[Glenlivet]

I have a 2010 Xterra S that I’ve been tinkering with intending to keep it till it dies. Shrockworks rear bumper, Expedition One front bumper, WK sliders, Hefty full skids, LED driving lights, LED fogs plus all the maintenance items needed to keep an X with 160,000 miles running.

Yesterday I spotted a 2012 PRO4X at a dealer. All the PRO4X bells and whistles plus leather seats and only 79,000 miles. Suddenly my trusty 2010 lost a bit of its charm!

 

[Tlrtucker]

I have a 2010 Xterra S that I’ve been tinkering with intending to keep it till it dies. Shrockworks rear bumper, Expedition One front bumper, WK sliders, Hefty full skids, LED driving lights, LED fogs plus all the maintenance items needed to keep an X with 160,000 miles running.

Yesterday I spotted a 2012 PRO4X at a dealer. All the PRO4X bells and whistles plus leather seats and only 79,000 miles. Suddenly my trusty 2010 lost a bit of its charm!

No shame in trading up! Buy the new one, swap over all the tasty bits, sell the old one. As someone who's owned 2 Xterra's, the charm will still be there in the new one.

 

[Jard]

I second what Tlrtrucker said!

 

[Glenlivet]

The challenge in trading up when married to an accountant is that we have to wade thru a series of spreadsheets to justify the need. Shopping with her is hell, as every item must be computed down to cost per single use. Selecting a package of pasta is a ten minute ordeal! But I can’t complain much as she arranged things so I could retire three years early

But crap that PRO4X is a sweet truck! The only thing it doesn’t have is a backup camera

 

[Tlrtucker]

The challenge in trading up when married to an accountant is that we have to wade thru a series of spreadsheets to justify the need. Shopping with her is hell, as every item must be computed down to cost per single use. Selecting a package of pasta is a ten minute ordeal! But I can’t complain much as she arranged things so I could retire three years early

But crap that PRO4X is a sweet truck! The only thing it doesn’t have is a backup camera

Well, then you're screwed man. Maybe convince her you need a rear locker and call it a win??

 

[Nex]

The challenge in trading up when married to an accountant is that we have to wade thru a series of spreadsheets to justify the need. Shopping with her is hell, as every item must be computed down to cost per single use. Selecting a package of pasta is a ten minute ordeal! But I can’t complain much as she arranged things so I could retire three years early

But crap that PRO4X is a sweet truck! The only thing it doesn’t have is a backup camera

Sorry man.. but a spouse who makes carrer money like an accountant and has a need to calculate how many noodles you both need to consume, is a little scary..(I hope you're kidding)
Sell the S and buy the ProX...she'll survive the night, I promise..
"big boy pants, big boys pants"

 

[Lowcountry idn]

Meh, pay a whole bunch of money for an e-locker that is 10 years old and can't get parts for? Thats the only real difference. Although I do like the white face gauges.

If you really want a locker get one from a junkyard, or better yet get a standard trans non locking Dana from a junkyard - I think its 3.54:1 and throw an air locker in it.

 

[Glenlivet]

Sell the S and buy the ProX...she'll survive the night, I promise..
"big boy pants, big boys pants"

we’ve reached retirement with zero debt. There’s a lot to be said for that

 

[roXterra]

It could be 20k miles not 80k, unicorns are still out there

 

[XC20]

You know, I’ve met a couple guys in my life who’ve bought a classic car without their wives knowing. They just showed up to the house with it and that’s that.
Just saying

 

[Nex]

we’ve reached retirement with zero debt. There’s a lot to be said for that

ohhh ok... I thought you guys were starting out LOL

 

[hexterra]

So what's the big mistake, getting married? I don't get it. 😂

 

[mschwab327]

Just buy it what’s she going to do divorce you I doubt it. Work harder millions on welfare depend on you.

 

[XC20]

Do it for the Ukraine

 

[Glenlivet]

ohhh ok... I thought you guys were starting out LOL

Even old farts like Xterras

 

[El_Guevara]

You know, I’ve met a couple guys in my life who’ve bought a classic car without their wives knowing. They just showed up to the house with it and that’s that.
Just saying

When I got my X, I just said to my wife "I am going to Home Depot", asked my son to come with me, and showed up on the X (I did not lie, the deal was closed at a Home Depot parking lot). She did not like it at first, but my daughter loves it, thanks to the hands-on experience my son got tinkering with the suspension he now got a job at one of the local Nissan stealerships, and my wife is starting to love the X more than whatever she loved the Frontier ever, in way less time (now she only complains about the lift and the hard it is for her to get in, being a short person).
I got away with it because I am the accountant in the house.
When you sell a car, what you lose is really all the upgrades which you paid full cost and that most of the time for the new owner do not have value (or not the same value it had or has for you). Get the X, swap the bumpers and stuff, returning the one you have now close to stock, and sell it. It sounds like a good deal, and from an S to a PRO4X, well.....GO FOR IT

 

[OklaYeti]

I got some grief from a girl I was with for buying an 2013 p4x with a check engine light on for a catalytic converter.. she saw it when we were picking it up and said it looked old.. we are no longer together.. Still enjoying the xterra

 

[07 Offroad]

It sounds pretty simple to me you want to retire 3 years earlier and she wants you to retire 3 years earlier. You also want a fresh newer to you vehicle and that means only one thing. You're just going to have to get a little side Hustle. If you managed to bring home let's say $4,000 extra that you wouldn't normally have she can't crucify you. Overtime and or side project for the win.

 

[JeffInDFW]

I'm married. I'd tell her, "Fact is, I want an offshore racing boat. But instead of "meeting you half way", I'm willing to come all the way down from $1.4 million for the boat to just $20,000 for an old ass Xterra. I'm giving up having 15 bikini clad 21 year olds going out with me every weekend on the boat. I think I'm being more than fair here".

 

[Glenlivet]

@JeffInDFW - That’s how I got my tractor! She couldn’t relate, but her father had a yacht when she was a kid, so I told her to think of it as a land yacht

I had a chance to get the PRO4X up on a lift to check the underside. No leaks, but some odd rust. Just surface rust on the frame, but the skid plates and the rear axle and diff were covered in seriously scaly rust. It was odd, like the skid plates were sacrificial parts, but the exterior and interior, plus the engine were immaculate