Nissan Rogue to be exact. She had been driving a 2010 Nissan Sentra that we bought used (about which more later), which convinced both of us that Nissans are nice, and CVT's are too. The Sentra was probably what you would call a "transportation appliance", which is just exactly what she needs and likes. Turn it on, go to your destination, turn it off. No drama.
About the Rogue: She got the SV, because it has the features she wants, without the "luxury" overhead of the SL. It has 170 hp, power seats, backup camera, blind spot warning, power mirrors, power seats, nice GPS screen, good phone integration, self-opening back door, and so on. She did the shopping, price comparisons, etc., and was able to find a 2017 at a good price at a dealer with the features she wanted.
This is her car, the car she will drive to work every day, and do the things that she wants to do with a car. I don't mind driving older vehicles, since I can work on them and so on, but I sleep better, and get less phone calls from the DW in distress if she has something dead reliable. Win/win in my book.
I have driven it a fair amount (it now has a little over 1000 miles on it), and it's nice. It has the fake shift points that CVT's seem to have now, but otherwise, it is pretty smooth. We bought the 2010 Sentra with a little over 50,000 miles on it, and it has been great, with the exception of the dealer-installed alarm, which is junk. She put about 75,000 miles on it.
Regarding dealerships: the Nissan dealership she got this one from has been great. There were a couple of minor issues, such as the rear license plate mount (which is installed from the inside of the door) being broken, and they've taken care of them with no difficulties. I read the service schedule, and there's almost nothing on it except oil changes every 5,000 miles with 0w-20, until you get to 105,000 miles or so, when spark plugs are recommended. When she bought the car, I wasn't with her, and they didn't jerk her around with calling in the sales manager and stuff like that. They agreed on a price, and that was it. The DW had done her homework, knew what she wanted and what she wanted to pay.
On the other hand, the Ford dealership that we bought the Sentra from is a pack of lying snakes, and I'll be glad to tell that to anyone who will listen. We asked for a Carfax, and they gave us some sort of Ford car history thing that they said was pretty much the same. We should have just left then, but, live and learn I guess. They swore up and down that the car hadn't been in an accident, which was untrue, and pointed out when she traded it in on the Rogue. They sold us a junk alarm, which they said would be needed to satisfy the finance company; I don't know if that was true or false, but it didn't matter since the stupid thing quit working after a year or two. They did a few other slimy things as well, and I'd never go there again for any reason.
Nonetheless, the Sentra itself did what it was supposed to do for the 5+ years we had it. Again, it was basically her car, and I generally drove other things. Whenever I drove it, though, it did what it should do.
I like this Rogue, and I really like the fact that it seems to be everything she wants in a car. I expect long years of trouble-free service from it.
About the Rogue: She got the SV, because it has the features she wants, without the "luxury" overhead of the SL. It has 170 hp, power seats, backup camera, blind spot warning, power mirrors, power seats, nice GPS screen, good phone integration, self-opening back door, and so on. She did the shopping, price comparisons, etc., and was able to find a 2017 at a good price at a dealer with the features she wanted.
This is her car, the car she will drive to work every day, and do the things that she wants to do with a car. I don't mind driving older vehicles, since I can work on them and so on, but I sleep better, and get less phone calls from the DW in distress if she has something dead reliable. Win/win in my book.
I have driven it a fair amount (it now has a little over 1000 miles on it), and it's nice. It has the fake shift points that CVT's seem to have now, but otherwise, it is pretty smooth. We bought the 2010 Sentra with a little over 50,000 miles on it, and it has been great, with the exception of the dealer-installed alarm, which is junk. She put about 75,000 miles on it.
Regarding dealerships: the Nissan dealership she got this one from has been great. There were a couple of minor issues, such as the rear license plate mount (which is installed from the inside of the door) being broken, and they've taken care of them with no difficulties. I read the service schedule, and there's almost nothing on it except oil changes every 5,000 miles with 0w-20, until you get to 105,000 miles or so, when spark plugs are recommended. When she bought the car, I wasn't with her, and they didn't jerk her around with calling in the sales manager and stuff like that. They agreed on a price, and that was it. The DW had done her homework, knew what she wanted and what she wanted to pay.
On the other hand, the Ford dealership that we bought the Sentra from is a pack of lying snakes, and I'll be glad to tell that to anyone who will listen. We asked for a Carfax, and they gave us some sort of Ford car history thing that they said was pretty much the same. We should have just left then, but, live and learn I guess. They swore up and down that the car hadn't been in an accident, which was untrue, and pointed out when she traded it in on the Rogue. They sold us a junk alarm, which they said would be needed to satisfy the finance company; I don't know if that was true or false, but it didn't matter since the stupid thing quit working after a year or two. They did a few other slimy things as well, and I'd never go there again for any reason.
Nonetheless, the Sentra itself did what it was supposed to do for the 5+ years we had it. Again, it was basically her car, and I generally drove other things. Whenever I drove it, though, it did what it should do.
I like this Rogue, and I really like the fact that it seems to be everything she wants in a car. I expect long years of trouble-free service from it.
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