Felt badly for the car salesman today but it's a good thing I didn't
just go out and buy Mrs.E. a car and "surprise" her as she first suggested.

I never would have picked what she liked. She tried the Nissan Armada,
Pathfinder, a couple of comparable Toyota's that I can't remember the
names of and spent time walking the lots looking for the "right" color.

She finally settled on a Nissan Pathfinder. Good. It took almost 2
hours to get there. But then, as she was walking back into the showroom
she spotted something else. "What's *that*? she asks the salesguy.

It was a Nissan Quest. A big box with an engine and seats. Powered
sliding doors on each side caught her attention plus the rear captain's
seats and the third rear seat all fold down completely flat so it
basically turns into a van. 280 hp V6 moves it along fine.

So, that's that. It's sitting in the driveway. No hay allowed.

Oh boy...isn't the Quest a 'soccer mom's' mini-van?
The Toyota Sienna is top of the heap in that category.
Anyway, it should be under bumper to bumper warranty for 3 years and drive train warranty for 5 years.

On 5/12/2017 6:00 PM, True North wrote:

Oh boy...isn't the Quest a 'soccer mom's' mini-van?
The Toyota Sienna is top of the heap in that category.
Anyway, it should be under bumper to bumper warranty for 3 years and drive train warranty for 5 years.



That's what she wanted. I don't know what the bumper to bumper warranty
is (I'll have to check) but I know the drive train warranty is 7 years
or 100k miles. The dealer also gave her 3 years of routine maintenance
(oil changes, etc.) We've purchased many cars from him and he gave me a
decent deal.

It surprised me. You can lay all the rear seats down completely flat
and a 4x8 sheet of plywood will fit in the back. Huge storage spaces in
the floor as well.

I really don't know much about the Quest. Actually, I didn't even know
Nissan made such a thing. But after being married for 47 years you
sorta learn not to argue.

On 5/12/17 5:14 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Felt badly for the car salesman today but it's a good thing I didn't
just go out and buy Mrs.E. a car and "surprise" her as she first suggested.

I never would have picked what she liked. She tried the Nissan Armada,
Pathfinder, a couple of comparable Toyota's that I can't remember the
names of and spent time walking the lots looking for the "right" color.

She finally settled on a Nissan Pathfinder. Good. It took almost 2
hours to get there. But then, as she was walking back into the showroom
she spotted something else. "What's *that*? she asks the salesguy.

It was a Nissan Quest. A big box with an engine and seats. Powered
sliding doors on each side caught her attention plus the rear captain's
seats and the third rear seat all fold down completely flat so it
basically turns into a van. 280 hp V6 moves it along fine.

So, that's that. It's sitting in the driveway. No hay allowed.



Is it still being manufactured? I rode in one once...it's a sort of
minivan...

Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover 2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.

On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover 2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.


It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?

On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7:45:39 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover 2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.


It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?

How much time you need Rich? 100 days?

On 5/12/17 8:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from
around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover
2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning
a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high
demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to
upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.


It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?


My wife got an email earlier this year from Toyota, offering her a
fantastic trade-in on her 2016 Toyota Camry, which had a grand total of
7,100 miles on it (which the dealer knew). So we went over to the
dealership and voila!...left with a spanking new 2017 Camry and a step
up in model and trim, too. I still have no idea how this happened, but
the cost to her to do this was almost nothing.

On 5/13/2017 7:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/12/17 8:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from
around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover
2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning
a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high
demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to
upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.


It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?


My wife got an email earlier this year from Toyota, offering her a
fantastic trade-in on her 2016 Toyota Camry, which had a grand total of
7,100 miles on it (which the dealer knew). So we went over to the
dealership and voila!...left with a spanking new 2017 Camry and a step
up in model and trim, too. I still have no idea how this happened, but
the cost to her to do this was almost nothing.


Funny thing is that for me I've pretty much lost interest in cars in
general. As long as it runs well and is comfortable to drive I really
don't care what it is. The days of styling differences and even
performance differences are long over. The styling of cars today is
determined by wind tunnel testing to optimize gas mileage ratings. As a
result, the Toyotas, Nissans, Fords, Chevys, Hondas, etc., all look the
same from 20 feet away. No question the engines have improved
enormously. My brain is still stuck in the 60's and 70's when a car
approaching 100k miles was ready for the junkyard. Today, it's
considered "low mileage". My younger son just replaced a Saturn (one
that I had for a while) with another Saturn called a "Vue". The Saturn
he replaced it with had 198K miles on it and still ran fine, other than
a small oil leak. The doors and side panels of Saturns are plastic, so
there is no rust whatsoever on it.

On 5/13/2017 6:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/12/17 8:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from
around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover
2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning
a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high
demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to
upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.


It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?


My wife got an email earlier this year from Toyota, offering her a
fantastic trade-in on her 2016 Toyota Camry, which had a grand total of
7,100 miles on it (which the dealer knew). So we went over to the
dealership and voila!...left with a spanking new 2017 Camry and a step
up in model and trim, too. I still have no idea how this happened, but
the cost to her to do this was almost nothing.

Come on Keysor, have you done the math?
Payment is the same?
Did you pay anything to drive a way?
Did you buy it on time?
Did they add more time on to the payment program?
Sheesh, I think you just wanted attention, Look at me
I bought a new car too. And it didn't cost me anything.
Those dealers sure are stupid. Look at me!
Mikek



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