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Originally Posted by Marianne
It was brought up on another thread that "servicability" my be a future problem for the Altima hybrid. Is this a concern to anyone here and if not, can you let me know why not.
We drove the Altima hybrid yesterday, and it was WONDERFUL. It was actually the nicest of all the cars we drove... right up there with the Camry hybrid. We drove the bare bones model, so it doesn't have all the bells and whistles the Camry hybrid has, but it was still a great car.
We tried re test driving the Prius. The Prius is a great car, but my husband felt the rearview mirror blocked too much of his vision. He is 6'4". I'm 5'1". The Prius seemed great to me, but his head is higher than mine in field of vision.
We are also going to go down tonight and test drive the Civic hybrid again. We've already driven it once and liked it, but we were just about to buy the Altima hybrid when the "serviceability question came up. The poster's concerns were that Nissan is leasing Toyota's technology, but they plan to orphan it shortly in favor of their own technology.
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I really don't think the "serviceability" should be an issue at all.......Do you feel that at some point, Nissan will say "OK it's been 15 years since we sold the first Altima Hybrid, and as of right NOW we are no longer servicing them."????
I think that's an odd thing to worry about. I have never heard of a car company doing that.
I say if you like the Altima hybrid better than it's competitors, and it's in your price range, buy the dang thing. Don't fret over the sky falling in 15 years.
