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re: New Car help ... am I making a decent deal?

Posted on 5/18/13 at 9:04 pm to
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 5/18/13 at 9:04 pm to
We got the I-4 with the CVT. excellent mileage for a bigger sedan. We average around 37 and have gotten up to 40 mpg on one tank. We love the backup camera. It's the one gimmicky option that I thought was awesome. Of the other cars, the Malibu, Fusion, and Sonata were the most impressive. The Camry and Altima were kind of disappointing. We thought the Accord was the best option after driving all of them over the course of a couple of months.

I negotiated online before I even saw the car. When I got the price I wanted, I gave them the option to offer me $$ on a trade. They tried to low ball me so I walked the the Chevy dealer next door and test drive a Malibu (surprisingly good but a little cramped). The Honda dealer called me with the numbers I wanted and I bought that day. Whole process took about 3 hours.

Unfortunately, we've out less than 3,000 miles on it and it now surges and bucks at parking lot speeds. Lots of problems reported online that I wish I had known about 6 weeks ago. Possibly transmission related.

Also the TPMS seems to indicate that we have a flat regardless of how much air is in the tires.

Not major issues (at least the TPMS) but this is my first Honda and I'm not very impressed with the durability so far. The gas mileage is amazing though.
This post was edited on 5/18/13 at 9:15 pm
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
36744 posts
Posted on 5/18/13 at 9:22 pm to
dewster we didn't drive Pathfinders and the Nissan place is tied with the Honda place where we were today. Husband for some reason doesn't want Nissan .. even told him it was built on an Infiniti J frame (from what I read on another car buying thread).
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