Thinking of a new car? What's wrong with your old one? (heated seats, truck)

[PacoMartin]

Nissan is often thought of as the most affordable of the Japanese BIG THREE, but primarily because they have retained the Versa® while Toyota has discontinued the Yaris and Honda has discontinued the Fit.

Starting MSRP of Nissan vehicles (not counting trucks and sports cars)

1. $15,730 Versa®
2. $19,950 Sentra®
3. $20,290 Kicks®
4. $24,960 Rogue Sportâ„¢
5. $25,290 Altima®
6. $27,360 Rogue®
7. $28,040 LEAF®
8. $33,660 Murano®
9. $35,000 Pathfinder®
10. $43,190 ARIYA®
11. $50,400 Armada®

Nissan Car Sales in 2022

• 139,955 Altima
• 77,123 Sentra
• 13,396 Versa
• 12,025 LEAF
• 7,110 Maxima (discontinued for 2023)
• 263 Z
• 57 GT-R
• 249,929

Originally Posted by Wile E. Coyote

Normal may be a thing of the past. Just like with houses where they now don't sell them 6 months in advance where you can have equity when you move in... Auto manufacturers are making more profits on less cars. When will they want that to change?

It is difficult to know what "normal" will be for Nissan. Will they return to cranking out large numbers of Versa® cars? Will they retire the LEAF® now that they have the more profitable ARIYA®?

• 682,731 Nissan US sales in 2022
• 919,086 Nissan US sales in 2021
• 819,715 Nissan US sales in 2020
• 1,227,973 Nissan US sales in 2019
• 1,344,597 Nissan US sales in 2018
• 1,440,049 Nissan US sales in 2017
• 1,426,130 Nissan US sales in 2016

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by 1973PINTO

My 73 pinto would not start one day and i immediately went and bought a new Corolla .. that was in 08 . only new car i have ever bought ..

Your Pinto lasted for 35 years ?

[Girl]

When I replaced my car it's because it was 15 years old, and repairs were starting to cost more than the value of the car. I let my teen son use it as a trade in along with part of his savings to buy his first car (we miraculously got $1300 for my car - KBB had it at $500), but then while my son delayed getting his license, I drove his car for a year. Once he had his license in hand, I went out and got a new-to-me car.

My hope is to drive this one until I retire (13 years or so), at which point I'll pay cash for a brand new car which I hope to drive until the day I die. Since I won't have a daily commute anymore, I don't anticipate having to drive more than 5000-6000 miles per year in THAT car, so it should last a very, very long time.

[cvetters63]

I'm a car guy and I like a lot of different cars. Always have. Even when I grew up below the poverty line, I had a number of customized cheap cars (often 5 or more at a time). I know how to own cars cheaply. I change cars when I feel like it, either when a cool one comes along that I like, or when I feel I've had my fun with one and want another project. So I've had over 130 cars in 45 years. Slowing down lately as I'm having fun with the ones I have, but that doesn't mean that in a year or two I won't want something else.


Right now I have 3, a 2002 Suburban 2500 tow rig, a 2013 MINI Cooper JCW Roadster (2 seat convertible) for top down fun driving, and a 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV as a daily driver.

[pullin2]

Originally Posted by arr430

Just wondering what motivates people to buy a new car. If your current car is lacking in some respect -- reliability, features, etc? Changed lifestyle? Just tired of it?

If not now looking, what motivated you last time you did trade up? Me, generally I don't start looking around until trips to the repair shop shart killing me.

It's in a junkyard, courtesy of a lady with an iPhone. Hit from the rear and totaled. I got the rest of my stuff out of it yesterday, and now begin hunting for a replacement.

This is the 3rd vehicle of mine taken off the road by a woman yapping on a phone. The last two were repairable, but not this time. All were rear-end hits while I was stopped, all were iPhones, all three admitted using their phones at impact. One was facetiming. I seem to be safe from Android-based systems.

[Icy Tea]

I plan on keeping my current car 12 to 16 years. Its still in great shape and is a 2014 Kia Soul base. 65K miles. The only shortcoming is its snow handling. But right now we've gone so far with no snow and next fall I'll upgrade the tires to those Michelin Cross Climate 2 all season tires that are supposed to be very good in snow.
I'd like AWD but the car has been outstanding in reliability and maintaining its appearance. No real reason to trade it.

[lair8]

I'm going to keep my current car until

a) it has problems and becomes too costly to fix

or

b) i move up into a higher income bracket. but even then, i'd invest my money into assets that hold their value better first.

[jcp123]

Last time I bought, it was because the car (which was given to me free and was worth a whopping $800) had sprung a leak in the radiator. Honestly I think the $800 valuation was optimistic. Anyway, it’s not that the car was beyond repair, but it was approaching 300k miles and I’d just been driving it for ~7 yrs/ nearing 100k of those miles and this would have been the first major repair in that time. I was ready to let it go. Not worth it. I sold it to a pick and pull yard for $200 and got my Civic.

[BostonMike7]

Excluding my hobby cars, I take a different approach for my daily drivers.

I'm 42 years old. For my daily driver's, i've only owned 3 cars to this point. I bought them new, and drive them to 8-10 years old and around 175-200K miles.

I do all my own repairs, so my costs to maintain are relatively low. Really the major investment is time. Once a vehicle starts to take up much of my time to repair, it's time to go. I had more time in my 20's, but these days with a family i have less time. The free time i do have, i would rather be doing something with the kids, or golfing.

Financially i'm in a good spot. Current DD is 10 years old and passing 160k miles. I have to set time aside this weekend to replace a $80 window regulator. I'm more burned up about losing that time, than the money. Car has other little issues popping up. It's time to let it go.

Needless to say, i'm shopping for it's replacement as we speak.

[himain]

We lease our cars. So end of lease, new car