I'm not much of a mechanic... so I don't really understand what all is involved - but whenever this question comes up, the response is always overwhelmingly "Sell it and get a 4X4".

I think if I were you, I'd buy a nice older 4x4 Wrangler and a tandem axle trailer so you can drag it out to the offroad park with your X.

It is true, though, that the used car market SUCKS right now. Ask Austinbartndr... he owed something like 17K on his '00 or '01 4X4 X, and they offered him $8500.