While out harvesting grapes today I was made an offer on a 2000 Nissan Xterra. Basically, it's mine if I want it but it needs a new engine. The timing belt broke and the engine is probably toast. The rig is in pretty good shape otherwise. The offer was made by the original owner who confessed that while it's been driven pretty hard it has been fairly well maintained. It has over 200,000 miles on it but looks good. These seem to sell between 3000 and 5000 dollars. Engines are under 2000 plus labor. I guess the main question is how much does a new engine fix it the rest of the vehicle seems sound?