Originally posted by XKontour98:
Good point. I was at the mall last weekend and they had an Altima 2.5 on display and I was surprised with the poor fuel economy! The 3.5L is pretty close in comparison! Why bother with the 2.5!
You know it's funny you say that. Mostly it's price point. I remember when I was shopping for cars, I was trying to look at cheap more basic transportation, like Civics, 4 cylinder Accords, and at the time there was a leasr special on the 4 cylinder Altima SL model for like 149/month with 1500 down or something like that. We drove that model and we liked it. I was driving the SVTC at that point. I had the dealer give me trade in value on it (of course they always try and rape you on that). So I'm trying to be good and we're in the dealership pricing things out, and there's the Altima SE-R on the showroom floor. My wife says something like, "You know you're never going to be happy with this car, let's go drive that one." Next thing you know. We had to go just then due to time constraints but I drove the SE-R and loved it the following day. Two days later we leased the SE-R instead. I'm certain I'd get high 20's MPG on the highway w/o trying, maybe at some point we'll be able to roadtrip in it. 
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