I traded my 2001 4x2 XE lease in last weekend.

They gave me $14,500 for it . . .

Plus 1.9% financing . . .

Plus $1500 rebate . . .

Payments on this purchase are the same as my lease was . . .

Plus, thanks to Marlboro Nissan's warranty specials, I was able to have the dealership look up the current extended warranty specials on the internet, and match it! So I got my 72-month/100,000 mile warranty rolled into the purchase, at 1.9% fininacing (beats paying 8% on my credit cards) . . .

Now, I'm getting ready to go up and have my new Long Trails put on. Damn thing came with Grabbers, but I put up a fuss and told 'em it was a deal-breaker: New tires or I walk.

What the hell, not like it was a big thing to them, but it made me feel even better about the deal . . .