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Altima rental again this week. Brand new, ~500 miles on it when I picked it up. This was an SV not the SR as the last one. Other than some sporty trim and no faux leather heated seats, I couldn’t tell a difference. Used about half a tank in 350 miles so thats good. Plenty of power for what it is. Rode just fine over some rough TX roads. Looks wise, I think it’s better than the Accord, maybe not quite as good as the Camry, depending on trim. Not wireless Carplay and not the biggest screen but easy to use and connect to, which I appreciate in a rental.

Negatives…interior materials are on the cheap side and I found the side view mirrors small.

If its what I needed and got a killer lease, I’d have BAE.

We don't get a lot of questions about Altima lease numbers. More Camry than anything else - perhaps it's the standard hybrid drivetrain. And available AWD.

They may move well enough on their own as the lower cost option to the Camcord so incentivized leases may not be needed. Still would think people would like the #s to be informed.

I’ve never bought a Nissan so I don’t know the dealer reputation at all. Given their recent struggles, I’d guess they would be willing to negotiate to move some product.

I cross shopped the Maxima to the 2006 Avalon I bought and from what I remember back then the Nissan dealer was very straightforward.

More recently during Covid we got mom a Murano on the 18 month leases they were running... again the dealer was very pleasant. I did have to really work with them to get the lease payment right because there was such a huge payout from Mom's RAV the deal kept coming up negative.

Finally we got it to the payment it was supposed to be and they cut Mom a nice check for the equity in the RAV.

Altima rental again this week. Brand new, ~500 miles on it when I picked it up. This was an SV not the SR as the last one. Other than some sporty trim and no faux leather heated seats, I couldn’t tell a difference. Used about half a tank in 350 miles so thats good. Plenty of power for what it is. Rode just fine over some rough TX roads. Looks wise, I think it’s better than the Accord, maybe not quite as good as the Camry, depending on trim. Not wireless Carplay and not the biggest screen but easy to use and connect to, which I appreciate in a rental.

Negatives…interior materials are on the cheap side and I found the side view mirrors small.

If its what I needed and got a killer lease, I’d have BAE.

We don't get a lot of questions about Altima lease numbers. More Camry than anything else - perhaps it's the standard hybrid drivetrain. And available AWD.

They may move well enough on their own as the lower cost option to the Camcord so incentivized leases may not be needed. Still would think people would like the #s to be informed.

I’ve never bought a Nissan so I don’t know the dealer reputation at all. Given their recent struggles, I’d guess they would be willing to negotiate to move some product.

Altima rental again this week. Brand new, ~500 miles on it when I picked it up. This was an SV not the SR as the last one. Other than some sporty trim and no faux leather heated seats, I couldn’t tell a difference. Used about half a tank in 350 miles so thats good. Plenty of power for what it is. Rode just fine over some rough TX roads. Looks wise, I think it’s better than the Accord, maybe not quite as good as the Camry, depending on trim. Not wireless Carplay and not the biggest screen but easy to use and connect to, which I appreciate in a rental.

Negatives…interior materials are on the cheap side and I found the side view mirrors small.

If its what I needed and got a killer lease, I’d have BAE.

We don't get a lot of questions about Altima lease numbers. More Camry than anything else - perhaps it's the standard hybrid drivetrain. And available AWD.

@tjc78 HH Gregg was big in the Cincinnati area. It was a nice alternative. They also had appliances. They employed SALES people. Just keep looking, tell them you'll be back later, etc, etc, and sometimes they would almost pay you to buy.

We did buy a washer/dryer combo, there, once. And TVs.

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Years ago I went to hhGregg to see if the TV they had was the same as what I saw at Best Buy. There was something off with the hhGregg model number. While at the store I saw they had a letter in the model number that should have been a number. The salesman moved the TV so I could see the model number on the back. It turned out to be the same TV I saw at Best Buy. I thanked the friendly salesman and told him they were higher than Best Buy. He went to his manager, came back and not only matched the Best Buy price but took off another 80 bucks. I bought the TV before they changed their minds. I was sorry when I saw them close.

jmonroe