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@Janarthan I have put a similar skid plate 10 mm and it feels solid. Different garages charge between 800 to 1000 max. So check with other garages or fabricators who can do it at a good price for you.

Congratulations and Best wishes @Shamil...was just wondering we have quite a few xterra in this drive 1. @Shamil 2. @Kalahari 3. @Desert Dweller 4. Mine - finally ready for the drive and I am eager to see how it fares Anyone else is driving xterra in this drive? sorry for missing out .

Happy birthday @Jeepie . God bless you

Congratulations @Shadab Khan. Happy and safe motoring. See you soon somewhere on the "hot" sand!

@Rahimdad I meant healthy competition to drive better off road on sand. What you said is absolutely right

Hahaha... @Gaurav you are absolutely right with regards to family advise. This is where @Wrangeld and @Jeepie are blessed to come to drives together and compliment/compete with each other. @Shadab Khan good luck with your purchase.

I am wondering how will extending a warranty help for an offroad car?. I mean most of the things which will bear the brunt are probably not covered in warranty.( except the transmission and engine) I am not sure if I have the correct info here , may be @Gaurav, @Rahimdad, @Srikumar , @Frederic, @desertdude and @Barry can chip in with their suggestions

In my humble opinion it is still a lot of money for a 2nd car. Please bear in mind the additional expenses to get it serviced, replacing bushes/plates/filters .If you are not happy and just in case want to resell it, then keep in mind the depreciation again after all the expenses. Choose one which doesn't bite you too much 😜 For a capable off roader without biting a lot of money , please have a look at the advise on carnity I was in a similar situation , then finally decided after lot of discussion here,with friends and with family to go in for a 2nd car for off road. Bought a pretty well maintained X Terra after preliminary checks which was okay. Then in few weeks it was overheating for which different mechanics gave all sorts of advise without coming to a cause. Since 3 weeks I have taken the car to a few garages , and finally it is now hopefully ready for the desert...acknowledgements and a detailed post will come in soon for the people from Carnity who helped and guided me. I mean this is always expected when you buy a used car and be ready to make few pit stops initially.

@Matti Brockman congratulations welldone!

congratulations @Brette. Silent savior in a Black stallion! Well done

congratulations @Wrangeld. Well done to both of you together with @Jeepie

@Jeepie congratulations

@Gregory Perkin congratulations well done!

congratulations @E.C. TAN

Congratulations @Jose Martin

Hearty congratulations @Mels Wolf. Well done!

Well done @Jeepie and @Wrangeld. Great to see and know your progress.

@Frederic thank you for your encouraging words, a wonderful lead today and yes I am getting better at wriggling my patrol on soft sand 🤣... had to use 4L few times today to get out of really soft sand which made the car to heat up ...but all under control. @Anish S thanks for your comment ... you were driving your pajero very well... could not match the same speed and approach sometimes owing to a different vehicle (big fat patrol 😉) driven by me. Thank you @Brette for guiding me out of a refusal and more with other cars at the back . All in all a good "hot" drive by everyone. Few pictures uploaded in gallery.Stay safe everyone

Well its your decision finally which you have to stand by. Choose what suits your family first , better not to bring it for offroading as it will get abused and dirty over time. If you can balance out the equation considering the expenses for two cars (insurance/registration/some upgrades) then go for it. If you decide to buy a cheaper used 4by4 car exclusive for offroading then bear in mind that it will need time and money ( for change of oils/bushes/mounts/tyres etc) to get it sand/off road worthy!

ABS kill requires the fuse to be removed from the fuse box in xterra (as per the map) which dont have ABS switch on dash, but it tends to light up some warning signs on dash. Best is to install a ABS kill switch which many garages do (about 50 to 100AED )considering that you will be driving it off road frequently.