It has been a year since I leased the new Nissan. My last ride was a German made, BMW 3 series. It was funny how I have never dreamt of having a bmw for a daily ride. Maybe I have always had modest goals or dreams. My dream car back in high school was the 1993 Civic Si.
Although the Nissan has new frame when compare to the pre-2007 version, it is relatively similar. While BMW had lots of goodies, leather seat, heated mirror, heated seats... The 2007 Nissan has it all and about 25k cheaper. However, BMW had all the goodies in 1999, and Nissan had just implemented them on the new car.
The overall feeling is pretty solid, the car itself is pretty big, designed in California, it feels more American than Japanese. Reliability is good, no problems so far, knock on wood.
There are two cool things about the Nissan, it has a CVT, continuous variable transmission, basically it is an automatic transmission without any gears, so you don't feel it change gear when accelerate, and it saves more gas than the regular automatic.
Another cool thing is with its keyless entry and push button ignition system. I don't need to take out my key to enter to exit the car, I only had to bring the key with me, and push the button to go. I admit it is more of a marketing thing. But it is so convenient, sometimes I forgot to turn off my engine when leaving my car.
Overall, it is a good solid car, a little boring actually, although it has accumulated a fair share of scratches, but it should serve me well in the next 2 years.
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