1992 Nissan Micra L review from UK and Ireland

In 6 years of owning this car it has only broken down once, and that was a year ago when the original battery (which was 13 years old!) finally gave up the ghost.

The only repeat problem with it is the wiper blades - it does tend to need a new set every year as they tear pretty easily.

This isn't the most exciting car on the road, but, after 6 years of fairly high mileage running for a car of it's age, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this model of micra. It's been extremely economical to run and only ever failed it's MOT once (because I it had a scratched window screen). If you service these little motors twice a year I swear they will run longer than almost any other comparable small car! It's fairly nippy and quick out of a junction, and handles pretty well on lanes and around the town. It's clearly not really built for the motorway and does rattle rather a lot at speed, but that said it quite happily chews up the miles from Manchester to Oxford at a steady 70-80 miles an hour, and as I have a 5 gear model is pretty responsive on the open road. It's also much pretty comfortable over long distances too.