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My previous car: Tornado Grey N16 E
My next car: Red GTi
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Well, I finally bit the bullet and decided to dump my much loved but troubled 1.5 2000 W-reg N16 Almera rather than throw good money at getting it fixed-up enough to sell.
However, you don't get rid of me that easily.. I picked up a 1.8 2001 51-reg N16 Almera Sport yesterday.
Basically it's exactly the same as the last one (yup, even the colour - basically I'm just too lazy to change my sig), but in better condition, with a bigger engine and all the little extras that come with the Sport version (foglamps, spoiler, colour-coded electric mirrors, air-con, ABS, twin airbags, 15" alloys, keyless entry, CD player and best of all no bloody swirl-control-valve-solenoid-circuit, botched paint-job or weird whistling noises, etc etc).
Only 23,000 miles on the clock, full Nissan service history, serviced and MOT'd last month, tax 'till march, new front discs, pads and tyres, one elderly, non-smoking lady owner. £4000 from Arnold Clark, Motherwell (delivered to Edinburgh for free). £350 a year to insure through Adrian Flux, fully comp.
Interior and engine bay are pristine, alloys have minimal kerbing, bodywork has a few tiny touch-ups and scratches but no door-dings or stone chips. There's been a pretty horrible patch-up done on a hole in the rear bumper but I just happen to know where to get a direct replacement for nowt. All electrics working and it runs beautifully.
Sooo.. had a busy day today transferring stuff from the old car to the new one..
Swapped over the rear bumper, the clear side indicators (different bulb holders so swapped them too), my 17" alloys, all the uprated bulbs, all the wipers, the gear knob, stereo and so-on plus all the little extras like floor mats and customised cubby-holes. Also de-stickered and washed the new one.
Bloody knackered and the detour to kwik-fit to get yet another nail removed from my brand new 17" tyres didn't help.
Only complaints are that someone or something put a 10" crack in the passenger side of the windscreen half an hour before I picked it up (getting fixed for free on Tues) and it looks like it's on stilts because I'd be cheaper getting new Eibach's fitted than getting the old ones swapped over. (I'll get that done ASAP, though, once I've finally convinced myself that coilovers are an unnecessary luxury).
Pics tomorrow if I can grab some (too dark here now) but like I say it's just like my old one but with fogs, CC'd mirrors and one of the low-profile spoilers.
Only had it a day and I love it already.
My previous car: Tornado Grey N16 E
My next car: Red GTi
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Well, I finally bit the bullet and decided to dump my much loved but troubled 1.5 2000 W-reg N16 Almera rather than throw good money at getting it fixed-up enough to sell.
However, you don't get rid of me that easily.. I picked up a 1.8 2001 51-reg N16 Almera Sport yesterday.
Basically it's exactly the same as the last one (yup, even the colour - basically I'm just too lazy to change my sig), but in better condition, with a bigger engine and all the little extras that come with the Sport version (foglamps, spoiler, colour-coded electric mirrors, air-con, ABS, twin airbags, 15" alloys, keyless entry, CD player and best of all no bloody swirl-control-valve-solenoid-circuit, botched paint-job or weird whistling noises, etc etc).
Only 23,000 miles on the clock, full Nissan service history, serviced and MOT'd last month, tax 'till march, new front discs, pads and tyres, one elderly, non-smoking lady owner. £4000 from Arnold Clark, Motherwell (delivered to Edinburgh for free). £350 a year to insure through Adrian Flux, fully comp.
Interior and engine bay are pristine, alloys have minimal kerbing, bodywork has a few tiny touch-ups and scratches but no door-dings or stone chips. There's been a pretty horrible patch-up done on a hole in the rear bumper but I just happen to know where to get a direct replacement for nowt. All electrics working and it runs beautifully.
Sooo.. had a busy day today transferring stuff from the old car to the new one..
Swapped over the rear bumper, the clear side indicators (different bulb holders so swapped them too), my 17" alloys, all the uprated bulbs, all the wipers, the gear knob, stereo and so-on plus all the little extras like floor mats and customised cubby-holes. Also de-stickered and washed the new one.
Bloody knackered and the detour to kwik-fit to get yet another nail removed from my brand new 17" tyres didn't help.
Only complaints are that someone or something put a 10" crack in the passenger side of the windscreen half an hour before I picked it up (getting fixed for free on Tues) and it looks like it's on stilts because I'd be cheaper getting new Eibach's fitted than getting the old ones swapped over. (I'll get that done ASAP, though, once I've finally convinced myself that coilovers are an unnecessary luxury).
Pics tomorrow if I can grab some (too dark here now) but like I say it's just like my old one but with fogs, CC'd mirrors and one of the low-profile spoilers.
Only had it a day and I love it already.
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