LOL Wes - well, I could have chosen from six Altima's in the local area - white, black, dark blue (almost black), slate (almost black).

BORING! If I'm going to drive a car for 10 plus years (and you can do that with a Nissan if you take care of it), I'm going to drive a car that I LOVE!

Was looking at some other makes and models, and honestly, the Altima was the most expensive choice. However, my smart father told me to go to the library last night and check out the Consumer Reports reliability reports on all the makes and models I was considering. I had pretty much ruled out Altima when I had left there, just based on pricing.

Pretty eye opening exercise quite frankly. My family has always been a Nissan family, and after doing that exercise, it made my decision a no brainer - top scores in customer satisfaction, reliability, best bet buy, and low incidence of repairs, on top of my insurance premiums going up LESS for this car than all the others (yes - even called the insurance company to get quotes on rates), even cars that I could have driven off for several thousand less.

Happy with my decision, and can't wait to get her on Friday!