How Much Should I Pay: 2009 Nissan Altima
Question From Shouk: I am planning to buy Nissan Altima 2009 2.5s car either Automatic or manual and I am really confused. Kindly let me know if it’s wise to go for it and also details about the maintenance cost for Altima. Thanks.
Queen of the Road: Hi Shouk. Welcome to AutoBragBlog!
There’s really no need to stress over the decision to buy or not. It should some down to a few simple questions: Do you really like this car? Will you be happy driving it for years to come? Can you afford this car? What kind of deal can you get?
Nissan is a good brand. I’ve owned a Nissan before and was very happy with it. I’ve never heard of one complaint about the Altima from our users. There has been a small recall on the car, but for very minor issues that I wouldn’t worry about. Other than that, Nissan maintenance costs aren’t too high.
Where you going to buy a Sedan or Coupe? Would you like help looking up deals?
According to AutoBrag’s statistics for the 2009 Altima,
The National Average discount off MSRP: 9.55%
The National Maximum discount off MSRP: 23.72%
The best way to find out the price for a new car is to use the AutoBrag Car Price Search Engine.
The First Step: Open a new browser window and go to http://www.autobrag.com/#SearchCarPrices then select the appropriate Year, Make and Vehicle Model of the new car price you are searching for.
The Second Step: Choose which mode to display new car prices.
On the left hand side there are five selections on how you want the new car prices to display: Lowest Price, Best Value, Biggest Discount, Accepted Braggles and Countered Braggles.
The first selection is Lowest Price. New car prices are displayed according to the lowest price.
The second selection is Best Value. In this mode, new car prices are displayed according to percentage off of MSRP also referred to as “discount off of sticker price”.
The third selection is Biggest Discount. In this mode, new car prices are sorted by the biggest total dollar savings amount. Keep in mind this is not the same as largest percentage off MSRP.
The fourth selection is Accepted Braggles. These prices are derived from AutoBrag users who submitted buy offers through the Braggle System For New Cars and had their offers accepted by dealerships. This information is exclusive to AutoBrag and will save you thousands of dollars and hours of time.
The final selection is Countered Braggles. These prices are dealership counter-offer prices to Braggles submitted by AutoBrag users. This information gives new car buyers an idea on what dealerships are looking for from a pricing standpoint when car shoppers submit Braggles.
The FINAL STEP: Once you know what you should paying… utilize the Braggle System For New Cars on http://www.autobrag.com/ to decide which dealership to purchase from.
The Braggle system enables new car shoppers to negotiate the lowest new car prices by making anonymous offers to local dealerships simultaneously with just a few clicks. Dealerships compete, buyers win, and best of all it’s free for both dealers and shoppers of new cars.
Here’s a great car buying article written by a former car salesman you should read before buying. There’s always an advantage when preparing yourself for a car buying process. Remember, cars are a commodity so these prices apply everywhere in the U.S. Goodluck and keep us posted!
June 18th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Hello my friends at AUTOBRAG
I thank you very much for regularly sending me your emails. I am writing this to you, just you tell about my and my brother’s bad experieinces with Toyota Camry, Sienna and Honda Odyssey. We are in Florida.
I have 1997 Camrey XLE and about 7 years back the cd changer died and then the cassette player died. About the same time the front speaker covers fell off. At about 130000 miles the transmission died and about 5 years back the driver side door handle broke. I gave the car to one of employees and he is not happy either.
My brother has 1997 or 1998 Avalon and both the front door handles broke, almost 4 years ago ! The rear windows have not worked for about 3 years. The motors must be bad.
In my 2004 Honda Odyssey, I had to replace engine mounts about 3 years back at the cost of about $600. Then about 3 months back the transmission went out and I had to get it fixed with a Honda rebuilt one, at the dealership and apend almost $3900. The van has about 127000 miles. Also the rear tilting side window have not properly worked for about 3 years.
I am not bad mouthing Toyota and Honda, but we had many more problems with them, compared to two of our Nissan Maximas with over 300000 miles in one and 135000 miles in the other one. Also we had 3 Grand Caravans in the past and even they did not have such major issues. We are looking to buy 2 more mini vans and I am not sure what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again.
Jay
June 18th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Hi Jay,
When it comes to which brand to go with the “proof is in the pudding”. Car buyers vote with their dollars. According to Consumer Reports, which AutoBrag believes is a fantastic website, the strongest brands when it comes to perception is:
1) Toyota
2) Honda
3) Ford
4) Cadillac
5) Mercedes
While the weakest brands:
1) Jeep
2) Hummer
3) Saab
4) Mazda
5) Suzuki
Keep in mind this survey was done in January of 2009. (http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/new-cars/news/2009/01/2009-car-brand-perceptions-survey/overview/brand-perceptions-ov.htm)
For every basher of a brand there are supporters… that is why when it comes to cars the most important factor is how your specific car has treated you. Clearly, the Dodge Caravan has been good to you. If you are in the market for two of them…then all I can say is there are fantastic deals to be had.
What you should do is the following:
1) Go test drive some mini vans and decide which one you like the best.
2) Come to AutoBrag and figure out what you should pay.
3) Use Braggle to make anonymous offers to dealerships within a 200 mile radius of your location.
4) Sit back and have the dealerships fight for your business allowing you to save time and money.