I bought the car used from a private seller in another state. Despite being 12 years old, it ran beautifully, had lots of power and everything electronic still worked. Over the next few months the problems that the seller tried to hide became apparent. I took it to a Nissan dealership to have it checked out and it has a problem with the exhaust (caused the check engine light to come on) and a CV joint that needs to be replaced. The worst thing however was that places underneath the car are completely rusted through. This actually caused a gas leak because part of the filler neck had been eaten away. Its frustrating, but not uncommon here in new England to see rust like that. The winters here are just brutal on cars. Yet despite the shadiness of the dealer and all the little problems the car has, I have to say that its still mechanically sound. There are no problems with the engine or transmission, the brakes are fine, its fast and its got a lot of power for such a small vehicle. I do wish that whoever owned the car before me had taken better care of it, but I really cant complain. The core parts of the car still run like a dream.

I absolutely love my Nissan! I think I'll be buying Nissan's for the rest of my life after my experience with this car. It's seven years old with 102,000 miles and runs wonderfully! I haven't had any problems with it yet! I would suggest this car to anyone looking for a good priced and good running vehicle that is reliable. Only issue I've experienced and one that some of my friends have had is that the tire started cupping and it made a really terrible noise when I drove over 50 mph. Luckily the dealership bought me new tires for free but it is still an issue for those who didn't get free tires like me.