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If you go the Nissan site and build up a 3.5 SE, there is an $ 4400 MSRP option called Premium package and there is a $2700 Leather package. Do anyone know for a fact & not deducing/guessing from the specification link on the site that: 1) The $2700 Leather package is actually orderable & not a mistake. 2) If the $2700 includes sunroof? 3) If the $2700 includes rear passenger air vent? 4) If the $2700 includes the fog lights? 5) If the $2700 includes the 6 CD stereo system? |
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For friends who has purchased the 3.2SE: I took a 3.2 SE w/ manual 6 out today on the highway and on a real full acceleration from 0 through first and second gears, the two front times was doing a left-right-left-right-... number on me at a frequency of a few flip-flops per second overpowering any attempt to hold it down with the steering wheel. Not very scary but unpleasant. Same experience. Rolling along quietly on lower gears at 2000 RPM or so & low speed on flat road, there is a noticeable if looking for it, rumbling noise/feedback as if the wheel is bent or the rear tire(s)are a 'square' tire. Anyone notice that? This is NOT bad mouthing thsi G3 Altima. I will end up buying one but I was wishing it is more exciting. I had a 2003 2.5SL and I remembered the exciting styling made me feel I must have the car. I did. This round, I have to continue to talk myself to see the light and why this is still the better choice. This car is just not 'sexy'. Anyway, I also try a 2.5 today. The engine sound on the 2.5 w/ CVT I took out today was distinctively louder and harsher when you push the car on medium accelerate(although it will purr quietly the same when cruising on light throttle). This rigid chassis clearly make you feel the car is more an extension of yourself and gives more feel than the spongy & undefined feel of the previous Altima when you twist and turn it. However, neither the 2.5 or 3.5 gives me a sense that it is precision engineering material. The styling, outside or inside...the whole car is just NOT carrying a distinctive character/flow....a sign of no dominant designer, weak artistic touch, it is not Japanese, not European, not American although it has the hint of American design's 'unnaturalness' touch to it , and also more like something which is pieced together w/ things contributed by different people; somewhat like 'consensus results in mediocre'. Just too intentional & somewhat awkward. However, the design is still quite a lot better than the Camry especailly w/ Camry's 'after market' look/approach of doing the ground effect. On the mechanical side,again, the Altima just does not give me a feel that it is a precision engineering piece, still a little raw. Well,will learn to like it.
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Replying to: lili1 (Jan 07, 2007 1:34 am)
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Replying to: jrub (Jan 07, 2007 9:41 am) For friends who has purchased the 3.2SE: The left-right-left-right-...flip-flop really surprised me. It was like you take the steering wheel and jerk it left and right just a little repeatedly but is is definitely due to the torque on the two wheels. I couldn't tame it with the wheel and it stopped once I let off the gas a little. Your CVT/automatic may have transitioned/dampened things a little versus the the solid 1st gear of a stick shift. The city driving is too easy and light, way to easy, for a sport sedan feel and I am sure, we all will get used to and forget about it. One reason I will go stick is to give BACK myself something to do and feel, even though that clutch pedal is way too light. The 2.5 engine is 2.5. Any 4-banger when pushed hum loudly. that is why I am going 3.2 this round. HOWEVER, on the 07, this hum is MUCH more harsh and noticeable. Harsh is the undescripable quality/characteristics of the noise and that is humanly annoying. On the 07, it is as if there is a hole on the firewall or the hood is removed. Also, the 03 has developed a 'valve ticking like' sound on light acceleration due to the injection system which Nissan had a investigation out nationwide to hunt down the mysterious cause and I have yet heard of any fix or explanation. This time, I don't want the repeat. You pay reasonable enough money not that this is expected to be a luxury car but you don't to be reminded by the sound once is a while that your engine is really out there in front of your face or something is not right while a Jetta, Camry or Accord does not do that. |
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Replying to: lili1 (Jan 07, 2007 12:21 am) Leather seats Leather steering wheel Drivers Power Lumbar Auto Climate Control Homelink Metallic Trim Heated Seats Auto dimming mirror w/compass ....Thats it no sunroof, no fog lights, no 6 disc cd And if you think about, $4400 for the bigger package is not bad....to put in perspective a xenon headlight bulb is around $300 and a whole light unit is around $1,000. So take $2,000 just for the head light assemblies. Then ad the leather, BOSE* 6 Disc, and all those other goodies! 
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Replying to: frando47 (Dec 27, 2006 8:35 pm)
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Replying to: rev2please (Jan 09, 2007 9:18 am)  2007 Altimas in stock. I've been checking the inventory for one of those dealers and they have had 32 2007 Altimas looking for a home for more than a week now. I'm one of those waiting for some incentives to kick in. I will probably buy this spring, and am hoping that Nissan will kick in some "monetary assistance".
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In the Philadelphia region there are incentives on the '07 Altima. Looked at a 3.5SE w/ cvt, sport pkg, flaps, mats and emergency kit. List at $25.3. Dealer disc of $1200 and factory cash of $1200. $399/mo w/$1000 up front. Dealer is still making about $1200.
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Replying to: shado4 (Jan 09, 2007 10:32 am) |
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