Kolyan

I am tired of looking for a perfect 98-99 Maxima 5-speed with a good price. Everytime i find something good, it's AUTO. So far i found several low miles (30K-50K) cars that i somewhat like but they are either FLEET or/and LEASED vehicles. What do u think about buying a car like that?

Weasel

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I wouldn't think twice about it, often vehicles registered as "fleet" are company cars. Leased, well, mine was leased before I got it and it's been sound in the 53k miles since then. If you find a car you like, have it checked out by someone you trust (or go over it yourself) and if everything checks out sign on the dotted line.

TheNip73

Ditto. My car was a leased fleet vechicle to a signing company in chicago. They did every single bit of maintence nissan recomends for service. Fuel filters, oil changes, rotations, and the like. And I have all of the paperwork documenting it. Reputable (read as large, well known) companies take car of their cars, so I wouldn't think twice if the vechile looks good. Chances are it was treated better by the company than you'll treat it. You should still have a mechanic (or yourself if you feel capable) check it out and also do a carfax to see if you can determine which company was the lease owner. Best of luck.

96_vqmax

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If you find one with 30k-50k mile on it,the car is in good shape plus the price is right go for it.With that low mileage you shouldn't have to worry too much.Just me $.02

mzmtg

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I was told that my car was a "fleet" vehicle when I bought it. It had 13,000 miles on it. Just recently, through carfax, I found out that meant that it was a rental.

No big deal, it's got 161,000 miles on it now with no major problems.

fearthegecko

mine was a leased vehicle, and it only had one owner, and she kept the car in perfect condition.

maxamer

Ditto for me, an older gentleman babied my max for 3 years before I picked it up. I count on decent lease returns when shopping for used cars.

njmaxseltd

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My company leases cars also. We take them to the dealers every 3 - 5 thousand miles for maintenence. Costs us $$$$ but the cars run perfect.

Now if only the sales guys would wash them more often.


We lease Maxima's and BMW's.

Weasel

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Forgot to mention, if it's a 5spd it's very doubtful it was a rental. I've never heard of anyone renting 5spd Maximas.

Kolyan

yeah, it's a 5-speed, so i don't think it was rental or anything. thank's for the info guys. i hope i will finally find something, i am just tired of looking, and driving my Chrysler 300M. I will give the Chrysler another 2-3 weeks for it to sell and if not, then i'll just trade it in.

PCGuRu2K

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I wouldn't trust any fleet cars or rentals.. Most ppl who drive them abuse the hell out of it.. I know I do when I have rentals. I basically floor it at every light..