So I wanna buy a versa

[acecco]

I live in the San Fernando Valley(suburb of LA)... I see the SL version of the car I want at a cpl of dealers...

SL w/ ABS, sunroof package (some offer audio package, convenience, etc)...

The MSRP ranges from 18,025 to 18,550 (more or less)...

Can I ask some of you real world buyers what you paid for the car...?

Anyone here in LA in the same boat? Wanting to buy, bought... let me know.. I would appreciate the help...

Thanks ahead of time for any/all advice that I get... love this forum...!

[marleyfan]

If you check other threads I think you will find that the majority of buyers paid MSRP or very close to it. Demand is exceeding supply right now so deals are not easy to make. This may change as we move into '07 and supply increases.

[Ever Victorious]

I live in the San Fernando Valley(suburb of LA)... I see the SL version of the car I want at a cpl of dealers...

SL w/ ABS, sunroof package (some offer audio package, convenience, etc)...

If you find an SL with ABS and Sunroof, it is an aftermarket (dealer add-in) sunroof. Check for fit quality, poor fit quality can indicate that it will leak later.

ABS and convenience package still can't be had together, last time I checked. And the convenience package is a prerequisite for a FACTORY sunroof.

[MIdnkight-lude]

i got my versa in hunginton beach.

i Got a S model with just the power packages for 15k out to door, so i paid like 30 dollar under MSRP. i dont know how well you will find one in LA area for under MSRP, they fly off the lots like hot cakes. One person email me from the LA area and said the dealers were charing her 1k over MSRP. so good luck finding one. and if you are using the NissanUSA website, dont bother, call up the dealership first. because when i was looking for a versa in the Orange county area, they said they had 3-4 versa in stock when in fact they had none, and the website was rarely updated if that.

[proxim2020]

Like others have said, it's going to be incredibly hard to find the car configured the way you want it right now. Information provided by dealers and Nissan's website, you can't get the ABS with other packages. But there's a very slim chance that Nissan's making very few of them and dropping them here and there across the country. If you did find one, you're going to pay at least MSRP. Dealers know that the configuration is very rare and won't bother with dealing on it.

[Jemdawg]

The only thing you need, IMO, is the convenience package. Anything else, such as the audio package, can be done better by yourself. I'm not a fan of sunroofs, so my opinion is biased anyway.

[Ever Victorious]

I'm not a fan of sunroofs, so my opinion is biased anyway.

I said the same thing until I got my RX-7.

Now, I may not go out specifically LOOKING for a sunroof, but I'm certainly not going to turn one down.

[Jemdawg]

I said the same thing until I got my RX-7.

Now, I may not go out specifically LOOKING for a sunroof, but I'm certainly not going to turn one down.

Call me weird, but I actually would turn down a sunroof in most cases. For some reason I just prefer a car without one.

[MIdnkight-lude]

Call me weird, but I actually would turn down a sunroof in most cases. For some reason I just prefer a car without one.

for such a long and wide roof, i keep thinking rag top.

[bookhud]

Can anyone confirm that there are Versa's coming out with the ABS and other packages. I hadn't seen the Versa in person until today and I am now very interested in the Versa, but only if the ABS package will be offered with the other options. Thanks.

Booker

[BenDupre]

Why the heck is NISSAN sending ABS versas to LA???

They are patently loosing sales in the upper midwest and northeast because of the ABSence of that feature.

Ben

[campersand]

They are patently loosing sales in the upper midwest and northeast because of the ABSence of that feature.Ben

Ha ha, good one. It's true, though.

[rbswimrun]

We have FACTORY ordered and placed deposit for Nissan Versa SL with CVT, Blue Onyx, ABS, Convenience PKG and Kick plates (no mats or splash guards although they try to force you to buy them). We will be waiting until Feb, early March to receive ours. If you are willing to wait or place an order you can get what you want. Otherwise the dealers will sell you what they have, telling you they cannot get anything else. I live in Northern California and the Regioanl center is in Pleasanton. ABS is very tough to get so dealers are not promoting them.

[Ever Victorious]

We have FACTORY ordered and placed deposit for Nissan Versa SL with CVT, Blue Onyx, ABS, Convenience PKG

Hmm... how did THAT work? They're incompatible packages...

[jacksan1]

They are patently loosing sales in the upper midwest and northeast because of the ABSence of that feature.

No s**t. I was ready to buy a Versa in August if they could get one with ABS, and it just wasn't possible to get one with this feature that my wife and I would not compromise on. Come on, in this day and age, a new car without ABS? Every Tiida in Japan comes standard with ABS because the people of the birthplace of the Versa would not tolerate anything less.

So we ended up with a Honda Fit that has all the safety features covered, even though our first choice was the Versa. I know at least one another person who bought a Fit because he could not find a Versa with ABS. Even granting that ours (two) is a small sample size, I bet we are not the only ones who walked away from the Versa for the same reason.

By the way, the Fit is a nice car (great mileage!). We just prefered to get a Versa with ABS but could not find one in the way we wanted it.

[campersand]

I know at least one another person who bought a Fit because he could not find a Versa with ABS. Even granting that ours (two) is a small sample size, I bet we are not the only ones who walked away from the Versa for the same reason.

I'll second that, I'm supposedly getting my Versa SL w/ABS in a couple weeks but the delivery date's already been pushed back once and my salesman is being uncommunicative once again, so who knows...

I really don't like the comfort or ride of the Fit, though, so I'm not sure what I'll get if the Versa doesn't work out. Sprectra5? Buying a Kia would make me kinda nervous but I hear their quality is vastly improving.

[proxim2020]

There are a few reasons why the V doesn't come standard in the US, but they all revolve around profits. Nissan knows that Americans are willing to pay extra for safety, so why not add it as an option. Also, our own government won't pass regulation to get ABS as a standard feature. As with most auto safety items, our government is very retroactive. It took a hundred or so people to get killed in roll over incidents before the government even knew about TPM technologies that existed years before. You also got companies that fight really hard and pay a lot of money the government to try to keep things from becoming standard. If it became standard, then they would be able to over charge you and it costs them money.

[Ever Victorious]

I really don't like the comfort or ride of the Fit, though, so I'm not sure what I'll get if the Versa doesn't work out. Sprectra5? Buying a Kia would make me kinda nervous but I hear their quality is vastly improving.

Spec5's are rather nice cars. Granted, their city mileage isn't the greatest, but they're about as economical as a Versa on the highway. For the most part they hold up very well. Their engines are approaching Toyota-like quality. Their main problems right now are sensors and electrical system problems. The former being more common than the latter.

Sadly, they're now starting to become rather expensive for the features you get.

[campersand]

Well hopefully I won't have to settle for something other than a Versa. I got a call from my salesman today and he said my car has shipped and it should be here around the 18th!

I'm still holding out until I actually see the car before I get really excited, but this is good news!

[jacksan1]

There are a few reasons why the V doesn't come standard in the US, but they all revolve around profits. Nissan knows that Americans are willing to pay extra for safety, so why not add it as an option. Also, our own government won't pass regulation to get ABS as a standard feature. As with most auto safety items, our government is very retroactive. It took a hundred or so people to get killed in roll over incidents before the government even knew about TPM technologies that existed years before. You also got companies that fight really hard and pay a lot of money the government to try to keep things from becoming standard. If it became standard, then they would be able to over charge you and it costs them money.

Mmm. actually, as an automobile manufacturer, you can make more money off a piece like ABS by having it as standard. That way, you need not vary the brake system configuration at all among different trim levels while in assembly, thus lowering both the component and manufacturing cost while allowing the auto maker to tack on a couple of hundred bucks to the MSRP.

By the way, in Japan, there is no law which requires the ABS. Nissan gives it to all Tiidas because that's what people over there want. Auto companies over there make ABS either standard or readily available as an option because otherwise potential customers in the Japanese market would say, "Huh, what do you mean you don't have ABS? Everyone else does!"

[proxim2020]

By the way, in Japan, there is no law which requires the ABS. Nissan gives it to all Tiidas because that's what people over there want. Auto companies over there make ABS either standard or readily available as an option because otherwise potential customers in the Japanese market would say, "Huh, what do you mean you don't have ABS? Everyone else does!"

That's my point exactly. American's are willing to pay for the safety feature and do not expect it as standard. When I originally posted, I only intended my comments to apply to Americans only. IMO, I don't see ABS as being a standard feature across the board unless regulation is passed for it. I don't know of a law in Canada that says that ABS has to be standard on vehicles, but it is standard on the V. Our willingness to accept ABS as an option and not a standard, keeps it as an option for most manufacturers.

[xu_chen]

When I got my Versa, my salesman was describing ABS to be as a "Insurance-saving feature". And that seems to be how most dealerships respond when people ask why they were charged an extra finger (after an arm and a leg) for this little option.Since saving on insurance is such a big thing in this country (mr. gecko!), I suspect this is how a lot of these carmakers get away with making ABS an option and still having everyone willingly pay for it.Personally I prefer the way Honda handles their vehicles (trims, no options).

[Ever Victorious]

ABS does not reduce my insurance one dime. My insurance company does NOT have an ABS discount. Reason being if you don't know how to use ABS properly, you're just as dangerous as someone without ABS.

I would prefer ABS, however, because I know how to use it and PREFER it to standard brakes. Especially with the V's tendancy to fishtail with standard brakes.

[sixdgrees]

... I don't know of a law in Canada that says that ABS has to be standard on vehicles, but it is standard on the V. Our willingness to accept ABS as an option and not a standard, keeps it as an option for most manufacturers.

ABS is not standard on all Versa's in Canada.... just the SL. I got my S without ABS.....

[proxim2020]

My mistake. I wasn't thinking of the S.

[kmil123]

Re: ABS brakes. How to best use them........do you turn IN the direction of the skid (I believe)...........OR in the opposite direction?