jaywbigred
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2001 Nissan Pathfinder SE with 58,000 miles. It is in sparkling shape and had a ridiculously meticulous Carfax maintenance record, and I got it for $676 less than the Edmund's True Market Value. Also got better than Blue Book Trade-In Value (by $200) on trading in the fiancée's Jeep Cherokee.
Bought it a couple months ago and have since upgraded the stereo system to a Clarion NX500 double-din unit with 7 inch touchscreen with Nav, Bluetooth, USB and AUX inputs. Also came with a free back-up camera from Crutchfield.com ("$200 value") that we are not sure we are going to install yet, as well as 50% off steering wheel controls modification kit (which allow you to use the factory steering wheel controls with the aftermarket head unit, but which are also not yet installed). Very happy with the radio.
We had some issues with the car right after we signed on the dotted line (only then did the dealer reveal there was but a single key/remote entry fob), 30 seconds after we drove off the lot (no radio reception at all, just static, every station), and a couple weeks later (battery died). After some haranguing (friend of a friend of a friend knows the COO's family of this dealership group), the dealership eventually made it right: they were able to get the other set of keys from the guy who traded it in (magically, it seemed), they gave me $200 cash towards a new radio (my choice, other choice was having them fix the radio that was in there, but this would have involved pulling it out and sending it to Nissan for repair which could take over a month, they warned), and replacing the battery for free.
I did by the car "As Is," and was pleased when the dealership eventually made things right. It's one thing for something to go wrong 5 or 6 months after you buy a used car, it's another thing for stuff to start going wrong 5 or 6 minutes after you buy it.
In the time since, it has driven great, and we really enjoyed being in a more solid, easy driving, better handling vehicle on our one trip to VT with it.
This is a bit of a reprisal for me, as I leased this same exact car (in silver) back when it came out from 2001-2004 and LOVED it. Slightly different color this time, and, so far, less stickers (see last pic), plus I get a sunroof, but otherwise exactly the same.
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Bought it a couple months ago and have since upgraded the stereo system to a Clarion NX500 double-din unit with 7 inch touchscreen with Nav, Bluetooth, USB and AUX inputs. Also came with a free back-up camera from Crutchfield.com ("$200 value") that we are not sure we are going to install yet, as well as 50% off steering wheel controls modification kit (which allow you to use the factory steering wheel controls with the aftermarket head unit, but which are also not yet installed). Very happy with the radio.
We had some issues with the car right after we signed on the dotted line (only then did the dealer reveal there was but a single key/remote entry fob), 30 seconds after we drove off the lot (no radio reception at all, just static, every station), and a couple weeks later (battery died). After some haranguing (friend of a friend of a friend knows the COO's family of this dealership group), the dealership eventually made it right: they were able to get the other set of keys from the guy who traded it in (magically, it seemed), they gave me $200 cash towards a new radio (my choice, other choice was having them fix the radio that was in there, but this would have involved pulling it out and sending it to Nissan for repair which could take over a month, they warned), and replacing the battery for free.
I did by the car "As Is," and was pleased when the dealership eventually made things right. It's one thing for something to go wrong 5 or 6 months after you buy a used car, it's another thing for stuff to start going wrong 5 or 6 minutes after you buy it.
In the time since, it has driven great, and we really enjoyed being in a more solid, easy driving, better handling vehicle on our one trip to VT with it.
This is a bit of a reprisal for me, as I leased this same exact car (in silver) back when it came out from 2001-2004 and LOVED it. Slightly different color this time, and, so far, less stickers (see last pic), plus I get a sunroof, but otherwise exactly the same.
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