Wrangler Sport, and now the X.

88 Nissan SEV6 Pickup KingCab (learned to drive standard in this one)

88 Toyota Camry LEV6 (also probably still driving somewhere)

95 Chev S-10 (Lemon)
98 Chev Cavalier (survived my college years)
95 Toyota Camry Coupe
93 Jeep Cherokee Sport
01 VW Jetta GLX VR6 (LEMON!!!!!)
03 Nissan Xterra SESC 4x4 (I will keep my X until the wheels fall off)

1990 Isuzu Amigo 4x4


2000 Nissan Crew Cab


2004 Jeep Wrangler


There have been a number of others, but these are the ones I had photos readily available.

All had their pros/cons. Like the Xterra best. The 2000 Crew Cab was a close second.

Still have my 99' Supercharged Civic Si, alonf with the X.


Before the X, I had a 92' 4 Runner with a SAS.


Before that Si, I had a civic with a 2.2 swap.

Presiously owned vehicles is long and in some cases distinguished including:

1972 Datsun 240Z
1983 Toyota Supra

The last car was a 1996 Mazda 626 LX with V6 5spd and all the other toys. It was a great car until my son totalled it.

Crummy picture, but here was arguably one of my favorite former minimalist vehicles:



This car helped me through some bad times. At the time, we only had one car and I was counting on rides to work. Then, the place I was working closed down (fortunately, with sufficient warning for me to find another job). My new job was 30 miles away and none of my co-workers lived near me, so it was off to find a 2nd vehicle. With severance pay from my previous job, I had a $900 budget to get something reliable enough to make a 60 mile round trip each day.

After finding lots of barely running rustbuckets in my price range, a friend told us that her brother had this car just sitting around and might sell it. I ended up driving away with it for $400. It was 20 years old at the time and had about 75k miles on the odo. It ran reliably for two years, other than the long term effects of living in the salt belt (Indiana).

I'd buy another one for a fun vehicle any time.

wow...heres goes the list:
1988 f-150
1971 ford bronco (glasss body soft top on 35" bfgs!)
1979 f-150 with 6" lift on 38" tires
1986 escort exp ( beater car)
1990 f-150
1992 dodge dakota (lowered with hydraulics in the front)
1995 lingenfelter z-28 (i loved this car to death but the lt-1 motor is $$$$$ to fix)
2000 gmc sonoma (full show truck fully airbagged slammed on the ground still have it)
1986 subaru gl beater (i could not kill this car...donated it to purple heart!)
1987 gmc short bed
1998 dodge ram sst (fun truck!!)
2004 dodge srt-4
2002 - xterra - my current driver
...and my triumph speed triple that i also still have. wow...alot of wasted money being only 29 years old when i look at all the cars/trucks

2006 VW GTI
2004 VW Jetta
2002 Nissan Sentra Spec-V
1997 Nissan Pickup

and 15+ used cars before that..

Came back to my roots.

2004 Acura TL w/ASPEC kit

2006 Subaru Forester X (base) 5spd... Had it for less than 14000km, less than a year, and wrapped it around a tree

Hey epb_em1, i'm really diggin your supercharged SI and that H22 EG you had before that! Nice job on not cheesing out either car

2002 tacoma dbl cab prerunner. flipped if over a mountain.

1987 Ford Escort Station Wagon
1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport

Thanks!

Here was my old car:

1992 Civic HB w/ a 2001 GSR motor swap, with JDM headers and a custom 2.5" exhaust system. It was a nice sleeper.

'68 Volkswagen Beetle
'91 Chevy Berretta (194,000 mi.)
'93 Mitsubishi Eclipse (180,000 mi.)

2001 X

Another one of mine.... my favorite car, which I totaled.... ran upper 11's

how did you total it?

just curious because a guy I know totaled his dad's buy taking a curve to fast, going into ditch and ramping it upside down into a 30 foot tree

Alright, grab a drink and maybe a snack...this could take a while

In no particular order:

'84 GMC S-15 Jimmy (Woody Edition)
'86 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport
'89 Buick Century Limited
'92 Honda Accord LX
'93 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'87 Mazda 323 2 door
'83 Honda Civic 4 Door
'91 Honda Accord EX
'87 Toyota MR-2
'88 Ford Ranger Std. Cab
'94 Ford Ranger Ext. Cab 4x2
'86 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z
'94 Dodge Caravan Sport
'98 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
'96 Chevy Monte Carlo Z34
'00 VW Beetle
'00 VW Jetta (currently wife's car)
'01 Plymouth Voyager (last of the Plymouths)
'83 Jeep SJ (Wagoneer)
'00 Jeep TJ
'01 Jeep TJ
'03 Nissan Frontier CC SC 4x4
'03 Nissan Xterra XE 4x2 (1st Xterra)
'04 Honda CR-V SE
'04 Nissan Armada
'92 Mazda Miata
'93 Honda CBR 600 SS
'05 Honda Civic EX Coupe
'94 Nissan Pathfinder XE 4x4

...and now my current Black Xterra

A 2005 35th Anniversary Nissan 350Z.



My SUV that the Xterra replaced was a Honda CR-V which was a really fine SUV but I needed something with more towing ability.

At dusk, board with nails...blew out the tire, hit loose gravel right into an S curve that involves an underpass....(going 35mph) I had the car doing 165 at times, and I total it going 35...go figure.

1999 Jeep Cherokee 4x4 125k

Cant find a good pic.. had a 02' nissan senra se-r..I still to this day miss that car..

This really makes me miss my car

1991 Eagle Premier - POS - but had great sound system from the factory at that time.

1997 Honda Civic - fixed it up. slow as hell but that the rice rocket mods on the outside. love the gas mileage but messed it up once i lowered it without camber correcting kit.

night stalker you still have the supra? my dad has one wit 38k on it.

97 blazer 4dr

Man I miss this vehicle. It's my first, second and third cars. It was easy to find parts for it but not all of them fit (exactly).

I started out with “Ward” a 1979 Caprice Classic station wagon. Two tone “rally” paint with the family truckster package. It ensured my continued virginity in high school. I sold it to buy a mountain bike.

Then came “the Z” it was a 1982 280ZX. I loved that car. I had it repainted and was getting ready fix some issues with the interior when someone pulled out in front of me. The Z came to an unglorified end in the side of a Chevette that was filled with open buckets of latex paint. Unfortunately, there was an unsecured kid in the right seat. With their clever ambulance chasing lawyer, the Chevette driver got enough money pay off his house and set up his kid’s trust fund. The lawyer replaced his S600 with a new one.

With the money I got from the Z, bought “Chester” my little 1987 323. Chester and I had many good miles including several trips to Colorado during college. Chester was sold to a Japaneese exchange student who paid $4000 for the car in $100 dollar bills. I spent the entire test drive counting money from a paper bag.

Next was Norm, my cherry ’85 CJ-7. I still have norm after 120K miles and many, many modifications. Norm served as a daily driver for several years, but had spent the last dozen as a toy. I will never part with that thing. Sniff….

Next was a series of Chevy trucks: “Bluto” a 92 Chevy P/U that suffered from a failing fuel pumps and a set of previous owner installed glass packs, and “Clint” a black ’92 4wd Suburban that I smashed up twice as I was trying to sell it. One wreck involved my own Jeep, the other involved a chicken and an abandoned tractor trailer.

Before the X I had car known as the “Golden Bubble,” the “Space Pod” and the “Barcalounger” interchangeably. It was a 1998 Chrysler Concorde, not gold but platinum, thank you very much. I got it because it was great for the hundred mile commute (each way) I was forced to do several times a week. It got double the mileage of any of my last three cars and was almost twice as fast. It, much like my highschool ride, attracted the women. Too bad they were all over 80 and just wanted to know if it came in Perrywinkle. By the time I moved to Northern Virginia, I had tinted the windows. If I drove it fast enough wearing a dark suit, people would think I was the FBI and get out of the way. I donated it to the Salvation Army at 108K miles, still going strong. It was coming up on time to replace the timing belt and I didn’t feel like taking the winter tires off of it. Its probably sitting in a wrecking yard with bullet holes in it and 24 valves sticking through the hood.

My ’06 X OR is my first new car and remains un-named.

-Old Army

Excellent history, Old Army. I love hearing nicknames given to vehicles. I never could come around to naming my Xterra, but our two old VW Beetles are named "Gus" (mine) and "Dory" (my daughter's).

96 HONDA PASSPORT DID NOT LAST LONG 2.5 YEARS .I LOAD MY RIGS DOWN FOR CAMPING,DONT LIKE TRAILERS.

Old Blue......my 1990 GMC Sierra......*sigh* I miss it. (I also had a 2001 Chevy Cavalier coupe that was super cool)...traded it and sold the truck to get my '05 Xterra.



PS. The cap was only on it for that day (wasn't even FOR a GMC) cuz I brought lumber up to my friend's cabin. I couldn't wait to take it off. Ugly thing!!!

2006 VW GLI




To be honest, my X is kind of a step down from a brand new car, but I didnt want a car payment and had the chance to dump the VW, best decision ever. Not having a car payment is a huge relief, especially for a college student, plus I have more money for mods for my X

given that Im 16 and this is my first car (and it is god...) I thoguht id share what else is in my family...



damn i cant find any actual good pics but you can see...the 2000 X...its a wee bit different now (and a lot muddier) the '04 A6 (mine and my dads project car...its got quite a bit into it...) the honda s2000 (which has been driven 25 miles since mid december (damn snow)
not pictured:
2005 chevy cobalt (the 'bee' yellow with balck rims and declas)(RICED OUT!)
2005 Chevy Silverado (Johny Cash...big mean and dressed in black)
Im also in the process of helping my friend build up (finish) his old ranger (8" lift racing seats supercharged flow masters pushing somewhere between 300-400 horse power....)(dyno as soon as we paint it) and his '04 WRX (his go fast and DD-even though we kind (not my fault) messed up his front end it still runs! and fyi sliding on ice is no bueno when you hit a f*cking post!

A 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan !

Never Again !!

This is the car that I had before my X and still have it, can't wait till racing starts back up.

02 Tacoma


Yes SCCX guys that is Indian Truck Trail. She ran well till I killed her.

This Honda is definetly the vehicle that I abused the most. I bought it for a measly $3800 from a friend and I drove about 100K miles in almost 6 yrs - mostly commuting to San Jose.

List of my abuses:
- Drove with only 3 spark plugs connected for 4 months. Mileage went from 26mpg to 12mpg and pure gas fumes were coming out of the exhaust.
- I striped the oil drain plug, put some epoxy on it to seal the leaky plug then made a mental note to fix it later. 10 months and some 11K miles later I finally got it fixed and was able to put in fresh oil (boy that old oil was THICK).
- I blew out both CV joints from non-maintenance. The mechanic was amazed that I was able to drive at all - cause he said "the driveshaft was gone".
- While I had the car, I went thru about 4 different passenger windows. (long stories)

In January of 2001 - I traded in this beater for $600 cash toward my new Xterra.

1995 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 -- I will never buy Ford again..

2001 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 LS Ext Cab -- bright red, my favorite truck ever. only sold it because I got a killer deal on the one I have now.

2002 Jeep Liberty Sport -- ew.. all I can say. Graduation present gone BAD!

2001 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 LT Ext Cab -- what I am driving now, I love it but preferred my red one's exterior. I've got every option in it possible so the inside is very nice! I'll keep it for a long, long time. I plan to get an Xterra as a companion to it.

This explains the choice in username:

92 Eclipse - My first official car. I would still have it if it was AWD and Turbo'd


85? Suzuki Samurai - My first experience 4WD - Inspired by a friend who had one and beat the crap out of it.


98 Eclipse - Sold both the 92 Eclipse and Zook to get my hands on something speedy and shiny..


She was pushin 400+ HP after I was done with her and I knew she couldn't handle it much longer without some internal overhauls. The kid who bought it from me blew the headgasket 2 months in..


And now I've got the 2002 SE S/C Xterra. She's a beaut, Clark!

I had a 98 civic and now i just got my 03 xterra...

I had an 03 Chevy Avalanche Z71 with a 6" lift 35's and all the other goodies that go along with a built up trail truck.

HAHAAHAHA....I f'n doubt it :rolleyes:

My car before my xterra:



My Xterra:



And my newest car:

Mostly_Harmless i'm gonna take a stab at this, but do you like Super/Turbo charged vehicles

lol When I went to buy my Xterra I was stuck between a 5-speed XE and a S/C SE, I wanted both but they didn't offer it that year. For some reason I just loved the wine of the supercharger so I went with that model (not to mention I loved the wheels). When the Mazdaspeed3 came out I just couldn't pass on it. 260hp/280TQ, 6-Speed, only 5000 made, I just had to have it. It is really an awesome car

Traded Rubicon for '7 OR.

Mostly Harmless,
Had an '84 and '87 Mustang GT, but they were basic , stock vehicles.
Very nice looking Mazda.
My wife and I have had WRX's as well. The last was a '6 TR(2.5 turbo). Did you drive the '6 or '7 WRX before choosing the Speed3? I have read good things about the Mazdaspeed3. Just interested in a comparison as I have never driven one and they weren't available when I got the last WRX. Currently, our local Mazda dealer only has the reg. 3 and 6. What are your impressions? Any negatives to the fwd vs. awd? Thanks for taking the time to respond.

The mustang was a beast. The s/c on the stang was pretty much silent so people never knew what to expect. I didn't test drive either of the Subaru's even though that probably would have been a good idea. I always liked the STI but that was another 15K to the price tag. The speed can be a bit much to handle under hard acceleration in 1st and 2nd because you are putting so much HP/TQ to the front wheels but nothing that isn't managable. The car is a beast in 3rd/4th/5th/6th. I have no problem passing in traffic in 6th gear. The handling is very tight and even going around corners at high speeds the car stays flat and feels very stable. I brought the speed because it was cheap (through someone I know I got it for $21,500), limited production run (call me vain), dub as the fastest FWD production car (call me vain again), its pretty much a sleeper (if you don't know what to look for you will mistake it for a regular 3 hatch) and because I giggled like a school girl when I test drove it. I will be honest with you, I have had the car for about a month now and it is still nothing but a blast to drive. The interior feels like a much more expensive car. I actually look for excuses to go drive it.

I had a 96 Chevy Corvette; it was a great car. But I am enjoying my 06 4x2 Offroad.