I was about to buy my Xterra from Mossy Kearny Mesa, they had a 2002 Just Blue XE-V6 4x4 with Power and Utility Packages (only a few of them left in San Diego county and Temecula. And I was about to sign the papers for it, when I decided to check around at a few dealerships other than Mossy, so we drove to Pacific Nissan (I don't think I'll ever go there again, every truck I opened up smelled like smoke, and the salesman was an ass and kept trying to push me to a 4x2. It turns out that they only had one 4x4 on the lot) So anyway I called up Quality Nissan in Temecula, and they had the exact same truck that Mossy Kearny Mesa had, but they were very anxious to beat Mossy's price
So I did some negotiating on the phone, and got an agreement that they would beat Mossy's price by $1000 (their sticker price was a few hundred more than Mossy which was 23,350, or something close, but Quality Nissan sold me the Xterra for 22,000 out the door.) So I couldn't beat that price, especially since it was the same truck I was looking at at Mossy but for a much better price
Now my only concern is when I take it into be serviced. I was told by Mossy (before I left I asked where I can get it serviced) that I can only bring it back to a Mossy dealer, but Quality Nissan said that I could bring it to any Nissan dealer to get warranty work done and scheduled maintence. So i'm not sure who to believe. I mean I don't really want to drive all the way out to Temecula (40 miles from where I live) to get work done on my truck, so was Mossy just feeding me a line of BS about that or can I take it to Mossy here in Escondido (about 15 minutes from my house) if I have any problems, and for my scheduled maintence? (hehe can you tell this is my first new truck?
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Anyway that's great that you got good service at Mossy, I can't speak for their service, but when I was looking to buy an Xterra they guy I was talking to (I can't remember his name) was really cool and nice (how else are you going to treat a 21 year old with 24k to spend on a new truck :p ) But he was able to answer all my questions (even though I knew most of the answers already.
I'm not trying to hijack the thread or anything, but I really like Quality Nissan in Temecula, and I wouldn't hesitate to take my truck there to be worked on, or to buy another new truck from them. They sales guys are really cool, especially Nick who I was talking to about beating Mossy's price. When I got to there it was around 6pm, and he had the Xterra pulled around front all washed and everything, and pretty much as soon as we pulled up he was at our window saying Hey you must be who I was talking to on the phone, and handed me the keys to go on a test drive
Probably the coolest thing about it was while we were on the test drive Nick offered to show me some good dirt trails in Temecula to test out the Xterra's offroad capability, I decided not to, simply because it was already dark, and I didn't want to risk messing it up before i even bought it :p But it was still really cool of him to offer.
So another great dealer is Quality Nissan in Temecula.
-Braden