My wife drives about 20,000 miles a year or more with her job and the premium fuel required and ~26mpg highway just isn't good enough. This car is solely for her or taking vacation road trips so we wanted something with good gas mileage and room for luggage and little VQ's in the future.
We went with the SV for the backup camera nicely appointed screen for Bluetooth phone capabilities and ease of use over the smaller 2.5s headunit display. The alloys were also a nice upgrade.
I like the clean look of the pearl white. Good thing car washes are free and the dealership is 2 miles down the street.
I went in with the VPP program as posted on the forums and the msrp and dealer invoice for our model. I had been in before and got bullied by the sales manager. This time was different. I knew what I wanted and they were aware of that. We got several hundred under dealer invoice which is 2-3k below msrp. The dealer advertised Dealer invoice pricing on all cars on facebook. when i first inquired all salesmen played dumb like they didn't know and went to a different sales manager from the first time I was there 4 months ago. I negotiated a near private sale value trade in value for the Saab at $6,000 and then pulled out the printout for the VPP program. $500 and 2.9% interest rate after 36 months sweetened the deal. The salesman asked where I got my hands on the VPP document I told them I have my way... Thanks nico! Wanting to push my much I asked for $700 off the total price feeling confident and told them I'd take the Nissan for sure today. We later the. Agreed on $200 more to even up the price.
All in all I feel like I got a decent deal and a good car.
And to the Saab, I hope a 16 yr old gets the keys and beats the piss out of you all the while never changing the oil.
