If you were in my shoes what would you do....

Keep it, beat the shit out of it and learn to work on it. Buy a nicer Toyota when you're older and can afford it. Then beat the shit outta that.

 

Keep the nissan and work with what you've got.

If you mod it, and I can give you my word on this, being a fellow new jerseyan (err... asshole?), PUT A DAMN SNORKEL ON IT! Those holes in the pines messed me up a time or two...

That long wheel base will typically do good on the bigger holes, and watch for the ruts going in/out. I always went for fresh stuff off to the side a touch.

Where at in jersey? My favorite place was the Mt. Misery area about 3 miles east of the 70/72 "4 mile" circle.