I am close to hitting 15k miles in my 23 gun metallic 5 speeed Versa. It has been an awesome car. Nice to see others in Maine rocking the 5 speed versa!
Hello 2024 versa manual owner myself, owned mine since October 23 and absolutely love the car. I just took mine on a 12 hour drive to Florida it was all day comfortable and did fantastic no issues as expected.
Thanks man. Great info for me. That is what I needed to hear. I have a dealer close by that has ONE manual in transit. I think I’m gonna go ahead and secure it now before it sells
No problem, glad to know the video helped. So far, based on my own personal experience, I can easily recommend this car. Just took it on a 400 mile road trip and had no issues. On cruise, it got 40 mpg at 70 mph and 3200 rpm with the AC on.
Do yourself a favor and check out the VW Jetta before you pull the trigger on that. I took the Nissan Versa and Nissan Sentra out for test drives last week. Not bad cars, but very underpowered and kind of cheap build quality. The sticker price was $18,500 on the Versa, a little more for the Sentra, which aren't bad prices for brand new vehicles. I was all set to get the Versa, because I actually liked it better than the Sentra, but wanted to check out a VW just to rule it out. Thank God I did because the Jetta was awesome, a ton of power, much better build quality. Sticker price on the Jetta was $22,000 but they had a $2,500 off promotional deal from VW, so basically a $1,000 more for the Jetta, but worth it.
Nice car. I've been driving a 2003 Pontiac Vibe for two and half years now with no AC and a bad heater core. Ready for an upgrade and finally in a place where I can afford one. This in a 5 speed is a serious contender.
Been thinking about this car with a 5 speed just because its cheap and it is a manual. Wish they still made this in hatchback. Thanks for reviewing the car.
Nice! So far I've gone about 1000 miles and I'm averaging 39.5 with about a 70/30 split of highway and around town driving. It's higway sweet spot seems to be 67-68 mph in 5th gear on cruise with engine rpm at around 3200 or so.
@@danielhamby9448 Here in southern Maine these cars are pretty rare, and almost every dealer in this area I talked to said the same thing. I found this one about 40 miles away and they only had 2.
@@youtoobe169 Yeah, the whole thing is pretty weird. It was something i was aware of before i bought the car, and I just crossed my fingers. So far it hasn't happened, but if it ever does I'll definitely make a video about it.
At MSRP is 20K OTD. Crazy Nissan does not give us folding rear seats, that’s my deal breaker. No Apple CarPlay either. It’s 20K come on now, gives us those two at least.
Folding rear seats would be nice, but the trunk has a lot of room. I'm old, so I pretty much only listen to the radio once in a while, so no Apple CarPlay dosen't bother me.
Lucky man, I want to trade in my Altima for one of these with a manual but my wife won’t let me, she’s rather pay $8000 when the cvt goes out in it. I hate my Altima
Man, sorry to hear that. The CVT trans is, unfortunately, the way of the future, and I don't want anything to do with them either. I have old snowmobiles that have CVT's and I know what happens to those belts. That's why I try ro keep my old iron on the road. I was under the impression that those were decent cars. Is the CVT the only thing you don't like about it?
@@oldsledpurgatory3595 yeah the cvt is the worst part, crazy vibrations at low rpm/speeds, constant hesitation when taking off from a stop, constantly having to floor it and keep it in high rpm’s to get up to speed… seems like it defeats the purpose. I’ve took it in to the local dealership to see if there’s something wrong and they say that it’s “operates as intended” I use to have a 1992 Nissan Stanza with a 5 speed back in the day, I’d take it with the 300k miles it had over this one only 3 years old any day
If this was 9999 new, I would go for one, just out of my budget....well, for the money, ima just get a gently used V6 Camaro or Mustang V6 with a manual or get a vintage Mustang....with a manual trans of course. I am 29, but never wanna go back to autos ever again. Right now I drive a 1998 5 speed Nissan Sentra....which is actually smaller than this car I think...besides the hood.
Those older Sentras are great cars, among the last made to be kept and maintained for a long time, not traded in and recycled after 50,000 miles. It's worth keeping and maintaining if it's in decent shape.
I got the same one but it's also available in blue which I got in a manual. Only thing I did to mine is put a aftermarket alarm in it to add a key fob to open the doors for about $150 & opens the trunk also as it not available. Downfall is no HD Radio, Android Auto & Apple CarPlay. I would not expect this vehicle to last as it was made in Mexico & poor quality control issues there but for a $16k vehicle it's not that bad.
That's cool you found a blue one. Haven't even seen a picture of one of those. I'm one of those people that rarely listens to the radio while driving. Would rather listen to the car and for motorcycles or approching emegency vehicles. I doubt I'll ever spring for a fob or an alarm, I'm too old school. As far as build quality goes, we'll just have to wait and see.
The base model comes with a regular key, no keyless entry or anything fancy. You can buy a flip key from nissan and have a locksmith cut it and program it for you.
