UltimaAltima

I haven't driven or test drive one. Strange is that Nissan does not introduce any Hybrids here. But next year, the Nissan Leaf will be in showcase at the Autoshow in Manila.

I need to hear from you, just generally curious about the following things:

1. Additional Maintenance issues

2. Your personal satisfaction

Thanks in advance.

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2010hybrid

I've had my 2010 Altima hybrid for just about a year now. The only thing I don't like about it is in the cold months it takes longer for the ev mode to kick in even if you let the car heat up for 5-10 minutes. Other than that the only thing that I don't like is the oil changes. You have to use synthetic oil and it costs $70.00 every time. Otherwise I love my altima hybrid. I am getting 38.5 mpg for city and 42 mpg for the highway. I fill my tank once every other week and easilly get about 650-700 miles per tank of gas. Takes a little while getting used to it but it's just like riding a bike... Once you learn you never go back to training wheels!

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rtking

I've had my 2008 Altima Hybrid for just over 2 years. I do a lot of highway commuting and am approaching 100K miles. It's true that you have to get used to the hybrid, but I drive it pretty much like any car and get 34.5 mpg on my freeway commute at 70-80 mph. I have noticed thuat lowering the car on Eibach springs has given me 1 mpg and has, along with the Stillen rear sway bar, improved handling substantially. I get between 640-700 miles on a tankful using regular (87 octane) fuel.

Maintenance? Using Mobil1 0w-20 oil is expensive,but I change it and the filter every 5000 miles and the car runs like new and uses no oil between oil changes. I have had to change the tires at 80K miles (probably could have gotten 100K, but wanted new tires for wet weather), and the brake pads look like they're good for 150K miles. The only service replacement parts I've changed have been the cabin air filter (50K miles, which is 1 year for me), and switching to a K&N filter, also at 50K miles.

Overall, I love my Altima Hybrid. Drives great, fuel efficient, large and comfortable back seat for the family, reliable...what's not to love?

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artillery129

Whats it like to give up your man card?

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sohal1025

Why the Man Card?
Are they lacking in performance?

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MrHiggles

When buying a hybrid, performance of a car is NOT the reason why you should be buying one. Its a great way for the consumer to save money. In some ways I wish I have bought a Hybrid. I drive 300 miles a week and its rough on gas. Sometimes I can itch out 500 miles to a tank but I have to go 40mph the whole time.

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rtking

Agreed with MrHiggles. I drive 172 miles a day round trip, and my Hybrid gives me nearly 700 miles per tankful.

In terms of performance, the hybrid (at 7.1 seconds 0-60) is faster than the 2.5 liter non-hybrid Altima. And having the hybrid batteries in the back, better balanced. I have lowered my hybrid with Eibach springs and installed a Stillen rear sway bar, and the hybrid handles canyon roads and sweeping freeway onramps well.

No reason to respond to the "man card" comment originally posted above as it is baseless. If I want to go fast, I have a Mustang for that purpose.

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MrHiggles

If someone wants to throw out the man card. U can do that to a pink altima with flower rims. BUT if that pink/flower rim altima has a LS9 swap...Im going to call it genius.

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gameguru1360

the hybrid only comes in the sedan model?? that would make sense

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dev1983

I just bought one last week fully loaded. I still own my g35 coupe, but premium fuel and long daily commute was killing my wallet at the pump. Now I get 34 mpg compared to 19. Its not the slow of a car, just got to get used to the power transfer from EV mode to gasoline engine.

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Enzo

I'm going to apologize ahead of time if bringing this thread back is a problem, being that it is older.

The Altima Hybrid is far from lacking in performance, as most of us have already stated above. I will just further agree with everybody here. From personal experience driving too and from school and work, and driving it in a defensive driving class. In the end, we were able to go for Autocross racing. I did try it a few times. I believe that the Altima hybrid was as good as any other car out there on the track, despite it being bone stock. My instructor in my car was telling me how impressed he was that the car was able to pull off the maneuvers as well as it did. (He said that my car was comparable, handling wise, to that of a BMW, but I don't know if I would agree with that. I've never driven a BMW.) Regardless, the car has a more sporty suspension than that of the regular 2.5 and 2.5S, but less than that of the 3.5 series. While racing in the autocross, I managed to pull off a solid range of 27-29 mpg.

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black05alti

All the Altimas have the same suspension except maybe the 3.5sr
And BMWs definitely handle better (I get to whip my buddies 330ci around all the time)
Awesome MPGs though

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