The price was good with a .9% interest rate. The reason I got the car is, at the time, I had a long commute, and the Jeep I was driving was a gas guzzler. This greatly reduced my monthly gas expenses plus had a great look to it. I got mine with a black leather interior and a Bose sound system which really added to the feel to the car. My Jeep was getting me 11 to 14 mpg, but the Altima upped it to 27 mpg with decent pick up for a four cylinder. I find my Altima to be extremely comfortable and can fit five people comfortably. There is plenty of trunk space for your day to day activities and for the occasional road trips. As for maintenance, there hasn't been much the first 80k. When I got to around 90k, I had my first big repair. The ECM went out on the car. I was actually kind of irritated because the idle issues started around 15k but was never a huge concern because it was hardly noticeable. Considering what other people pay in repairs, this wasn't bad. It just would have been nice to have it covered by the warranty, but considering my car has almost 80k miles before it finally broke, was pretty good. All in all, this has been a great car, and I hope to drive it to 200k.

I liked this car very much. It was very attractive and the color was different - it was black, but in the sun a deep dark maroon. It was so much fun to drive because we got a lot of compliments on it. Surprisingly, for being a sports car, it was really comfortable in long drives. We drove this little car to South Carolina for a Navy Reunion, then down to St. Pete Beach to visit one of our sons. We then drove down to Naples to visit a friend. There was one problem and that was because I fell one night on vacation - I did not go to the doctor, but learned later that I had two fractured ribs. At our friend's home, we took her out for dinner. We drove and let our friend sit in the front seat because she has back problems. I sat in the back and it was so painful because of the fractured ribs that I did not know at the time I had. Other than that issue, the car was a good one. We never had to replace anything on this car. It drove really well for this little car. We got great gas mileage, which was a huge plus because we drove this car on several trips. Another good thing about this car is that it was so easy to park in small places. Being a sports car another negative about this car was the fact that our automobile insurance premium went up quite a bit. We didn't keep the car really long because after my broken ribs, I talked my husband into getting a 4-door luxury car.