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#142 of 196 Re: dissapointed after 3.5 months [neo_] by sincraft Apr 13, 2008 (8:52 am)
Replying to: neo_ (Apr 13, 2008 8:31 am) Is there a site where we could view recalls for a car? There was no mention of recalls when we picked up the 2.5s. Replies to this message: rhythmgtr5 (Apr 13, 2008 9:32 am) neo_ (Apr 13, 2008 5:43 pm) busiris (Apr 13, 2008 10:55 am)
#143 of 196 Re: dissapointed after 3.5 months [sincraft] by rhythmgtr5 Apr 13, 2008 (9:32 am)
Replying to: sincraft (Apr 13, 2008 8:52 am) I believe the poster above misspoke; there are no recalls on the 2.5s as far I know.   My car has been in the shop for rattles, not recall issues. Does anyone else have tons of rattles in theirs? They fixed the one in the roof yesterday, but now I can hear one in the passenger door - unreal. Replies to this message: neo_ (Apr 13, 2008 5:43 pm)
#144 of 196 Re: dissapointed after 3.5 months [sincraft] by busiris Apr 13, 2008 (10:55 am)
Replying to: sincraft (Apr 13, 2008 8:52 am) www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ site has recall info...
#145 of 196 Re: dissapointed after 3.5 months [rhythmgtr5] by neo_ Apr 13, 2008 (5:43 pm)
Replying to: rhythmgtr5 (Apr 13, 2008 9:32 am) There are 2 recalls for the 2007 model that I know of. I got letters from Nissan informing of the same. First was to add some cover on the air intake to stop debris from entering or something like that and the latest is about a rattling noise that comes from the engine sometimes when you start the car. I have no other rattling noises otherwise.   May be they have corrected the recalls for the 2008 model.
#146 of 196 2.5 S w/ SL package (moonroof deflector) by sincraft Apr 18, 2008 (11:48 am)
I included the moonroof deflection as this will create a bit more drag.   After 1 week of driving, about 400 miles 50% city 50% highway   24 mpg avg.   I gotta say I'm kinda happy about this.   1. We live on hills. EVERYWHERE you go, hills hills hills. Even our two lane roads go up and down big hills. And ever 1 mile - 1/4 mile is a stop light. Then there are the back roads. Go up a hill, stop at the top, go up some more stop and turn onto highway, go about 2500 feet at 50mph till a red light, go another 300 yards - red light. So as you can see, our highway isn't really highway. I can almost say it would be many people's definition of ALL city driving. (which it really is)   I had it up to 25 mpg yesterday but my sweety brought it back down to 24 with her heavy foot. Not that I was being all that gentle either.   So far, she is happy with it - it's her car and she drives it. Since it blocks my truck, I take it to run errands a couple times and LOVE the smooooooooooooooooth as ice ride.   I don't like the seemingly cheap suspension that is in this car. Going over train tracks and the car feels like ...well....a kia that hit a pebble. (If you ever test drove a n optima...you will know what I mean)   Total miles on car <500. I will report back at 5k.
#147 of 196 thinking of buying an altima by buyingaltima Apr 23, 2008 (10:20 am)
I've read over some comments regarding the MPG of an Altima, and I have to say that as I potential owner of this car, I'm not sure what kind of gas mileage I will get. Before I buy this car, I want to know how many of you are happy with your gas mileage and drive about 70%city, 30%hwy? This is one of the reasons I want to purchase this car, so I need to make sure the mileage is reasonable. Replies to this message: jd10013 (Apr 23, 2008 3:02 pm) busiris (Apr 23, 2008 4:39 pm) sincraft (Apr 23, 2008 5:22 pm) busiris (Apr 23, 2008 9:21 pm)
#148 of 196 Re: thinking of buying an altima [buyingaltima] by jd10013 Apr 23, 2008 (3:02 pm)
Replying to: buyingaltima (Apr 23, 2008 10:20 am) with the I4 you'll probably get mid to upper 20's. I doubt you'll crack 30 with 70% city. but if your determined to buy a midsize, the altima does have the best MPG in the class.
#149 of 196 Re: thinking of buying an altima [buyingaltima] by busiris Apr 23, 2008 (4:39 pm)
Replying to: buyingaltima (Apr 23, 2008 10:20 am) I have an 08 2.5SL loaded with CVT, and consistantly get 26-27 in town. Most (90%+) of my driving is in town.
#150 of 196 Re: thinking of buying an altima [buyingaltima] by sincraft Apr 23, 2008 (5:22 pm)
Replying to: buyingaltima (Apr 23, 2008 10:20 am) Hey listen, you are going to find sooooooo many people here falsifying mileage or stretching the truth. It's kinda funny. I listen to people all day (I do computer work in dealerships now), lying about mpg and comparing it to their friends..like it's some level of bravado.   I personally think this is simple minded. I'm a stats pig and LOVE anything with stats.   I LOVE this car because I can watch my immediate MPG and long term MPG.   All I can tell you is, if you know Pittsburgh at all then you know what I drive on. 1000feet of open straight roads and 1 mile of up and down hills, stop and start in traffic jams or road construction. It's about the worst kind of driving you can imagine.   I'm probably on par with what your driving is. Although I don't know if you are looking for more power too. We wanted something that wasn't going to be ANNOYING to drive when it powers up. Do you have any idea how hard it is to drive a 6 cyl frontier in stop and start bumper to bumper traffic? This truck has NO slow start...touch the gas and BOOM it wants to mooooooooooooooove. MUCH more power than most 8 cyl American trucks, by far.   That said, we also wanted something that could pull out quickly, smoothly and have a decent ride.   The altima was the ULTIMATE to all of these.   Honda fanboys are kidding themselves if they find the Accord superior to the Altima. I went in this with no pre conceived notions of the two. I drove the honda, and looked at the real time gas mileage. I then did the same with the nissan. I repeated this process twice. (dealing with slimeballs in between). Everything on the Altima seemed better, but I must admit that suspension of BOTH vehicles leaves something to be desired. The Altima had a smoother overall ride, but hitting bumps (small sharp ones) revealed a cheaper feel that took you out of that almost luxury feel of the altima with leather.   The altima's 4 cyl engine completely blows away the honda's too. Between the two, the Honda will probably exceed the Nissan in 5 years with resale value within 1k. But to get the same things after you deal properly - you will pay far less than 1k for the nissan to match everything on the honda. So resale value is a moot point.   You need to test drive EVERY car you can get your hands on. Call a manager at a dealership, tell them what you are interested in and what you are looking at. Tell them you want to drive the car and if it feels right, and the research falls into place - you will buy that car from them or their salesperson of choice, but you do NOT want to be propositioned for a high pressure sales technique as you are in a preliminary step of a long process.   See they expect people to walk in off the street, drop the keys to their old car and hop into the next model they drove like you were swapping dvds at the movie store.   Only idiots do that, and only idiots talk about how much they want to pay per month. Everyone should have this number in their eyes long before shopping for a car, then target the interest rates and prices that can reach that target. If you let a dealer do that for you, you are liable to get roped into a very raw deal.   I can't tell you how many people I know, when I ask how much did you pay for your car, they say I don't know but are happy because they bought back their old car still on loan and now only pay about the same for a new car. DUH! (these people should only be leasing their cars honestly) So they paid monthly payments forever and are happy with their mid sized american car...when they could have been driving a luxury car for the same monthly payments on a lease.   Oh well. Anyway - sorry for going on at length about this. There are so many ill informed people out there I feel it necessary to illuminate some of the buying process when asked...especially when it comes to the NISSAN ALTIMA! We love this car so far (so far!!!!!!!), and hope it will prove to be the best decision that we believe it to be. But for anyone else thinking of buying one, all I can say is look at: 1.previous track record. 2.service group (Nissan's is great!) 3.price/mpg 4.the feel... 5.availability.   Good luck!   (P.S. We are now up to 26 mpg recently, on our 2nd tank now.) Replies to this message: busiris (Apr 23, 2008 9:21 pm)
#151 of 196 Re: thinking of buying an altima [sincraft] by busiris Apr 23, 2008 (9:21 pm)
Replying to: sincraft (Apr 23, 2008 5:22 pm) I can't tell you how many people I know, when I ask how much did you pay for your car, they say I don't know but are happy because they bought back their old car still on loan and now only pay about the same for a new car. DUH!   Isn't that the truth?   So many folks only concerned with how much the monthly payment is going to be...   And, you can easily see just how well that philosophy worked out when it got translated and transferred to the housing arena!

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