1995 Nissan Micra LX review from Australia and New Zealand
"Great cheap powerful little car!! Cheap fuel = save money!!!"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Left front light didn't work at purchase, replaced for $12.
Speedometer needle got sticky when parked under the sun for 5 minutes, it just wouldn't go back to 0km/h. I took the panel out and put some WD40 at the spring, it works fine now.
Two panel's back lights blew and replaced for $3
The gear shifter spring was broken, wouldn't go back to the middle. I fixed it myself.
No other problem has been found so far, since I've had the car for less than 3 weeks.
General comments?
This is my first car and I'm very happy with it. It uses very little fuel compare with my friend's V6 Magna, his car uses double the fuel than mine =) 33L ran 550km
I don't have much experience with cars, but with its 1.3L engine I don't feel bad at all, the engine is more powerful than I thought a 1.3L would be. It can accelerate pretty fast to 60km/h if you want to.
Cornering is much better than my friend's Magna due the the light weight of this car. Lack of power-steering is not a problem at all because of this super light little car ;)
The boot is pretty big if you flip the back seat over, much bigger than I thought =p
Doors are huge too!!
I'll try to do some distance travel later when my study get less busy and see how this little lady will go.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1995 |
| Year of manufacture | 1995 |
| First year of ownership | 2009 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2009 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.3L Manual |
| Performance marks | 8 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 9 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 165950 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 166637 kilometres |
| Date of Entry | 25th April, 2009 |