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12 years! EDIT: Almost 15 years

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12 years! EDIT: Almost 15 years

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Hard to believe but December marks the 12th year of my Xterra and the 12th year of my membership in CNTC (formerly SOXC). Another year with my X and I still don't want to part with it! I don't expect I'll ever have another vehicle that I still enjoy driving every day for more than 12 years!

Anyhow I just wanted to do my yearly check-in thing ;) and say hi to those who remember me and cheers to those newer members I haven't met!
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12 years, that's a strong relationship.

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Wow. Congrats.
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'grats!

You should come to the Christmas party.
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Glad to see you're still enjoying the old girl. :thumbup:
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Simon wrote:Glad to see you're still enjoying the old girl. :thumbup:
That's what she said :shock:
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Bow_Tied wrote:'grats!

You should come to the Christmas party.
Would like to but have another event I am committed to that day unfortunately. I will have to try and get out for a local coffee meet again though.
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Good to hear from you! :)

Yeah, I've had my truck longer than any relationship, and most friendships I have.
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Well I have good news and bad news. Bad news is after almost 12.5 years it looks like I will be parting with my xterra. Good news is I bought another one! Looked around and considered a few other vehicles but in the end I just couldn't bear the thought of life without an xterra! So today I pulled the trigger on a smoking deal for a brand new one and according to the dealership I should have it by the end of the week! I will post pics once I've got it. If the second one is anything like the first, I should be lurking around here for another 12 years!
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Nice!
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Congrats.
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Very nice congrats Cracker. Get ready for a power increase!!
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PiDGE wrote:Very nice congrats Cracker. Get ready for a power increase!!
Yeah I have to say I am looking forward to that! I think the first gens were 175 so even though it doesn't sound like I wil get much better mileage, I will enjoy the increased hp.
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great to hear Cracker! not to many guys can say they ran the same rig for this long and enjoyed every day of it.

out of curiosity, what did your X go for 12 years ago vs a brand new one?
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CruiserRomey wrote:great to hear Cracker! not to many guys can say they ran the same rig for this long and enjoyed every day of it.

out of curiosity, what did your X go for 12 years ago vs a brand new one?
I'd have to check but I think it was about $27K all in. 2001, base model with manual tranny.
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Just out of curiosity - what trim level and colour did you go with for the new X...? :)
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kremit wrote:Just out of curiosity - what trim level and colour did you go with for the new X...? :)
Good question! I was supposed to be getting a Trail Green with a manual tranny but it looks like the dealership has jerked me around :disapprove: I was working with Dale Downie Nissan in London and I must say that the way this week has gone, I'm not very pleased. Will post an update as soon as I know more.
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Cracker wrote:
kremit wrote:Just out of curiosity - what trim level and colour did you go with for the new X...? :)
Good question! I was supposed to be getting a Trail Green with a manual tranny but it looks like the dealership has jerked me around :disapprove: I was working with Dale Downie Nissan in London and I must say that the way this week has gone, I'm not very pleased. Will post an update as soon as I know more.
May I commend you on your excellent taste, closely followed by threatening you with serious bodily harm if you get that particular rig... :stickwack: :teeth: Mine's a Trail Green PRO-4X with manual - and as far as I know up until this point, it's the only Trail Green in Ontario (and seemingly all of Canada, actually). For 2011, it was a very limited run with a tiny ordering window - I had to wait longer for mine because of it...that pesky little wave problem in Japan threw a wrench in the works, apparently.

I dealt with South London Nissan and got a wicked deal - let me know if things fall through with Dale Downie, and I'll hook you up with my guy. I have a funny feeling they won't be able to find you a TG one, though... ;)
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Well Kermit, no worries, a Trail Green one is not in the cards :(. Apparently they have a metallic blue one so that is what I am going with! I'm still not counting any chickens until they hatch though....hopefully the story has a happy ending and I have a new X by the end of the month!
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Cracker wrote:Well Kermit, no worries, a Trail Green one is not in the cards :(. Apparently they have a metallic blue one so that is what I am going with! I'm still not counting any chickens until they hatch though....hopefully the story has a happy ending and I have a new X by the end of the month!
I'm sorry, yet also not sorry - does that make me a bad person? :teeth:

I've seen the 2012 Daytona Blue - it's quite bright, and will make a colourful addition to our motley assortment... :thumbup:

Again, though, and seriously - if you continue to have difficulties with Dale Downie, let me know. I work in the industry, and have some resources that might help.
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