Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #1 Posted July 29, 2023 Traded in my Nissan Altima for this 2022 Sportage. AWD and heated seats will be nice for my ride to work in the winter . Not a fancy rig but it does have all the lane departure/crash warning stuff, automatic high beams, apple carplay for navigation and tunes etc. The Altima was a good car but that Nissan CVT (continuous variable transmission) has the worse reputation of all the manufacturers that use a CVT. There’s a class action lawsuit against Nissan for the trannys and a few weeks ago I get a letter telling me that Nissan has extended the warranty on the CVT only up to 84,000 miles…not happy as I was at 79,000 miles. Didn’t give me a feeling of confidence at all. So traded it in. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,136 #2 Posted July 29, 2023 So you traded in your wife's car hey Mike Sorry I just had to do it. Inside joke guy's. Like the new one, nice color too. Should be great in the snow 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,455 #3 Posted July 29, 2023 You'll be happy with that one Mike! Well done Sir. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #4 Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: You'll be happy with that one Mike! Well done Sir. Thanks! It’s got FULL coverage on everything except wear items till January 2032 or 100,000 miles. I like that feeling 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #5 Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, JCM said: So you traded in your wife's car hey Mike Sorry I just had to do it. Inside joke guy's. Lol! Well played Jim! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,136 #6 Posted July 29, 2023 I hope you know I am a bit embarrassed for thinking that. Your co-pilot got a real big kick out of it though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,840 #7 Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) I happened upon a “new” commuter vehicle today too! I nabbed a 2000 S10 Blazer ZR2 4x4 for little to nothing, delivered! It runs good and needs a lot of polishing up inside and out. And some brake line work *the best part, is I probably have one new truck payment into this purchase Edited July 29, 2023 by Pullstart 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #8 Posted July 29, 2023 16 minutes ago, Pullstart said: *the best part, is I probably have one new truck payment into this purchase Nice to have no payments..someday I’ll get there 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,198 #9 Posted July 30, 2023 17 hours ago, Sparky said: Thanks! It’s got FULL coverage on everything except wear items till January 2032 or 100,000 miles. I like that feeling 16 hours ago, Sparky said: Nice to have no payments..someday I’ll get there The extended coverage is such an important thing these days. There are so many intricate doodads on today's cars that you could go broke keeping up with them all. My sister-in-law's KIA is about five years old and if it weren't for the extended warranty she would have given up on it a couple years ago. The safety (lane departure/following to closely etc.) system went out which disabled the car. Repair costs were nearly as much as she paid for the car but was paid for by the extended coverage as well as the rental car for a couple weeks while the work was being done. I made my last car payment in the 1980s. I didn't always have a fancy car but haven't made a payment since.For the past thirty years we have always purchased our cars/trucks new and paid cash, run them at least 200K so depreciation is not an issue. Seeing the price of new cars today I'm glad our next new car will likely be our last new car. We have only got 150K on our 2008 Mountaineer so there is no rush. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
