Test Drive #3

Bu the way, my car search is over, these stories have been copy/pasted from my Facebook. This is my third test drive. Due to this experience, I considered leaving off the name of the dealership, but I will leave it, although the salesman's name will be left out. It's my recommendation as a consumer that you keep away from this place. If you see it, don't ask questions, just run away.

2013 Nissan Altima 2.5s coupe
Color: Black
Hilltop Nissan, East Hanover


Photo Credit: Wikipedia

2013 was the last year for the Altima coupe, which was a real shame. This is a gorgeous car. There have been Nissans in my family for 20 years, and my mother had a 1988 240sx, a truly fun little sports car to flog around, so I'm partial to the Nissan's small coupes. The Altima was a nice little driving car. The body's simple curves are attractive. The cockpit is simple, comfortable. modern and logical, although it was a standard affair with black cloth seats, standard radio, and no center screen display. The view from inside the greenhouse is is unobstructed. The continuously-variable trans is, well, interesting. The car I drove had a 4 cylinder motor, which is OK. This model also came with a V6, which would make the car even a whole lot better, if you find one of those, buy it.

It was a nice car. It was the salesman that made me run out of the dealership screaming. I'm convinced he would have held prisoner in a hole in the basement like the guy in Silence of the Lambs until I signed a fucking contract.

As soon as I expressed my like for the car, the hard-sell began, form the salesman. With all the aggressive salesmanship, they still weren't moving the price point down to compete with the other autos I was looking at. I may have still bought this car if I wasn't consumed with thoughts of escape.