Right weekend ive had !! theres a good side to it :)

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:29 pm

over the weekend.. my car decided to die on me, yep, head gasket !!

so ive bought a nissan micra 1.3 as a run around untill the cars fixed, Â£295 i payed, mot`d till nov , and bout a wks tax..

So cant wait for the leg room in the rover again.. hehehe

zozzie_9t9 · Post by **zozzie_9t9** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:28 pm

So where's the good side?

Post by **Cableguy** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:33 pm

Hmmm repair headgasket = Â£70

Buy new car with no leg room and get a free image of a girl or a gay = Â£295

No brainer tbh.

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:43 pm

the good side is ive got transport for work !!

i dont get payed till next month, so there you go, and i dnt care what people think about micra`s its a cheap run around... untill the rovers fixed.
i work about 60 miles away, what would you rather do, walk or get public transport, or get a run around !!

zozzie_9t9 · Post by **zozzie_9t9** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:55 pm

Ant 05 wrote:what would you rather do

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-ROVER-200-VI ... 0105584303

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1995-ROVER-620-I- ... 0107849149

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:10 pm

thats all i could get on sat...

clarkie · Post by **clarkie** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:13 pm

mate if you would have phoned me we could have taken a trip to the auction and got yu an ex police car for that sage and onion paxo much...lol.. i onyl payed 350 for my sei full mot and 5 months tax.. sod payin that much for a micra of all things.. there was just a perfectly good car for sale on here yesterday for 300.

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:15 pm

just been re-connected on net.

rover220 · Post by **rover220** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:15 pm

and only a weeks tax so youll be spending on it very soon

Luke214SLi · Post by **Luke214SLi** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:08 pm

Â£210 for a 620? mmmmmmmmmm.....wouldn't have minded that! lol

So that would be Â£350 spent on the Micra this month? lol

Just have to ask....will you be fitting cup holders in that?

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:55 pm

yeah i will

i cant aford the insurance on a 618 etc..

ill be finishing off the cup holders for the rover, as i broke them..lol

need a new console.

Post by **Punx0r** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:13 pm

6 months tax on a micra isn't going to be much. At Â£350 you sould get your money back selling it on (little cars are always in demand). A runaround is a runaround at the end of the day. Look what squaddie was driving

zozzie_9t9 · Post by **zozzie_9t9** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:35 pm

Ant 05 wrote: i cant aford the insurance on a 618 etc

Saving for the wedding?!

618ireland · Post by **618ireland** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:19 pm

In fairness if you need a car quick a Micra isn't a bad buy, as mentioned above Ant will be able to shift it on quick enough when he wants to. Should make most of his Â£Â£Â£ back. Saturday is dangerously close to Sunday so I wouldn't blame anyone for their choice under pressure.

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:41 am

well spoken.

wedding wont be for another 2yrs..lol

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:52 am

Talking of Micras, I saw a 160R the other day. Due to the size and the power I bet it shifts.

Luke214SLi · Post by **Luke214SLi** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:53 am

a friend of mine had a G plate micra 1.0, had some fun with that car! handled like a jelly tank, and also went like one! But he paid about Â£50 for it, spent Â£150 on its MOT and tax when they were due, and sold it for Â£260 i think...he made a years free motoring anyway!

Shame the same doesn't apply to rusted fiestas really........could have done with making some money on it........

sharky · Post by **sharky** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:16 am

micra's are good cars... will probably outlast any rover on here in terms of engine reliability.

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:42 am

i got it cheap becuase i know the trader who was selling it,
its got a dent on the pass side, behind the pass door, and theres no rear wiper arm.

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:56 pm

sharky wrote:micra's are good cars... will probably outlast any rover on here in terms of engine reliability.

See two posts above yours

I'd like to see a 1.0 micro engine do 300k miles... Besides, not exactly high performance engine like a T16 turbo are they

MickUK · Post by **MickUK** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:50 pm

Ant 05 wrote:well spoken.

wedding wont be for another 2yrs..lol

Trust me, start saving NOW!!

Post by **Cableguy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:04 pm

Ant 05 wrote:well spoken.

wedding wont be for another 2yrs..lol

She needs medals

bjrespect · Post by **bjrespect** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:40 pm

Cableguy wrote:Hmmm repair headgasket = Â£70

Buy new car with no leg room and get a free image of a girl or a gay = Â£295

No brainer tbh.

lol

nathan 25 · Post by **nathan 25** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:54 pm

they are good mine gets me to work while im doing my turbo conversion, its currently being sprayed, but werent there some one on a jap forum or magasine that mounted a rb26 skyline engine in one for 1/4 miles? ill try n find it im sure it was a red p reg, totally stripped n a space frame iirc, nathan

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:43 pm

BlueRover wrote:Talking of Micras, I saw a 160R the other day. Due to the size and the power I bet it shifts.

108bhp - yeah I bet it's a right rocket

the "160" means it's a 1.6

Post by **Punx0r** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:18 pm

Drop 200cc and it'll be in 15 year old 214 territory!

Bikernut · Post by **Bikernut** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:41 pm

Bloody good cars Micra`s.
OK there a bit Noddy but sooo cheap to run and reliable.
And the room inside is deceptive,Even for me 6ft 2,the driving position is fine.
Although tbh i do feel a bit self conscious in it (my bike has a bigger engine) and it will be up for sale shortly.

Post by **IrishRover** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:12 pm

618ireland wrote:In fairness if you need a car quick a Micra isn't a bad buy, as mentioned above Ant will be able to shift it on quick enough when he wants to. Should make most of his Â£Â£Â£ back. Saturday is dangerously close to Sunday so I wouldn't blame anyone for their choice under pressure.

sharky wrote:micra's are good cars... will probably outlast any rover on here in terms of engine reliability.

Exactly lads.

Any of you who think he would have been better off buying a 214 need to get real. Rovers are worth fk all and no bugger wants them. Chances are the Micra is a lot less likely to give him any trouble, all things being equal. I say this as a Rover enthusiast. I don't like the Micra, and would feel very embarassed driving it (but that's only cos I care too much about what other people think!). He found transport when he needed it quickly, that's all it is. He'll get his money back on the Micra no bother, maybe even make a profit on it if he's in no rush to sell. You can't give K series engined Rovers away here.

Post by **SubCat001** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:55 pm

IrishRover wrote:
618ireland wrote:In fairness if you need a car quick a Micra isn't a bad buy, as mentioned above Ant will be able to shift it on quick enough when he wants to. Should make most of his Â£Â£Â£ back. Saturday is dangerously close to Sunday so I wouldn't blame anyone for their choice under pressure.

sharky wrote:micra's are good cars... will probably outlast any rover on here in terms of engine reliability.
Exactly lads.

Any of you who think he would have been better off buying a 214 need to get real. Rovers are worth fk all and no bugger wants them. Chances are the Micra is a lot less likely to give him any trouble, all things being equal. I say this as a Rover enthusiast. I don't like the Micra, and would feel very embarassed driving it (but that's only cos I care too much about what other people think!). He found transport when he needed it quickly, that's all it is. He'll get his money back on the Micra no bother, maybe even make a profit on it if he's in no rush to sell. You can't give K series engined Rovers away here.

Another vote for the Mircra lol. Yes you could have bought a cheaper Rover., but its a short term car that was needed quickly. I doubt it will miss a beat and he will probably get something back for it when it comes to selling.

You guys give him far to much stick