Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Nissan Altima

I have been searching for a used car to buy for the past several weeks.  I wanted a full size car like the Chevy Malibu, Nissan Altima, Kia Optima, or Hyundai Sonata.  I looked around Pocatello and drove a Malibu and Optima, but I decided that they either had too many problems or were overpriced.  I searched for something in Utah, and there were a couple of options that looked promising.  A Nissan Altima in Orem, Utah caught my attention, so I decided that today I would take Jeffrey with me to check it out and buy it if it drove well enough.  I had planned to leave at 8:00 a.m. but several things came up at work, so we spent two hours at the airport before we left for Utah.  We got to Pleasant Grove about 12:30 p.m. and stopped to eat lunch with Tyler at R&R BBQ.  I called the dealership in Orem, and they said that they still had the car.  Jeffrey and I went to it, and we took it for a test drive.  It was a 2017, and it had a lot of features that I liked including a sunroof.  The engine sounded all right.  The motor oil looked good.  The transmission shifted between gears just fine without running at high rpms.  I connected a code reader, and it didn't find any codes.  I couldn't find anything that I could object to.  It had a rebuilt title, and the sales agent showed me pictures of the damage prior to the repairs.  I was happy with the repairs, as I couldn't tell that anything had happened.  The car was selling for $7,990 which was really good.  I decided to buy it, which went smoothly.  Jeffrey drove the Altima home while I followed behind him.  The traffic through Salt Lake made me nervous and slowed us down, but we got back home around 5:00 p.m.  I hope the car will last without major repairs - buying a used car is such a gamble.




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