What you used to drive

[ErikM]

What did you drive before your versa and why'ld you switch?

2000 Dodge Intrepid. It was my 3rd Intrepid, and I had a Chrysler Concorde (basically a slightly more upscale Intrepid) at one point. I got rid of it because I got a new job 60 miles from home and needed something that did better on gas. I was bummed...I loved my Intrepids. But I'm really enjoying the Versa.

[alonsorules8]

I still drive my 1997 chevy camaro with 184000 miles it get 28 mpg. but it will be gone once I get my Versa SL in the next few months. 2 years ago I bought for $150 a 1983 Renault 18i sportswagon great french car but do to floor rot and an engine fire it whent to rest in the crusher coudn't save it was a very sad day. my first car was a 1986 chevy camaro with no ac and 250000 mile on the motor traded it in for my current camaro.

[br4dysays]

2000 chevy s/10 reg cab, 5 spd 4 cyl

sold it for 3500$ after i got my versa

needed more space, better mpg, and needed an automatic

happy so far.

[Zyzzybalubah]

1993 Nissan Altima

[TheOrangeChannel]

1st car: 1990 Nissan Sentra (metallic red)...kicked the ever loving crap out of it for about 150K...then I got...2nd car: 2000 Nissan Xterra (silver ice)...kicked the crap out of it for 96k over 9 years...until I got...3rd car: 2007 Nissan Versa 1.8 SL in Magnetic Grey...

[DrivingHabit]

i use to drive a white 1998 ford taurus, it was great people would often mistake me as a cop out on the freeway/highways.
Modified by DrivingHabit at 10:47 AM 6/21/2007

[srellim234]

We needed a decent, comfortable "commuter" car. Our other vehicle is a 2002 Buick Rendezvous, leather interior and seats 7. Gets 26, 27mpg on the highway but kills us around town.

Most of the time we were driving a 1994 Honda Civic LS but we gave it to our son (he's in the Air Force) as a wedding gift.

[Demonspawn]

1st car 1974 monte carlo- Black2nd 1980 cutlass supreme- Grey3rd 1987 sunbird gt- sapphire blue metallic4th 1988 cavalier Z24- red5th 1997 grand am gt- black6th 1998 mustang- red7th 2006 susuki forenza- champaign8th 2007 versa sl- sapphire blue

[DegnaRed]

My first car was a 1995 Chevy Beretta, bought August 2006. In January, it had some problems with the pcv valve, spark plugs and wires, and such. It was fixed up, but never seemed to run as smoothly as it used to. I nicknamed it the zomberetta.

I had already been looking at new cars for a few months (I think the Beretta got jealous). I wanted something new that I wouldn't have to worry about things like this with; I've never been mechanically inclined or apt. I decided on my Versa in February, and I've been happy since.

[biggie]

Eh, since this is up top again.

As you'll notice the Versa is definately just a commuter.

'93 to '95 - '86 Mazda RX-7 NA - Sold'95 to '04 - '92 240sx SE Coupe - totalled'02 to '06 - '02 Pathfinder SE 4x4 - Sold'04 to Pres - '93 240sx SE Coupe'06 to Pres - '93 240sx VertJune '07 to Pres - '07 Versa SL 6MT HB

[rrenner]

Traded an '03 Murano SL with 58,000 miles. LOVED the Murano, but need to cut back on the amount of money we spent on the car so traded for the Versa SL, which I am very happy with so far. Miss all the high-end touches in the Murano, but I feel rather virtuous driving a more efficient, less-expensive car. Feels like a much richer car than it costs and I still have the CVT, which we love.

Bought the Murano new; traded a 1991 Ford Explorer Sport with 162,000 miles on it for it. It was in such good shape when I traded it they gave me $2000 for it. Only traded it because we had a young child at the time and needed four doors and wanted an automatic.

Traded a 1988 Jeep Wrangler for the Ford. First husband and I had a 1981 Chevy Citation X-11 and a 1986 Corvette Convertible, red with red leather. Quite fun to drive. He still has it, I believe!

Started college with a Mazda RX2. Blast to drive but had a lot of problems with the seals going in the Wankel engine.

And first car in high school was a 1968 Mustang. Bought it used in 1977 from my grandmother. Still kick myself for selling it. 55,000 original miles, sold it for $1200 in 1979. Doh!

[kc5f]

My first car was a 1995 Chevy Beretta... I had already been looking at new cars for a few months (I think the Beretta got jealous)...

Please don't tell my daughter! She's been driving a '95 Beretta we bought her four years ago, and drooling over my Versa. She wants me to buy a new one and give her mine. (It does have over 31,000 miles on it, after all...) She's been complaining about how the Beretta's running, and if she thinks she can make it jealous enough to fall apart I'm sure she'll do her best to do so!

[faction]

2001 Ford Taurus which looks great and is a totally crap car! I hate it with every fiber of my being. I will never ever EVER buy a Ford again. Besides the transmission blowing at 70000 miles it was in the shop all the fricking time.

1993 Nissan Altima--Lovely vehicle. Still have it. Just short of 200,000 miles on it. Doesn't start for some reason, but if I ever get around to fixing that I'm sure it would go another 30,000 miles.

1989 Honda Civic hatchback-- again lovely car. Fun to drive.

1980?? Datsun hatchback-- Bright red! This car started my love of hatchbacks. Got me through highschool and part of college. I worked a year and half for $2.50 an hour to get the money to buy parts for my dad to fix it.

[sooner4x4]

Traded in a 93 Mazda pickup for the Versa. My first Nissan. I was looking at some big repair bills and wanted something with safety features.

Still have 05 Tundra double cab 4x4 and 06 Toyota Sienna LE.

[TrustME]

My first car was a 1991 Toyota Celica ST (POS). =)

It was horrible. Its everything you expect for a teenager to have in a first car. NOTHING. Well that happened and it was out of commission for a while, so I drove my dad 1994 Nissa Sentra. Great car, still love it. It just broke 100,000 miles this year. Well I finally got around to fixing the Celica and just recently the engine blew. I wasn't suprised. So I continued in the Sentra. My dad and I went to a huge car sale put together by USAA and I test drove a Colbalt and a Versa. My father and I instantly fell in love with the Versa. I've had it going on two months now. =)

[Woogie]

First car I got as a graduation gift in 1993. It was a 1982 Corolla sedan that was driven by one of my mom's co-workers. It got hit in the passenger side rear quarter panel in a parking lot accident, so it was totaled, but still drivable, so they bought it back from the insurance company. This car defined bare bones, but hey, it was mine! My parents paid $400 for it, and I sold it 3 years later for $450.

Second car was a 1991 Ford Probe. Probably my favorite car. It was a gutless wonder, but it definitely had the looks. The shape kind of reminded me of a Lambo or Ferarri, and I think hood bulges and pop up headlights are sexy. Plus it was roomy inside and got good gas milage. Unfortunately, it got wrecked one rainy night. I was bummed about that for a long time.

Next car I got was a 1993 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. Lots of speed, even for an automatic. But boy was it a lemon. I had more problems with that car than any other car I've had before or since, all put together. The timing belt slipped less than a month after I got it, beat the hell out of the pistons. Had to get a whole new engine for it, and it ended up costing about $2K to fix. I ended up having to replace the whole engine with an import. It would have cost even more, but I was fortunate in that someone on the local DSM mailing list knew a Mitsu tech who was willing to fix it on his off time. When I started having to commute long distances to work, I sold it to my dad for $3.5K and bought my next car. He pimped it all out, and then the ECU died. After he had to spend several hundred dollars to get it replaced, he traded it in for a truck.

The car I drive currently (until the Versa comes into the dealer anyway) is a 1999 Corolla. I bought it in March of 2000 when it was almost exactly 1 year in service, with a little over 19K on it. After my experience with the lemon, I was looking for a car that could drive the 40 mile round trip to work without using too much gas and would be reliable. They say Toyotas never die, and the Corolla has more than measured up. It doesn't look like much, but now it has almost 140K on it and it's using a little oil, but it just passed emissions this month and has only broken down once. That was when my dad didn't latch the air filter cover down all the way and the throttle body got stuck. A little cleaning, and it was good as new. I hope the Versa turns out to be as reliable as the Corolla.