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- A field in England
I've bought yet another car this week, and here it is.
Say hello to my 1997 Nissan Micra. Oh, it gets better. She's got a 1 litre, CVT automatic!
So, why have I bought a milk carton? Well, I didn't. The previous owners didn't want to see this old girl scrapped, and what with scrap value locally being around £40 a tonne (and the Micra isn't even a tonne at 820kg), it wasn't even worth scrapping. Their neighbour happens to know me and suggested I take it on, and I figured why not?
So, she's got 76,000 miles, two bald tyres, sills already patched and she needs a service, for which the previous owners already had the parts lying around. So at the reasonable price of zero pounds I could hardly say no.
I got insurance for a day, taxed her for a month and drove her away, and honestly I was quite impressed. Very comfy, buttery smooth, the CVT doesn't drone like their reputation suggests, and goes much faster than a 52BHP automatic has any right to.
Must admit it looks like bollocks though.
Those are the only photos I've taken so far, but I have a few plans for this little car, besides an MOT, service, two tyres and a clean. Being free, this car (assuming Shaun doesn't find anything major to fix) gives me scope to actually put some money into non-essential things to liven the old girl up.
So... more coming soon!
![yplyQaVl.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FyplyQaVl.jpg&hash=f5f46a243ca93b010457187becfac226)
Say hello to my 1997 Nissan Micra. Oh, it gets better. She's got a 1 litre, CVT automatic!
So, why have I bought a milk carton? Well, I didn't. The previous owners didn't want to see this old girl scrapped, and what with scrap value locally being around £40 a tonne (and the Micra isn't even a tonne at 820kg), it wasn't even worth scrapping. Their neighbour happens to know me and suggested I take it on, and I figured why not?
So, she's got 76,000 miles, two bald tyres, sills already patched and she needs a service, for which the previous owners already had the parts lying around. So at the reasonable price of zero pounds I could hardly say no.
I got insurance for a day, taxed her for a month and drove her away, and honestly I was quite impressed. Very comfy, buttery smooth, the CVT doesn't drone like their reputation suggests, and goes much faster than a 52BHP automatic has any right to.
Must admit it looks like bollocks though.
![jw9RkL9l.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fjw9RkL9l.jpg&hash=a3cfea3ca40780ebd4691f4e47f758ea)
![JpxTz0il.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FJpxTz0il.jpg&hash=60e021d613bd16319d159b28afd56f55)
Those are the only photos I've taken so far, but I have a few plans for this little car, besides an MOT, service, two tyres and a clean. Being free, this car (assuming Shaun doesn't find anything major to fix) gives me scope to actually put some money into non-essential things to liven the old girl up.
So... more coming soon!