"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
10/29/2015 at 11:56 • Filed to: None
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"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
10/29/2015 at 11:56 • Filed to: None | 0
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My wife’s boss is finally getting rid of her ancient Altima and wants to replace it with her favorite all-time car, a Maxima. Whatever.
Anyways she is super frugal and wants a used one. She asked me to ask around for opinions on the practical differences between a previous gen model (2009-2014) vs a 6th gen, likely ‘07-’08, and why she should consider one over the other. I explained they were different platforms, the newer one had more bells and whitles, more power, a standard CVT... but they’re a lot more expensive.
She doesn’t want to spend more than $15k.
So is mileage an issue with these, like over 100k being any sort of threshold for major looming problems? How do the interiors and electrics hold up? Any other well-known issues? This is Texas so rust is not a problem.
Honestly I’d written off Nissan after a couple of family members had horrible experiences in the 90’s and early 00’s. Poor build quality, cheap materials, and generally crappy cars. I admit I’m surprised at the reliability scores on TrueDelta, although the sample size isn’t huge. Edmunds is similarly bog on the newer cars.
Rico
> Chairman Kaga
10/29/2015 at 12:17 |
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What year is her Altima? I personally wouldn’t get a 6th gen. Newer Altima has about the same interior dimensions as the Maxima she could get one of those.
wiffleballtony
> Chairman Kaga
10/29/2015 at 12:18 |
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Chairman Kaga
> Rico
10/29/2015 at 12:23 |
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I want to say it’s an ‘01 or ‘02 with a 4-banger, cloth interior. Probably base model. She hasn’t had any real issues with it, it’s just old and beat.
Funktheduck
> Chairman Kaga
10/29/2015 at 12:35 |
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The only things I know are I knew a lot of people with the 4th gen and the drunk driver that hit me drove a 4th gen.
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Rico
> Chairman Kaga
10/29/2015 at 12:44 |
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My boy bought a 2012 Altima for around $12k with only 40k miles about a year ago. It’s an SL so all the leather and goodies, not a bad car NVH is pretty high but that’s about it. Interior is pretty roomy and it’s a really comfortable car with good gas mileage.
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> Chairman Kaga
10/29/2015 at 14:17 |
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The only distinguishing thing I can think of is the “coin slot” sunroof.
LongbowMkII
> Chairman Kaga
10/30/2015 at 16:48 |
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I think the CVT had been sorted out by the time they were available on the Maxima.