yay new car!!!

GraySaturday
GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Yayy!!!!

Okay, so I ended up not going with the Volkwagen Tiguan. But I test drove a few more options, and totally loved the Nissan Rogue.

So after 7 (yes, 7 very long hours) hours of haggling I am the proud owner of a sweet little black Nissan Rouge. Its got keyless entry and keyless start, so if I have the key in my purse it senses it and it unlocks for me and starts up with the turn of a knob. Plus it has a Bose stereo system, and blue tooth for my phone. Its really sleek and super easy to drive, it drives like a sporty car almost. Plus its all wheel drive, I'll no longer slide around in the snow next winter. Love it!

Here's a picture of exactly what mine looks like:

http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/nissanrogueblack500.jpg

And when we drove it off the lot and away for the very first time, I cranked the radio and Yellow Ledbetter came on the radio. The boys sounded mighty fine on the stereo. It was a good christening for her ;)
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    congrats on the new car. :)
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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    more or less fuel efficient than the Jetta?
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  • wolfbear
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    Congrats! Nice looking car. :)
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  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    more or less fuel efficient than the Jetta?

    As far as gasoline engines go, the Nissan is slightly more efficient with a 27 city driving mpg.

    The Tiguan, however, comes in a Turbo-Diesel model, which is known to fetch up to 50mpg on the hwy, but VW has held off on making it available to the US market until 2009 due to the struggling US economy.
    GraySaturday wrote:
    Plus it has a Bose stereo system

    That's great that you like it, but the Dynaudio system in the Tiguan would've blown the Bose system out of the water had you given them both equal listening opportunities.

    While Bose has a great marketing campaign which has led to its acceptance by the general public, any audiophile forum is quick to make social pariahs out of anyone who professes a love for anything Bose. But, again, as long as you like your stereo, that's all that matters.

    Did you end up trading in the Jetta?
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  • g under p
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    GraySaturday wrote:
    Yayy!!!!

    Okay, so I ended up not going with the Volkwagen Tiguan. But I test drove a few more options, and totally loved the Nissan Rouge.

    So after 7 (yes, 7 very long hours) hours of haggling I am the proud owner of a sweet little black Nissan Rouge. Its got keyless entry and keyless start, so if I have the key in my purse it senses it and it unlocks for me and starts up with the turn of a knob. Plus it has a Bose stereo system, and blue tooth for my phone. Its really sleek and super easy to drive, it drives like a sporty car almost. Plus its all wheel drive, I'll no longer slide around in the snow next winter. Love it!

    Here's a picture of exactly what mine looks like:



    http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategori ... ack500.jpg

    And when we drove it off the lot and away for the very first time, I cracked the radio and Yellow Ledbetter came on the radio. The boys sounded mighty fine on the stereo. It was a good christening for her ;)

    Awesome feeling when you're in a new car but 7 hours of haggling?? You could have tried CarBargains.com do it for you and get the price at or below invoice.

    Enjoy that new car smell and watch your speed. Things always seem to go faster in a new car.

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  • sponger
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    new car smell has been linked to birth defects and other health ailments

    drive w/ the windows down for a while.
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  • SENROCK
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    GraySaturday wrote:
    Yayy!!!!

    Okay, so I ended up not going with the Volkwagen Tiguan. But I test drove a few more options, and totally loved the Nissan Rouge.

    So after 7 (yes, 7 very long hours) hours of haggling I am the proud owner of a sweet little black Nissan Rouge. Its got keyless entry and keyless start, so if I have the key in my purse it senses it and it unlocks for me and starts up with the turn of a knob. Plus it has a Bose stereo system, and blue tooth for my phone. Its really sleek and super easy to drive, it drives like a sporty car almost. Plus its all wheel drive, I'll no longer slide around in the snow next winter. Love it!

    Here's a picture of exactly what mine looks like:

    http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/nissanrogueblack500.jpg

    And when we drove it off the lot and away for the very first time, I cracked the radio and Yellow Ledbetter came on the radio. The boys sounded mighty fine on the stereo. It was a good christening for her ;)
    thats pretty pimp Gray!
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  • sponger
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    Did you purposely go with the darker color? The lighter colors don't suit you? I guess that it isn't that much of an impracticality in the windy city so much as it is in, say socal, where dark colored vehicles equate to greater air conditioning fluid consumption.
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  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    Good choice. I wrote off VW years ago as they seem to leave in faulty manufacturing year after year.. Bought a Nissan Altima in '04 and never regretted it for one second. Love my car. Congrats on your new Nissan!


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  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Zanne wrote:
    Good choice. I wrote off VW years ago as they seem to leave in faulty manufacturing year after year.. Bought a Nissan Altima in '04 and never regretted it for one second. Love my car. Congrats on your new Nissan!


    Peace

    During the mid-2000's VW acknowledged that their quality control processes were substandard, and they have supposedly corrected those problems with the 2005 redesign of their vehicles.
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  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    sponger wrote:
    During the mid-2000's VW acknowledged that their quality control processes were substandard, and they have supposedly corrected those problems with the 2005 redesign of their vehicles.

    Let's hope so.. It really sucks when you can't even tell if your car will start because none of the door handles work to even get the thing open.. and placement of certain parts low to the ground with no protection that rust and corrode and then fail.. expensive parts.. No VW for me ever again.. I've previously owned 3 of them, different years and models, and these problems persisted throughout.

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  • westsidepie
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    GraySaturday wrote:
    Yayy!!!!

    Okay, so I ended up not going with the Volkwagen Tiguan. But I test drove a few more options, and totally loved the Nissan Rouge.

    So after 7 (yes, 7 very long hours) hours of haggling I am the proud owner of a sweet little black Nissan Rouge. Its got keyless entry and keyless start, so if I have the key in my purse it senses it and it unlocks for me and starts up with the turn of a knob. Plus it has a Bose stereo system, and blue tooth for my phone. Its really sleek and super easy to drive, it drives like a sporty car almost. Plus its all wheel drive, I'll no longer slide around in the snow next winter. Love it!

    Here's a picture of exactly what mine looks like:

    http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/nissanrogueblack500.jpg

    And when we drove it off the lot and away for the very first time, I cracked the radio and Yellow Ledbetter came on the radio. The boys sounded mighty fine on the stereo. It was a good christening for her ;)

    Congrats on the new car! I bought a Suzuki SX4 in January. It has all the same features you mentioned. I did not really care about the keyless entry, since I never had it before. Now, I wonder how I lived without it. I think it is really trippy to be able to start the car with no key in the ignition.
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  • NOCODE#1
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    GraySaturday wrote:
    Yayy!!!!

    Okay, so I ended up not going with the Volkwagen Tiguan. But I test drove a few more options, and totally loved the Nissan Rouge.

    So after 7 (yes, 7 very long hours) hours of haggling I am the proud owner of a sweet little black Nissan Rouge. Its got keyless entry and keyless start, so if I have the key in my purse it senses it and it unlocks for me and starts up with the turn of a knob. Plus it has a Bose stereo system, and blue tooth for my phone. Its really sleek and super easy to drive, it drives like a sporty car almost. Plus its all wheel drive, I'll no longer slide around in the snow next winter. Love it!

    Here's a picture of exactly what mine looks like:

    http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/nissanrogueblack500.jpg

    And when we drove it off the lot and away for the very first time, I cracked the radio and Yellow Ledbetter came on the radio. The boys sounded mighty fine on the stereo. It was a good christening for her ;)
    good for you! man with VW's build quality being absolute shit since moving to mexico, i admire you being adventurous
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  • sponger
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    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    good for you! man with VW's build quality being absolute shit since moving to mexico, i admire you being adventurous

    She had her eye on the Tiguan, which is produced in Wolfsburg Germany.
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  • you are
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    congrats! nice car!
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  • civ_eng_girl
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    hooray for new cars!

    as a matter of fact, i'm about to place an order on an '09 Nissan Versa today! :D

    1.8SL Sport, with CVT transmission, in Sapphire Blue! :cool:

    glad to hear that everyone is happy with their Nissans! :)



    congrats on the Rogue, GreySaturday.... they're gorgeous!
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  • decides2dream
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    congratulations gray - sounds fantastic!


    and hey, i know a few 'audiophiles' who also love bose...so yes, like anything, all differing opinions. :p ENJOY!



    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    hooray for new cars!

    as a matter of fact, i'm about to place an order on an '09 Nissan Versa today! :D

    1.8SL Sport, with CVT transmission, in Sapphire Blue! :cool:

    glad to hear that everyone is happy with their Nissans! :)



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    fantastic car! hubby got a brand new versa a year ago and we LOVE it. :D
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  • Wobbie
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    GraySaturday wrote:
    But I test drove a few more options, and totally loved the Nissan Rouge.

    So after 7 (yes, 7 very long hours) hours of haggling I am the proud owner of a sweet little black Nissan Rouge.

    Why would they name a car after a type of women's makeup? What's next, the Toyota Mascara? I don't get it. :p

    Anyway, congrats on your new car!
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  • civ_eng_girl
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    decides2dream wrote:
    fantastic car! hubby got a brand new versa a year ago and we LOVE it. :D

    good news! :D thanks d2d, that's encouraging... it's hard to know if you've made the right decision...
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  • decides2dream
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    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    good news! :D thanks d2d, that's encouraging... it's hard to know if you've made the right decision...



    granted it spends the bulk of it's life in our garage since we now both commute by train M-F. :p that said, it WILL be going on it's first road trip - DC thru mansfield MA! :cool:



    everyone i know who owns one truly LOVEs it! :D
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