03-12-2007, 02:27 PM
been spending alot of time with the X since the kruatmobile is still under the knife.
180 horsepower is not much at all for a thing this size, but it's nothing you can't work around just by putting your foot down more. however, gas milage is poop (not surprising). for a 3.3L engine it drinks like a 5. on the flip side, it sounds really good!
took it off-roading after work last friday. the lot across from my building has sat in a half-developed state for years (apparently) with lots of trails going through it where surveyors took their trucks and stuff. it had rained and the mud was too much to resist. i probably shouldn't have been back there but considering all they've done lately is knock over pine trees with bulldozers, i'm not exactly hurting anything.
she performed well....never had to use 4-low, but i was definitely almost up to the running boards in muck at one point and it just kept pulling. i had to roll over a big pile of pine branches and it was no problem. the trails were tight but the X is alot smaller than it feels. when i left, there was mud all over everything and i drove home feeling like i was wearing a badge of honor. when i got home i realized i had been dragging a pine branch under the car the whole way home....woops. GA mud clay sucks -- it's like thick paint more than dirt. my entire engine bay is coated, i'll have so much fun cleaning that up...
180 horsepower is not much at all for a thing this size, but it's nothing you can't work around just by putting your foot down more. however, gas milage is poop (not surprising). for a 3.3L engine it drinks like a 5. on the flip side, it sounds really good!
took it off-roading after work last friday. the lot across from my building has sat in a half-developed state for years (apparently) with lots of trails going through it where surveyors took their trucks and stuff. it had rained and the mud was too much to resist. i probably shouldn't have been back there but considering all they've done lately is knock over pine trees with bulldozers, i'm not exactly hurting anything.
she performed well....never had to use 4-low, but i was definitely almost up to the running boards in muck at one point and it just kept pulling. i had to roll over a big pile of pine branches and it was no problem. the trails were tight but the X is alot smaller than it feels. when i left, there was mud all over everything and i drove home feeling like i was wearing a badge of honor. when i got home i realized i had been dragging a pine branch under the car the whole way home....woops. GA mud clay sucks -- it's like thick paint more than dirt. my entire engine bay is coated, i'll have so much fun cleaning that up...
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT