Well, I want to thank everyone here. I have been lurking for the past couple weeks, gathering as much info as possible on my purchase decision. From my lurking I've discovered that there are only a couple real complaints about the P5--the paint and the rattle at start-up--which is a lot fewer complaints than most cars seem to have. As a comparison, I was considering getting a new Sentra SE-R Spec V, which is a sweet little car with about 50 more horses than the P5, but when you hang out on the SE-R forums, you realize they have some serious problems with oil-burning, etc.
So . . . I put a deposit down today on a silver 2002.5. I unfortunately had to go with the sport automatic, since I've got a bad back that can't take a lot of clutch pushing every day (hey, I'm 40 years old--give me a break). But it should be lot of fun nonetheless. Got the car for $200 over invoice, which seemed like a fair price after I researched what everyone here seemed to be paying.
I'll be picking it up in a couple days. Just wanted to say thanks for all the valuable info everyone's sharing here.
So . . . I put a deposit down today on a silver 2002.5. I unfortunately had to go with the sport automatic, since I've got a bad back that can't take a lot of clutch pushing every day (hey, I'm 40 years old--give me a break). But it should be lot of fun nonetheless. Got the car for $200 over invoice, which seemed like a fair price after I researched what everyone here seemed to be paying.
I'll be picking it up in a couple days. Just wanted to say thanks for all the valuable info everyone's sharing here.
