Nissan QX SE

~ ~ I suppose the sad day had to eventually come! The ‘mad cabbie’ has had to part company with his much loved Nissan Bluebird Executive, (circa 1990) which has served him so well as his taxi since it was purchased for only £1500 (Sterling) in August, 1999. A major disagreement with a large lorry, who’s driver decided he liked the look of my lane much more than his own, left the car needing more repairs to the bodywork than its overall value. Mind you, I picked up a fair few Euro in compensation from the haulage company, and still managed to sell on the old Bluebird for €500 to a young lad who is going to undertake his own repairs. In fact, I ...

Like so many other people, the QX wasn`t on my list of desirable cars. Come to think of it, I didn`t really know it existed..... We ended up with ours by default, as we had a problem getting a good price for our previous car, a Rover 200 auto on a Q plate. Yes, all the stories you have heard about Q plates are true. We had to change cars because of my wifes hip problem, as the seats in the Rover just weren`t up to the comfort standards. Try as we might, no-one would give us a decent price for the car. Nothing at all wrong with it, just the Q.... In the end, we went back to our Nissan dealer, who sold us the Rover, and he said that he felt he`d have to help us. First ...

Ok, the basics first of all about why I bought one of these anonymous japanese thingies. I'd run Saabs for a few years thinking they were some of the best and most reliable long-distance cruisers on the planet (I do a lot of miles across Europe). But even they weren't as good as they were cracked up to be; niggling problems and pricey fixing costs. So I read all the reviews and decided that the QX must be worth a look because its obviously designed for the American market and the reviewers kept saying how well made it was. I found a 3.0 SEL with ALL the toys at a local Nissan dealer and was fairly impressed. It was fairly bland and uninspiring but I ...