sad.. nissan is supposed to be one of the "BIG 3" in quality import vehicles along with toyota and honda.. i don't think we are completely alone because my girlfriend has a 2003 toyota corolla with hella paint chips all over her hood. My mom has a 2003 altima, even her paint is terrible, so far the best paint i've seen on a nissan was on my dad's 2004 Nissan Maxima.. his paint is that of complete perfection. On a lighter note, i bought my spec v with 13 miles on it, I got it and the same day I went to go pick it up that evening, whats great is the salesman guy was pulling my car up to me and my mom and my dad, they had just got done detailing it, it looked so great, so he pulls up right , and he parks sorta close to a pole, opens up my door realaly hard and WHAM! we all hear it i go look by the door and theres a fu(k1ng huge ding in my door with red paint from the pole.. he's like "oh sorry bud! well here's your brand new car!" .. got luck?