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[Ken T]

Nissan Micra 1.0 or 1.3 CVT. Bombproof, cheap on insurance, good on fuel   Or if she fancies a bit of 2 seat retro look...Nissan Figaro 1.0 Auto.

Early micra breaks timing chain due to being crap insufficient lubrication, Nissan blamed the owners for not changing the oil enough. 

Ken

[MaxV6]

my  mother in law had a micra,  suffice to say i'll be cold and dead and pushing up daisies before THAT happens again.


top budget is up to £700  , i've looked at every bloody polo and corsa i can find online,  ......

was mildly interested in that fiesta in bicester, till i got the insurance quote....  for some reason it's £400 a year more than a similarly specc'ed corsa.... 

[Vamps]

Are these electronic, tiptronic or what ever you want to call them classed as 'Auto' from a license point of view, i suspect they are not, as not classed as Auto...........

Pretty sure they are. I'll dig her V5 out when I remember, but I'm sure it just has aito as the gearbox. 

If there is no clutch pedal then they will be auto's, I suppose?

Was just a thought, often these do not come up as auto's on searching web sites, but guess 2 pedals is the thing...

[jyr001]

I think the Easytronic version of the Corsa is quite a recent model. I have an early (95 M plate) which has a conventional auto box with sport (and ice) mode. Very nice little cars and even though she's been pretty much left to sit for the past 8 or 9 years (since the school runs stopped) she'll still do 40mpg on a run when she gets the chance. Quite nippy too.

[cem_devecioglu]

Nissan Micra 1.0 or 1.3 CVT. Bombproof, cheap on insurance, good on fuel   Or if she fancies a bit of 2 seat retro look...Nissan Figaro 1.0 Auto.

Early micra breaks timing chain due to being crap insufficient lubrication, Nissan blamed the owners for not changing the oil enough. 

Ken

never heard of it (may be different models sold here ).. the only problem is at high rpms, Air condition goes off..

[aaronjb]

Nissan Micra 1.0 or 1.3 CVT. Bombproof, cheap on insurance, good on fuel   Or if she fancies a bit of 2 seat retro look...Nissan Figaro 1.0 Auto.

Early micra breaks timing chain due to being crap insufficient lubrication, Nissan blamed the owners for not changing the oil enough. 

Ken

never heard of it (may be different models sold here ).. the only problem is at high rpms, Air condition goes off..

I think Nissan may have always done that with the A/C - even the 300ZX twin turbo cuts the a/c compressor out at full throttle.. just so you can have every last horse to have fun with

Granted 'fun' doesn't really spring to mind when you say 'Micra' 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I think the Easytronic version of the Corsa is quite a recent model. I have an early (95 M plate) which has a conventional auto box with sport (and ice) mode. Very nice little cars and even though she's been pretty much left to sit for the past 8 or 9 years (since the school runs stopped) she'll still do 40mpg on a run when she gets the chance. Quite nippy too.

Corsa C onwards had the easitronic, no real mechancial or electrical issues with them but they are not the most refined and need the latest software (the ealier software on them is woeful!).

The Corsa B used the bulletproof proper auto but was only available on 1.4 upwards

[Marks DTM Calib]

Nissan Micra 1.0 or 1.3 CVT. Bombproof, cheap on insurance, good on fuel   Or if she fancies a bit of 2 seat retro look...Nissan Figaro 1.0 Auto.

Early micra breaks timing chain due to being crap insufficient lubrication, Nissan blamed the owners for not changing the oil enough. 

Ken

never heard of it (may be different models sold here ).. the only problem is at high rpms, Air condition goes off..

I think Nissan may have always done that with the A/C - even the 300ZX twin turbo cuts the a/c compressor out at full throttle.. just so you can have every last horse to have fun with

Granted 'fun' doesn't really spring to mind when you say 'Micra' 

Sound more like a design fault where the aircon over the refridgerant at high revs!

[aaronjb]

Sound more like a design fault where the aircon over the refridgerant at high revs!

Maybe on the Corsa, but not on the ZX.

[MaxV6]

i think you mean Micra Aaron.....   


still hunting......   where's good for auctions these days     (looked at WOMA, nothing coming thru of any interest)

[aaronjb]

i think you mean Micra Aaron.....   

Yup, I did. Not concentrating, clearly.

[Kevin Wood]

i think you mean Micra Aaron.....   

Yup, I did. Not concentrating, clearly.

It's that pair of incident in the car park earlier, isn't it?

[aaronjb]

i think you mean Micra Aaron.....   

Yup, I did. Not concentrating, clearly.

It's that pair of incident in the car park earlier, isn't it?

They were It was very distracting..

[Webby the Bear]

My mate's just bought a nice looking Saxo for about £500. Is in good nick. Low mileage.

I'd personally make her take her manual test then she can have a pick of what she wants.

I guess, although I don't know, that finding an auto that fits the bill may become tedious. Just my initial thoughts though 

[MaxV6]

it's already tedious.....


keep seeing ones just out of the price bracket,  or on the other side of the world....     adding 3 figure costs to go fetch it sight unseen....

hoping she'll be patient.... and not rush off and buy something without me....    if it gets near the end of the month i'll be able to double the budget.....    which will make it a helluva lot easier.... 

(bearing in mind there's the insurance to deal with.... Admiral have given me a good quote to put my mig and the new rollerskate on a multi-car, multi-driver policy.....  where she'll earn the NCD for the rollerskate, and i'll keep mine.....   )

£386 for the year on my 3.2 mv6 , and  between £1190 and £1290 for a corsa (1.4 auto oddly is cheaper than 1.2 auto to insure? )

saw a nice little cdx 1.4 , but for some reason that quotes at £1650 for insurance....