Versa owners, check in!

[PB]

just wondering if you got a cargo mat with yours or just the 4 mats,Because i am missing the cargo mat,Some thing tells me if you are in the US you get all 5 mats.

[PB]

Wow this blue looks great with the tinted windows

[Deke40]

I got the cargo mat with mine but it was the one that fits the cargo area without the Fosgate subwoofer, so I had to tuck that corner under.

As soon as weathertech comes out with their mat for it I will just cover it up anyway.

[vetterules]

Good day to all and Happy Birthday to our country

I have a Red Alert SL HB. Interior Blue/Grey. December 06'. Fully loaded. I've enjoyed the ride my only concerns are the power outlet is located in the worse place. I will tint my windows soon and can't wait to see how it looks.

Vette

[Tacuvito]

Just bought my Versa. I got the Powder White SL with the Manual Transmission, I wanted the ABS Package, but for some reason that option was only available in the CVT cars. No biggie I got the Convenience and Sport Package. Tinted windows. I love it. The car was selling for $18235 but talked them down to $17200 drive out with Extended warranty and gap coverage, cus you never know.

[jeranne]

I also just bought a Versa S, magnetic Grey. And when I came to pick it up at the dealership there was about 2 inches of water in the rear driver side tail light. It seem to me that it wasn"t sealed properlly either.

[Ever Victorious]

Hmm, that would be something the dealer should fix. Realistically they should have fixed it before you even took delivery.

[rrenner]

Versa SL Hatchback. Red Alert with beige interior. CVT, convenience package, splash guards, floormats, kickplates. Wanted ABS but could not find that on a car with just the convenience package, at least not here in Tampa.

Getting the windows tinted soon and want to get my current XM receiver installed soon as well. Would love to change out the headlamps for whiter lights and add foglights and some other goodies sometime soon.

MSRP on my car was $17,300; paid $15,223 plus dealer fee and TTL! Contacted every dealer within 75 miles of Tampa and played them against each other to get the best price; ended up buying at the dealer down the street from my home where we'd bought our Murano four years ago. Traded the Murano for the Versa to reduce my payments and save fuel costs. Miss some of the niceties of the Murano but very happy with my Lil' Red Car so far!

[mrversa16]

Blue Onyx...hatchback...convience package, floor and trunk mats, splash guard.

Price was 16,900 OTD with 0.7% financing. Financed the whole thing...drove off without paying a dime.

from the SF bay area....best deal i got was $16,800 without the convience package but the nice dealer at Connell Nissan was great and fair to work with.

[srellim234]

Just realized I hadn't posted here yet.

Bought ours a week ago, 7/12/07 from West Covina Nissan.

Silver '07 Versa SL w/CVT. Charcoal cloth interior. Pretty much the only thing NOT on it is the sport package.

[IExcalibui2]

got mine like just about 2 months agoits a blue onyx Versa S with beige interiorABS and power package...thats just about it haha

[kc5f]

I'll check my daughter in, since I don't think she will. Tonight she (ke4pyl) bought a 2007 Magnetic Gray SL Hatchback with CVT, convenience package, splash guards and floor mats, plus a lifetime powertrain warranty and all scheduled maintenance paid through 4 years/50,000 miles. Total before tax and tag - $15875, including the $500 rebate and the $500 recent graduate discount. She also qualified for the special interest rate financing. Now my wife will want one, too...

[radceltics]

i just got my Versa SL HB last weekits Dark Black with Charcoal Cloth Interiorwith CVT Transmisssion, XM® Satellite Radio, 1.8 SL Convenience Package, 1.8 SL Audio Package, 1.8 SL Sunroof Package, 1.8 SL Sport Package, ABS Package, Aluminum Kickplate and floormats. My car cost: $17,200 including Mass state tax, reg, and title thats before any downpayment/ trade in. I got the low interest 4.9 from Nissan. MSR was 19,375

[Erocks]

2007 Nissan Versa SLHatchback Sapphire BlueCVTtech. packagesport packagefully loaded$23,000 cdn. [IMG][/IMG] http://www.facebook.com/photo....70860

[army80]

Just bought a 2007 Versa SL Sedan c/w

- Convenience pakage- Black with charcoal interior

No problems yet im happy so far!

[blacksmaru]

new Hawaii versa owner here!

Just picked up a Versa SL yesterday for the wife, with ABS, power and conv. packages.

got it for 16,100 out the door but added on warranties, gap and total loss protection so came out to around 18, can never be too safe...

[AdoLa]

[FalsifiedProphet]

2007 Versa SBrilliant Silver: exteriorCharcol: interiorSplash Guards1.8S Power package (windows, locks, keyless entry)6speed manual transmission

Just picked it up last Thursday. Had to be picked up from another dealer, delivered with 100 miles on it.

[moshaw]

Got mine in May '07. It's a gray, S, hatch, auto, power package.

Still can't figure out if I got screwed or not.

The "price" was 14,900 and after TTL and the extended warranty and some other crap, the total came out to 19,000 and change. I financed through them and didn't even know the total price until over a month later when they finally gave me my bill of sale after about 50 calls and a few trips back to the dealership where I kept getting the run around...

I've been pretty satisfied with the car itself, but it's hard getting used to how sluggish it is compared to my old Acura.

edit = changed "convenience" to "power" package - thought they were the same,,,
Modified by moshaw at 2:59 PM 8/23/2007

[blacksmaru]

dang, is that the 4 speed auto or the CVT? Do you have ABS as well? thats kind of alot seeing as you don`t the sport package or power pkg.

[moshaw]

dang, is that the 4 speed auto or the CVT? Do you have ABS as well? thats kind of alot seeing as you don`t the sport package or power pkg.

It's an S with with power pkg but no ABS and no CVT. They told me it had all the options as the first one I test drove but was cheaper because they were selling it as "used" even though it only had like 20 miles on it. I compared the sticker prices and it was about 2,000 cheaper so I thought I was getting a good deal, but... not so much...

Overall I like the car, but no armrest and no cruise control are what really drive me crazy. It kills me knowing if I could have had an SL with all the options I wanted for what I paid. (I even went home before signing the paperwork to check out cars.com or some site I had been looking at earlier that day and plug in all the options to see if I was getting a decent deal, but the website wasn't working so I just said "screw it" and took their word for it that I was getting an OK price )
Modified by moshaw at 12:36 PM 8/20/2007

[cklee168]

Just got my 2008 hatchback SL last week

Magnetic GrayABS6-speedConvenience MatSplash guard

paid $15,500 because wife wants gray(could have a silver one for $15,000)

[srellim234]

Just got my 2008 hatchback SL last week

Magnetic GrayABS6-speedConvenience MatSplash guard

paid $15,500 because wife wants gray(could have a silver one for $15,000)

Congratulations and welcome aboard!

[Billarvan]

On July 31, 2007 I purchased the following Versa:2007 HB 1.8 SL, Super Black and Charcoal, CVT $15,550Splash Guards front and rear 110Convenience Package 700Floor and Trunk Mats 155Destination 625 Total MSRP 17,140 Dealer Discount -709 Nissan Rebate -500 Finale Price 15,931 State Taxes, Title, etc +1,299 Total $17,229Nissan financing 4.9% for 60 months

I had a very good buying experience at the Nissan dealership in Wayzata, Minnesota. I have put 2,700 miles on my black beauty in the first month and love it! So does my wife, who looks for every occasion to drive it!
Modified by Billarvan at 8:56 PM 9/6/2007

[cdb311]

07 Versa S HB

- 6sp MT-Power Package-Floor and Trunk Mats-Front and Rear Splash Guards-Pin striping-Door Seals(?)-Rear Spoiler$14000 OTD

[ryan wu]

大家好！hi all！1.6 mt4 doori come from china。The versa calls tiida at us
Modified by ryan wu at 2:56 AM 9/7/2007

[Rockhound]

It's an S with with power pkg but no ABS and no CVT. They told me it had all the options as the first one I test drove but was cheaper because they were selling it as "used" even though it only had like 20 miles on it. I compared the sticker prices and it was about 2,000 cheaper so I thought I was getting a good deal, but... not so much...

Overall I like the car, but no armrest and no cruise control are what really drive me crazy. It kills me knowing if I could have had an SL with all the options I wanted for what I paid. (I even went home before signing the paperwork to check out cars.com or some site I had been looking at earlier that day and plug in all the options to see if I was getting a decent deal, but the website wasn't working so I just said "screw it" and took their word for it that I was getting an OK price )

Yikes! Not to rub it in or anything, but you were taken for a ride. My wife's SL CVT with everything (sans aluminum kick plates and mud flaps) had an MSRP of around $19,100 (or something like that, it's been a while). I got the $500 recent college grad cash back which put it at around $18,600 - and then I fought hard to get the value for my trade in (which I did, after nearly 4 hours).

The reason I'm telling you this is that our dealership tried to rip us off. It's a long story, but the Cliffs Notes version is that they were going to give me $2k under what my trade in was worth (I despise trade ins, 1st and only time I'll ever do it, but that's a long story in itself...) and after a few hours of going back and forth, they gave me the value I was asking for my trade (and the "trade difference" I was asking when I first sat down with the salesman - for which he had pretty much laughed at me). It felt good, because they saw that I was relatively young and thought they could push me around.

Anyway, when it came time to talk to the financing dude, we sat down and he pushed a piece of paper in front of us with the different monthly payments with all the CRAP you don't need (like Simonize, Gap insurance, etc). The payments were almost $100 more per month than I had calculated when I left the house. I told him, and he gets this look on his face, and come to find out, $1000 had magically made it back on to the "financing amount". He left the room for about 10 minutes and then came back sheepishly, acting like it was a mistake.

Were you first told the monthly payments and then you signed the papers? That's an age-old trick because they figure most people won't know off the top of their head what the payment would be.

It seems like you were swindled for a much larger amount than they tried on me, and dang, that sucks. No wonder car dealerships (new and used) have such bad reputations - a fair percentage of them are crooks.

[johnarizona]

I bought a silver 2007 Nissan Versa SL Hatchback CVT during the Labor Day weekend. It came with:Splash GuardsFloor Mats/Trunk MatsAluminum Kick Plate

OTD cost of the car was $14682+$168(title+registration)+$50(title+registration procesing fee)=$14900 which included the $500 rebate Nissan offered for 2007 model clearance. There are no sales tax in Oregon.

MSRP of the car was about $16500.

I assumed it cost $218 to register the car in Oregon since that's what the dealership quoted me but turns out it only cost $168. The dealership charged another $50 to process it for me. I didn't realize that until after I got home and looked at the bill more closely. I could've taken the car to DMV myself.

My recommendation for negotiation is first search for all the online forums to see what everyone else is paying so you know what's a reasonable price for the car. At the dealerships, they always ask what you're looking to pay because their goal is to get the most out of you. I just tell them I can't tell them that. Then they'll ask why not and I always say I can't tell them for the same reason they'll never tell me what's the lowest price they're willing to sell. Ultimately my goal is to pay as far below the maximum I'm willing to pay as possible and their goal is to get as much above their minimum as possible. If they give you a quote and say it's the lowest they can do, then there's no point of negotiating further and it's time to see if another dealership can do better.

Ignore their plea to look at the invoice to show how little profit they're making. The inovice isn't their true cost anyway because they get rebates from manufacturers depending on how many cars they sell a month. But don't even get sucked into that debate since they'll never reveal their true cost. Ultimately, the dealerships will never sell you a car if a deal doesn't make sense for them. Similarly, you should never buy a car if a deal isn't good enough for you. Cars don't appreciate in value like houses or stocks. Their prices can only go down the longer you wait.

If you've done your research online, chances are some dealerships will eventually call you back to give you a legitimate quote close to the car's fair price you had in mind. Then it's just a matter of negotiating a few hundred bucks here and there. Whenever they tell you not to worry about paying another $200 if you're already going to spend $15000, you can reply that it goes both ways. If $200 is trivial, then the dealership should be willing to drop it too.

My hope is that everyone will do research beforehand so that we can drive dishonest dealers out of business and buy only from the honest ones.

[Rockhound]

^ Great post.

Edmunds.com True Market Value feature is also helpful in showing you what people are really paying for a particular new car. I did plenty of research weeks in advance of the purchase to ensure that I would go to the dealership fully informed.

Unfortunately, there are countless other folks out there who've never researched any purchase they've ever made, and they make mistakes due to their lack of knowledge. I'm not saying I'm super-smart, just that I try to get all the facts before making a big purchase. It's not that hard today to get a great deal of consumer information from internet-based review sites and such.

During negotiating the sale on the Versa, they asked me "Where did you come up with the value you want on your trade-in?" and I told them internet-based appraisal services. They brought out a KBB.com print-out about 30 minutes later that showed our car was worth about 2 grand less and put it on the desk in front of me. So I pulled out the print-out of the real value and spun the papers around in front of the salesman. Their "appraisal" didn't have any options (ABS, keyless-entry, power everthing, etc) and as such, didn't actually reflect the value of our car. He tried to tell me how much money they lose on trades, and I reminded him that the dealer retail was on the same print-out, and it was nearly three grand above the trade-in value. He stopped talking about losing money at that point.

After a pause, he nervously laughed, ran his hands through his hair, and got up and walked out to talk to the manager. He patted me on the back and said "you did your homework, kid". A few minutes later they agreed on my original offer.

Unfortunately, selling cars is a slimy business with age-old tactics. Even worse, with as much information is available online in just a few minutes, most of this crap should never EVER work anymore (Simonize anyone?). But it seems like plenty of people walk in uninformed and the old tricks still work, or they wouldn't try them.

[johnarizona]

For trade in, having documents to prove your car's value is a great idea. I didn't bother with trade in because the less talking I do with dealerships, the better it is for my mental health. For buying the car, I didn't print out anything once I did my research online because I know the dealerships already know what I know. I also didn't need to explain to them why I'm willing or not willing to buy the car at the price they offered. It's my money and I can do whatever I want with it.

One dealership I went to claimed they can beat anyone's offer but quoted me a price $2000 above MSRP due to dealer markup. This is during the 2007 model year end clearance! I walked out right away. I know the markup is just a dealer ploy to make people think they saved a lot of money when they finally agree to a purchase price, but I had no interest in playing that game. Just offer me a fair price and I'll take it. Imagine going to the grocery store and the cashier asks you, what are you looking to pay for the bananas? What are you willing to pay for the apples?

The V's definitely offer much better value than the Fits. The Honda dealership I went to didn't even have one for me to test drive. Either the car is so pupular that they didn't have at the lot(which would make the car really expensive), or the car isn't as great as all the reviews and they didn't want people to find out before they order. Either way, I felt safer getting the V.