Flyers!

Pcad, I (my wife) purchased the 3i touring it is the loaded sedan with the 2.0 engine 24/33 mpg I liked the hatch with the 2.5, but she commutes 45ish miles each way and doesn't care too much about engine HP (thought even she didn't like the sluggish sentra)

It really is head and shoulders above the rest of the compact (these are actually pretty big they would have been midsize sedans 10 years ago)/economy car segment. tons of features standard and the touring is filled to the gills. We tried out the honda insight, nissan sentra, ford focus, VW jetta etc. The jetta was very nice inside, but more expensive and not at 0% financing the rest just felt cheap.

Thank God my credit is good. At one point I had not devloped enough credit and was quoted a 8.9% car loan through honda. 2 years later and my lowest of the 3 scores is 767. I can't imagine how living with crappy credit is. It just keeps you in a hole.