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4.75 out of 5 stars

Great car, great price

Jay from Chicago, 09/05/2002
2003 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 4A)
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Bought the 2003 3.5 SE, and have been just completely blown away by how improved the interior is over the 2002, as well as how comfortable and fun to drive this car is. I've never owned a Nissan before (Honda & Toyotas mostly), but this Altima has me won over!! And, best of all, due to an error by the dealership, I got this one at slightly over Invoice!!! ;) The only downer is that Nissan doesn't run any financing specials on Altimas, so the Rate is a little higher than I would have liked, but I can live with it!

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5 out of 5 stars

Oh, You Gotta Love It

grieman, 10/03/2002
2003 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
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I've been raised to love Hondas, but once I sat in the Nissan and took it for a spin, I knew I was now a Nissan man. I love this car. It's quiet, it's beautiful, it's comfortable. I could not be happier with the purchase.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

2003 Altima is terrific.

Altima Fan, 09/05/2002
2003 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 4A)
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What a great car! My fiance happily dropped off her lemon (a 2000 Olds Alero) and picked up one of the nicest cars on the market. We fell in love with this car after test driving many others in its class. The styling and build quality were unmatched.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

I'm Loving It

urgirlang, 03/31/2009
2003 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
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I bought it used with 98400 miles on it. It's the first car I ever bought with high miles. I just hit 100000 miles a few days ago. I know it hasn't been a month yet, but it's probably the best car I have owned. Everything else I have owned were American cars. I've had a Ford Escort, Mercury Cougar, Dodge Neon, Pontiac Grand Am. I like the fact that it has a Timing Chain instead of a belt. I love driving it! The only thing is that I don't see a difference in gas considering my Grand Am was a V6 and this is a 4 cylinder. It seems like I got more mileage out of the V6.

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4.38 out of 5 stars

Been a great car so far

Halbergrada, 09/29/2009
2003 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
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I have put 57,000 miles on my Altima. Right now I'm sitting at just under 75,000 miles. So far I have not had any major maintenance issues and the car has been very reliable. I did have to replace the brakes at 45k miles and the tires at 50k, which I think is pretty reasonable. It's not using a drop of oil. I do have one annoyance. My drivers window switch is going out and sometimes it takes a few tries to get my window to stay up.

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