re: I honestly didn’t know you could buy a new car for $22,000 anymore.

I had a Altima (work provided vehicle) back in 2008. Replaced three transmissions and it needed another one when I got rid of it at 180,000

I love the Altima memes

Rented a Rogue last year, it looked brand new and I was surprised with material quality and interior (daily driver is BMW). Was thinking it could be a good value.

Got on the highway and tried to merge - floored the accelerator, nothing happened, and I remembered why I hate driving Nissan rentals.

I loathe driving Nissan rentals as well. The CVT ruins them. I hear they are canceling the Altima soon. They’ve already canceled the Titan, Quest, and Maxima. Not sure what else they will build at the Mississippi plant.

I can put up with a lot for $22,000. That’s probably a decent vehicle for a college kid. If the CVT fluid is flushed every 50,000 miles it might actually go 120,000 or so before having a major issue.

The Chevy Trax is has a 6 speed instead of a CVT so it’s better for that reason IMO. Looks better too.

Nissan CVT, no thanks.

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I honestly didn’t know you could buy a new car for $22,000 anymore.

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A few months ago we bought our daughter a new Hyundai Elantra for her 16th birthday for about $22K. It’s a great first car and even comes with a 10 year /100,000 mile powertrain warranty. And it came with free maintenance for the first 36,000 miles. The thing I like the most is it has lane assistance. When she sets her cruise control it almost drives itself.

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As someone who has bought nissans for the last four vehicles and put 220k, 250, 328k, and 170k so far...with zero repairs.

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Just crossed 200k miles in a 2014 Nissan Frontier.

I've always kept up with the maintenance schedule, but every trip now feels like an adventure since I'm over the 200k mark.

A fully loaded one is around 26k. They will take at least 2-3k off the sticker. And they also have a $500 off for first responder or healthcare worker discount. The one I was looking at had black rims, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring, and huge screen. But like you said, not a lot of info on the engine out yet. But it does get around 30mpg.

My son put 153k on his nissan pathfinder cvt tyranny and traded it in still in good condition

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Honda is such a damn reliable vehicle.

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Civics and accords are the best. Sold my accord with 225K on it and never had an issue outside of scheduled stuff. Was an amazing car.

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My son put 153k on his nissan pathfinder cvt tyranny and traded it in still in good condition

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If you do some quick internet research you will this is the exception not the rule.

I asked the guy who owns the shop where I take my vehicles about CVT transmissions and he said Nissan was the worst and the Altima was the worst of the Nissans. This isn't even a transmission shop its a regular mechanic shop but they will put CVT's in because their is nothing to fix on them it is just take out and replace with a new one. I asked him how often they change a CVT in a Toyota and he said they never have.