OptionZero

Hi guys,

New poster here. I am in the process of selling my 240sx, and decided to take a test drive on a 2016 Nismo today. I took a black 2016 Nismo Tech out at Future Nissan in Roseville, California.

It took a while to get used to that rear visibility (never had a hatch before), but i was surprised at the ride quality for the car marketed as track oriented ride. I am pretty sure I could do a 2 hr drive in it without feeling too worn out. Good acceleration, good interior fitment. Recaros were awesome, although I could stand to lose some weight.

A few observations:
Why the **** is it so hard to get a 6MT, non-Tech Nismo? Fiddling around with various Nissan websites, there are maybe a dozen available, if not less, and only a couple in pearl white.

The dealer had a black 6MT and a used 2015 automatic, that's it. They said they could find a white, non-tech 6MT for me from a "far away dealer" but told me the dealer price was around $44,800 - well above the $41,990 on the factory spec sheet they showed me.

The justification was:
- $390 for pearl white, which was an extra cost option. What the ****? Pearl white is the color the car's been advertised in for virtually every brochure and commercial! It should be a standard no-cost option. The dealership said it was due to special coating or some nonsense. Ridiculous.
- $895 destination. Whatever
- a few hundred more for Nismo floormats what what not, that i didn't care about.

After some hemming and hawing they came up with $43,700 with $10k down and 2.99% APR.
Oh, and they promised the clutch slave cylinder would be covered by a 5Y/60k mile warrantee (i made SURE to talk to the service manager about that, who said he owned a 2015 Nismo and NEVER had to swap one out).

Given that I wanted a very specific car (non-tech, 6MT, pearl white), is that in the ballpark of what you guys are seeing, at least in California?

I'm gonna play with finances and see if i can get better rate elsewhere from a credit union or something. My credit rating is well over 740, and i own my home with a stable job.

EDIT:
I specifically asked about the October 0.0% APR financing and was told that it did not apply to 2016 Nismos, only 2015 Nismos (which were unavailable). Sounded suspect, although I understand the special deal not working on limited models.