this one really floats my boat but must wait until mr two is sold
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/281025425.htm?ca=18_s
wifey thinks i am insane...
nissan micra
nissan micra
as some of you may be aware i have a micra fetish. ive been looking at them on interweb & have seen a few for sale including some diesels! ive seen that some ads refer to the cam chain being changed recently, is this a big job or can someone like me do it myself...
this one really floats my boat but must wait until mr two is sold
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/281025425.htm?ca=18_s
wifey thinks i am insane...
this one really floats my boat but must wait until mr two is sold
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/281025425.htm?ca=18_s
wifey thinks i am insane...
Re: nissan micra
We're going to be buying one soon, we need one for our son. Must be a 1-litre and manual, and under £1k if anybody knows of a good one for sale.
Rich - now clean up that keyboard, there's a good chap
Rich - now clean up that keyboard, there's a good chap
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
Re: nissan micra
auto... ebay isnt very helpfull
now i have a very sticky keyboard
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-MICRA- ... 4602df9fa3
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Micra- ... 3374a12b33
now i have a very sticky keyboard
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-MICRA- ... 4602df9fa3
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Micra- ... 3374a12b33
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Rich, I'm far too old to cope with all of this auto-eroticism. Please put health warnings on any future threads that you start about Micras. 
K10s are lovely things really, but the clutch in manuals is a little on the soft side and tends not to last very long. I once bought a perfect example on a B plate that had (it was 7 years old at the time) covered a mere 3000 miles since new, but had to fit a clutch kit before sending it on to the auction as the original one was slipping so badly that we couldn't get the thing over the eyes of the spec lift without pushing it.
Autos use a similar CVT to the one used in the MK2 Fiesta and various Fiats of the period, but unlike that unit, the Micra one tends not to need a reverse clutch every other week at many hundreds of pounds. CVT ones are also noticeably quicker and can be more economical than manuals because the engine's always in its torque band unless you use the low ratio hold switch which makes it possible to take on Audi TTs on motorway entry ramps.
Up to 60, then the Audi will vanish but that's hardly the point.
Rick, that red H plater looks absolutely bang on. These things are often without rust and that one kind of supports that belief, if you see one that needs welding, walk away unless it's ridiculously cheap as there are still plenty of untouched shells around in similarly immaculate condition.
Rich, that silver F plater looks good but given how rare it is that these show much in the way of rusty bits, I'd check very carefully that there's nothing crumbly about the sills. It's entirely possible that the two holes mentioned are really all there is wrong and the interior looks fine.
Were it not for that ugly tab burn in the back seat, I'd leap on the late model manual too. In fact sod it, just buy the thing! Nissan themselves will probably be able to provide a new cover for that side of the seat base or you could put a tartan rug over it. That's a cheap car by any standards.
...and could you pass me the keyboard cleaning stuff if there's any left after you've had a session on the Micras please.
K10s are lovely things really, but the clutch in manuals is a little on the soft side and tends not to last very long. I once bought a perfect example on a B plate that had (it was 7 years old at the time) covered a mere 3000 miles since new, but had to fit a clutch kit before sending it on to the auction as the original one was slipping so badly that we couldn't get the thing over the eyes of the spec lift without pushing it.
Autos use a similar CVT to the one used in the MK2 Fiesta and various Fiats of the period, but unlike that unit, the Micra one tends not to need a reverse clutch every other week at many hundreds of pounds. CVT ones are also noticeably quicker and can be more economical than manuals because the engine's always in its torque band unless you use the low ratio hold switch which makes it possible to take on Audi TTs on motorway entry ramps.
Up to 60, then the Audi will vanish but that's hardly the point.Rick, that red H plater looks absolutely bang on. These things are often without rust and that one kind of supports that belief, if you see one that needs welding, walk away unless it's ridiculously cheap as there are still plenty of untouched shells around in similarly immaculate condition.
Rich, that silver F plater looks good but given how rare it is that these show much in the way of rusty bits, I'd check very carefully that there's nothing crumbly about the sills. It's entirely possible that the two holes mentioned are really all there is wrong and the interior looks fine.
Were it not for that ugly tab burn in the back seat, I'd leap on the late model manual too. In fact sod it, just buy the thing! Nissan themselves will probably be able to provide a new cover for that side of the seat base or you could put a tartan rug over it. That's a cheap car by any standards.
...and could you pass me the keyboard cleaning stuff if there's any left after you've had a session on the Micras please.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: nissan micra
tartan rug, ill need a lie down...
what did you think of the french one jpb?
what did you think of the french one jpb?
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I was hoping you wouldn't ask but here goes.....
Rough as a badger's arse. Seriously, they're so incredibly cheap, even in really good condition that I don't think there's any need to blow 300 Yoyos on a "spares or something else" one.
I'd love to see it rescued but for less than twice as much, you'd find a nice one. That example, though it probably isn't completely dead yet, may be a money pit.
Is it close to where you stay? Go check it over if so.
Rough as a badger's arse. Seriously, they're so incredibly cheap, even in really good condition that I don't think there's any need to blow 300 Yoyos on a "spares or something else" one.
I'd love to see it rescued but for less than twice as much, you'd find a nice one. That example, though it probably isn't completely dead yet, may be a money pit.
Is it close to where you stay? Go check it over if so.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: nissan micra
Don't the deezil ones use the Peugeot 1.5 engine from the 106?
Good little engine that. I caned my Pug - had to to keep up with other traffic and still got 55mpg.
Good little engine that. I caned my Pug - had to to keep up with other traffic and still got 55mpg.
Re: nissan micra
have you bought one yet luxobarge??
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Re: nissan micra
Never seen or heard of a diesel K10 micra 
and i've killed hundreds of 'em
and i've killed hundreds of 'em