# 2008 Nissan Altima - Good deal?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-nissan-altima-good-deal/174389>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-nissan-altima-good-deal/174389 "2021-01-21T20:31:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jerome-Silverman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jerome-Silverman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jerome-Silverman)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-nissan-altima-good-deal/174389/21 "2021-01-25T18:03:52Z")

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If I want reliability my rule of thumb was to buy a used car with 10K to 25K miles and a good reputation. It has been through most of it’s depreciation, early failures and early recalls, and might have some warranty left. I did violate that rule when I bought a used 2007 Miata with 58K miles on it. I did not expect to put more than a couple of thousand a year on it and I did talk it over with a trusted mechanic, Benny Blackstone. He said he hates Miatas, nothing ever goes wrong with them.

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**Author:** ![Dmmilt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dmmilt/32/23842_2.png) [@Dmmilt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dmmilt)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-nissan-altima-good-deal/174389/22 "2021-01-25T18:17:56Z")

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Thank you!!!

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**Author:** ![milechris05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@milechris05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/milechris05)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-nissan-altima-good-deal/174389/24 "2021-04-13T01:25:14Z")

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Were you able to make a decision?

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