come on, Nissan!!!

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Yesterday, my dad purchased a brand new Nissan Altima 3.5SL sedan. (U.S. spec.) Both of us did not realize that it came with a lousy in-dash single CD player:( I find it deplorable that for a car that costs about $30,000, there's no 6 disc CD player!!! Can someone explain?
 
Did you not look inside the car before you bought it or something?
 
Doesn't it have an USB or aux port build in? CD changers are so late 90's.
 
Old school means you buy a brand new car without actually asking what comes with it? I don't understand what do you expect for help.
 
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CDs aren't nearly as popular as they were, so CD changers as a feature in a car wouldn't see enough use to be worth installing, is my guess.


You're dad might be old school, but some people being "old school" isn't enough to convince the car companies to stay that way. Most cars now don't even really go out of their way to mention they even have a CD player(Almost all of them do, it's just not a thing to brag about). Bluetooth, USB, and SD cards are a lot more of a selling point than a disc changer now.
 
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Your dad isn't old school if he was buying a Altima. He'd be old school if he was looking at, say, a Dodge Monaco.
 
Although your Dad's Nissan didn't come with an in-dash 6-disc CD player, at least the factory radio has an aux port. I know you said your Dad was old school but maybe you should consider talking to him about getting an iPod.
 
My dad was thrilled when he found out he could play music on his cell phone through his radio with an auxiliary cord. I bet your dad would be pleased.
 
paracefan2002
Yesterday, my dad purchased a brand new Nissan Altima 3.5SL sedan. (U.S. spec.) Both of us did not realize that it came with a lousy in-dash single CD player:( I find it deplorable that for a car that costs about $30,000, there's no 6 disc CD player!!! Can someone explain?
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Yes, easily.

Nissan chose not to specify an expensive multi-disc changer for the outdated CD format on a cheap family car as standard - reasoning anyone who wanted it would have the good sense to look at the spec sheet and tick the box before blowing wads of cash on a new car. Meanwhile they could sell the car without the changer for less money and make better margins. They probably included a USB or Aux input for people who live in this century as standard (much cheaper part)

Your dad chose not to option it (I assume this is what you were trying to explain with "old school" - which begs the question why he bought a 2013 car) and didn't pay for it, so the car doesn't come with it.
 
I just checked their site, the only thing it says about the radio is that it's a 9-speaker Bose system standard. But I agree with Famine, although I wouldn't call a $30k+ car cheap.
 
Famine
They probably included a USB or Aux input for people who live in this century as standard (much cheaper part)
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dcgc5
CD's are basically obsolete...
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Personally I don't understand why so many people want a wire hanging out of the stereo, or some mp3 player or phone rattling about.
 
CD's are outdated? Damn, and here I am still using cassette tapes. I'd love to have a CD player in my truck, who cares how many discs it can hold! :)
 
peobryant
CD's are outdated? Damn, and here I am still using cassette tapes. I'd love to have a CD player in my truck, who cares how many discs it can hold! :)
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I prefer cassettes amongst most forms of media. They may be compressed but I love them same as vinyl.
 
Wolfe
Personally I don't understand why so many people want a wire hanging out of the stereo, or some mp3 player or phone rattling about.
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Because you can set the MP3 player somewhere it won't rattle, and it's not like you're going to trip over the cord. That, and the MP3 player can potentially hold, sort, and play much more music than every CD in a 6 disc changer combined. And it'll do all that while allowing you to skip to any song on the entire thing with a couple clicks. That said, there are also the bluetooth, SD, or Flash drive options that are pretty common in newer cars, as well.
 
paracefan2002
my dad is old school! thanks for the positive and helpful comments, NOT!!
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TBH what do you expect from anyone on this forum? Even if someone on here was a rep from Nissan, they wouldn't tell you anything other than to pay more attention when buying a car.

Get a after market deck that has all the options you want?
 
Personally I don't understand why so many people want a wire hanging out of the stereo, or some mp3 player or phone rattling about.[/QUOTE]

a lot of them are rooted through the armrest storage or glove box. .this way you cant see them alot of the time anyway.
 
Idk what you us to say, your dad should have known to check the CD player. Plus, I can't remember the last time I used my CD player. The majority of the world now uses Bluetooth, and iPods to listen to music in our cars, and the radio as well.
 
When I think "old school" I think of people who actually read the Terms and Conditions of computer software, not this.
 
Slashfan
I prefer cassettes amongst most forms of media. They may be compressed but I love them same as vinyl.
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I'd have a CD player in my truck if all the aftermarket ones didn't look so awful. They are all much to flashy for an almost 22 year old diesel Dodge but if I found one that looked similar to my stock unit I'd swap in a heartbeat. I don't dislike cassette tapes by any means but I have a larger CD collection (though I have all Led Zeppelin's work on tape, that is all that really matters) and I'd definitely make use of it.
 
Some cars no longer even have CD players, just AUX ports and Bluetooth (along with FM/AM/XM).
 
Does it have Bluetooth? If so, and he doesn't have a smartphone, get him an iPod touch and he can just stream several hours' worth of audio.

As for CDs, I've never really cared for CD changers and usually found the single disc units worker better.
 
paracefan2002
Yesterday, my dad purchased a brand new Nissan Altima 3.5SL sedan. (U.S. spec.) Both of us did not realize that it came with a lousy in-dash single CD player:( I find it deplorable that for a car that costs about $30,000, there's no 6 disc CD player!!! Can someone explain?
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paracefan2002
my dad is old school! thanks for the positive and helpful comments, NOT!!
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Hate to say it but you only hurt yourself by coming in here and acting like a naive victim without much common sense. As the owner of a brand new 2013 Nissan Sentra SV which cost 8k less than what you say, it has everything in it for digital play (usb hook up/AUX setup) and for a few more dollars I could have got satellite radio as well. It comes with a single CD player set up as well, the only groups I see trying to pass that as something amazing is Dodge and Chevy. When people think of this modern era they think of how to play their Ipod or Phone, not the box of CDs the lug around in their trunk.

Nissan makes a good car, and if you hate the inside of a Nissan you would have really ranted over what Toyota calls an interior. Also in my experience I have had more 6 change CD players fail on me than work. From the list of cars I've owner or partial owned that had failed 6 change CD players: 2007 Ford Taurus, 2007 Toyota Tacoma and my Father's Dodge Ram 2500.
 
Agreed on multi-disk changers, they have a far greater tendency to fail due to jammed CDs (sometimes through the fault of the owner, sometimes not). And they're quite pricey when the warranty runs out...
 
Pupik
Agreed on multi-disk changers, they have a far greater tendency to fail due to jammed CDs (sometimes through the fault of the owner, sometimes not). And they're quite pricey when the warranty runs out...
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That's basically what happened with the Taurus, the previous owner never used it and when we got it. I tried it once and a CD got stuck and it never worked after, thus the loss of a $10 disc out weight that of a few hundred dollar repair to get it back.
 

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