It's actually the wife's...the lease on her Pathfinder was going to be up in a couple of months, so we went down Saturday to look at options. Either buy out the lease or lease something new. Buying out the lease or leasing a new Pathfinder would have put us in the $400+ per month payment (the existing lease on the '15 Pathfinder was $278/month) and we didn't want to go up that much in monthly payments. So we looked at something a little bit on the smaller side and decided on the Rogue. Now that we only have 2 giant dogs instead of 3, didn't need quite as much room for animal transport either
Amazing what happens when you go into a dealership on the last weekend of the month and you're the first customer of the day. The Rogues we looked at were all fully loaded, it was crazy what they all have now. And at first, even the numbers on the Rogue were going to be more than we really wanted to spend. So, after taking up plenty of the salesperson's time, we were about to walk because we told him that we needed to go discuss things. Then he said, okay, what if I can get a deal with no money down and the lease payment under $300/month? We both said 'done' with a laugh. And guess what? They were able to do the deal even though prior to that he wanted money down and a payment in the $340/month range on a 3 year lease. Then, they didn't have the first color that she wanted, but they had a black one which she said was okay. That one had even MORE options on it than the first one we looked at. Still didn't change the deal we got. Just hold out and those bastards will agree to almost anything.
It probably helps that now we've gotten 4 vehicles from that same dealer now.
The Rogue she got has all the bells and whistles you can imagine and then some. Pretty happy with the deal. Little smaller vehicle, but didn't really need the full sized Pathfinder anymore. So even though it took the better part of our Saturday, it worked out well.