In my experience (2000-era cars), Nissans are reliable and mostly trouble-free, if a bit "tinny" in construction. Watch out for rust if you are in an area where salt is used. Keep an eye on oil levels, they don't have a lot of excess in the sump. My Frontier V6 takes less than 4 quarts for a change w/filter.
Allan Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > I had taken her around to look at these little s*boxes, Versas and Foci > and whatnot. We were at this lot looking at a Versa, and the guy also > had a Subaru Forester for not a lot more money, it was really nice. She > drove it and of course compared to the little s*boxes she fell in love > with it. It was a bit higher than what she wanted to spend so we left > it as we would come back. Yesterday morning we went to look at another > Forester or two at this guy's lot who sells only Subarus. He had a > couple but they were in same price range as the one we had looked at > Friday but not as nice and he wouldn't haggle as he was moving those > things right out. > > She called the other guy, we were going back to get the one we saw on > Friday, but someone had just come to buy it. Bah. So she starts > looking on her phone, finds one in Savannah in the same price range, > looks OK in the pics. So we head to Savannah, about 2hr away. (Benz > content: I drove the $500E300, it never missed a beat, but the AC is > still wonky and sometimes works great then decides not to. I think > there might be some sensor on the compressor speed or something as a > change in speed or rpm seems to kick the cooling off, will have to look > into that again) > > We get to the lot, the guy was gonna meet us but his wife had some > crisis so he took off. Vehicle was not as nice and similar price, and > this kinda orange color which she didn't like. So she looks again and > finds another one listed about a mile away at another little lot. So we > go there, the car was a lot cheaper but had lots more miles, was OK > though but the miles put her off. We looked around, they had this > Nissan Rogue in decent condition, 150k miles, $5200 which was less than > the Subie. So we drove that, it was pretty nice, she decided she liked > it, so we bought it. I got the guy to knock off $200, we were out of > there. So she got a vehicle, she likes it, seems decent, will need > tires which she is getting this week. But saved her about $2k over the > other ones we were looking at so that made her feel pretty good. Some > money for tires and whatever other things it might need in the near > term, and if anything goes bad. > > I knew nothing about these vehicles, but seems OK, AWD, is the higher > end model with some extra options, was very clean, carfax showed it had > been dealer maintained most always. This guy bought his cars from > dealers as trade-ins, never at auction, this one came from where it had > been serviced, the owner had traded it in on a new one. So that is a > bit comforting, but who knows... > > Score one for FT! Rewards likely coming my way nudgenudgewinkwink... > > -- > --FT > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
