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Nissan 200SX (1989-94) |
| Date: |
17/01/01 (194 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: price/reliability/perform ance
Disadvantages: not many
I love this car! I can't think of any other car that you could buy for £2000 that will accelerate to 60 mph in about 7 seconds and keep going to 145mph. I've used it daily for three years and it has never broken down in that time. I average between 25mpg (going for it) to 35mph(long motorway journeys). My insurance is £350 a year (31 yrs old/full ncd/medium risk area). I've found a good independant local garage and spend about £500 a year for servicing, tyres etc. My car has now done 135k and is 11 years old but despite all the warnings about turbo's exploding etc every major component is original and showing no signs of giving up yet.
Anyway now my wife isn't looking over my shoulder the juicy bits. I've had wheelspin in 1st, 2nd & 3rd gear when the roads are damp. I can beat most hot hatches away from the lights but I have had to change my trousers a few times when I've lost the back end in the wet (always quickly recovarable, thankfully). There is a small amount of turbo lag but when you hit 2800 revs it feels good!
This car is really a sport tourer. It hasn't quite got the handling abilities to make it an out and out sports car, but if you can stand the looks (good from the front and rear, a bit like a capri from the side) and can put up with the small rear seats, you can't go wrong.
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- 11/02/04 P.Sit sits on 17 inch alloys and has full all round lowered and uprated suspension which makes it handle like a train on tracks though I've found as with all cars on large alloys it breaks quickly at the limit but it's rotting - I bought it as a long term project but now have a hankering for a Sapphy Cosworth so am undecided whether to keep it and fix it or break it and sell the parts still nice to have the choice eh |
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- 11/02/04 I've recently aquired one of these creatures though to my everlasting regret mine has an auto box acceleration wise well i'd like to try the manual because the auto feels a fraction slower than my ol' 2.8 Capri and my (tuned) Cavy GSi would have it but there's no denying the punch when the turbo kicks in and they are bonny cars to look at |
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- 11/02/04 I've recently aquired one of these creatures though to my everlasting regret mine has an auto box acceleration wise well i'd like to try the manual because the auto feels a fraction slower than my ol' 2.8 Capri and my (tuned) Cavy GSi would have it but there's no denying the punch when the turbo kicks in and they are bonny cars to look at |
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