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Veero
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Right, I can no longer continue to justify spending £55 a week on petrol.
I drive 65 miles a day and frequently to Southampton and back in a weekend so I am doing huuuge mileage at the moment. Don't get me wrong, the car is fantastic, reliable (in fact I have been nothing short of impressed by the reliability of it), comfy, looks great etc etc but the dreaded is finally happening and I am losing my fun factor from driving and it is just becoming mundane.
So what I plan to do is this:
1- Fix and MOT my 205 Mi16
2- Sell the Almera at the beginning of/mid June
3- Get a season train ticket to work (only drive to work occasionally, and only drive at weekends and evenings)
4- Spend all that money I have saved on petrol/insurance/repair costs to the car, on a holiday.
My 205 is a group 12 and the Mera is a group 14 car so would save a lot on insurance. Also dropping from an unlimited to a limited mileage policy (7000 miles/year should cover it) will save me a couple hundred.
Or alternatively get a turbo diesel, which would be a lot cheaper to insure and get fuel for...
Anyway. I bought my car in October with 12 months MOT and 99800 miles on it and a stack of reciepts. Since then I have done around 11,000 miles, religiously oil (10w 40 semi synthetic) and filter (always from ALS, Jap specialists) changing every 3000 miles. Just done a service, front pads, fuel filter, oil and filter again, checked fluids etc. Since the vast majority of my mileage is M5/A38 its all cruising at 75 so most components have had it easy. The car has never ever been ragged from cold (by me anyway). I always wait until the water temp guage has risen and remained settled for at least 5 minutes before it gets the loud pedal treatment.
The car itself is in good condition, whenever I have posted photos up I usually get quite a few nice comments. The spec is as follows:
S reg GTi. 111000 miles
17" BK multi spoke alloys, with a steelie as a spare within the last 2 months 4 new Uniroyal Rainsports @ £300 for 4, damn good tyres, locking wheel nuts. Minor kurbing on most wheels, nothing major. Curses to my narrow road!
4-2-1 header, standard CAT on the exhaust with a Powerflow backbox with 3" pipe. Sounds awesome, not chavtastically loud, fine when cruising at 3.5-4.5k revs, good roar when you put your foot down.
Lowered on drop springs (40mm I believe), brand new rear dampers.
Standard brakes (previous owner painted calipers goldish)
APEXi SAFCII air flow converter. Piggy back fuelling controller, good if you plan to fit a turbo later on, could fit a manifold, turbo and GTi-R pistons and the fuelling would just need configuring on this and away you go. On screen gauges for RPM/Bat voltage and airflow %age. All this is configurable. Receipt for purchase and installation £450.
Induction kit (unsure of brand), with a couple of homebrew cold air feed pipes.
Shortshifter, gears still very very tight and decisive.
SPARCO silver alloy pedal covers.
New plugs and leads bought by previous owner on sale to me(Hypercore competition leads IIRC).
Gold painted rocker cover with NISMO oil filler cap, gold lids on fluid bottle filler caps.
Tinted windows all round (except windscreen). Rear screen and rear sides are very dark tint 70% approx, front sides are light tint and sunroof galss is dark tinted as well.
Rear bootlid has had the wiper and lock smoothed over.
Factory Nissan headlamp protectors, O/S headlamp has got a cracked lens though (how I am not entirely sure...). Headlights fitted with Halfords rally bright bulbs, little bit brighter than standard, slightly wider beam pattern.
Engine wise it's all good. No oil buring, no leaks, usual SR20 rattle on startup which immediately goes away (oil tensioner). Engine pulls strongly, revs to 7k freely.
Paintwork. Overall the paint work is in good condition. There's a few small blemishes but a good Meguiars NXT wax brings it shiny again. Small bubble patches on N/S/F arch, drivers door and O/S/R arch. Bodykit is in great condition back and sides, front bumper/splitter has some stone chips as to be expected with this mileage. Oh and it's black by the way.
Interior is as standard apart from aftermarket gear knob and SAFC by ashtray. Nissan rear setbelt pads. All in good condition, seats are almost pristine, no rips, tears/ cig burns (I won't let people smoke in the car). I believe it has been cared for quite well by previous owners, certianly religiously by me, washed usually every 14 days sometimes 21 days, waxed every other wash.
Fully working factory NATS alarm/immob. Definately works, washed the car once with it armed and threw a bucket of water over it and the alarm went off, scared the bejesus out of me. 3 fobs in total, 2 slave and 1 master fob.
AIWA stereo, not an amazing piece of kit but does the job. Unknown front speakers but Sony 6x9s in the parcel shelf.
All electrics work, washer pump/hose and wirig still present for rear wiper (if you squirt the back window the washer fluid comes out) if you want to fit one at a later date.
Bascially I am after about £1850 for it. I know there's cheaper ones around but Im not in a hurry yet so can wait. It's a rock solid car, never had any reliability issues and handles well, I just crave my little old 205 which is so rough round the edges compared to this. As of June the Almera will have 5 months MOT approx remaining, I would be happy to get it MOTd again so it has 12 months remaining if this gives peace of mind to a potential buyer. Piles of reciepts for all sorts of bits and bobs.
I also have a copy of an Experian Car Summary report (similar to HPI check) when I got the car. Accident/theft/finance clear, and lots of info on my PC. PDF manuals for various things, SAFC, fob reprogramming, Nissan fault codes etc.
So given the spec is this reasonable?
Cheers
Veero
I drive 65 miles a day and frequently to Southampton and back in a weekend so I am doing huuuge mileage at the moment. Don't get me wrong, the car is fantastic, reliable (in fact I have been nothing short of impressed by the reliability of it), comfy, looks great etc etc but the dreaded is finally happening and I am losing my fun factor from driving and it is just becoming mundane.
So what I plan to do is this:
1- Fix and MOT my 205 Mi16
2- Sell the Almera at the beginning of/mid June
3- Get a season train ticket to work (only drive to work occasionally, and only drive at weekends and evenings)
4- Spend all that money I have saved on petrol/insurance/repair costs to the car, on a holiday.
My 205 is a group 12 and the Mera is a group 14 car so would save a lot on insurance. Also dropping from an unlimited to a limited mileage policy (7000 miles/year should cover it) will save me a couple hundred.
Or alternatively get a turbo diesel, which would be a lot cheaper to insure and get fuel for...
Anyway. I bought my car in October with 12 months MOT and 99800 miles on it and a stack of reciepts. Since then I have done around 11,000 miles, religiously oil (10w 40 semi synthetic) and filter (always from ALS, Jap specialists) changing every 3000 miles. Just done a service, front pads, fuel filter, oil and filter again, checked fluids etc. Since the vast majority of my mileage is M5/A38 its all cruising at 75 so most components have had it easy. The car has never ever been ragged from cold (by me anyway). I always wait until the water temp guage has risen and remained settled for at least 5 minutes before it gets the loud pedal treatment.
The car itself is in good condition, whenever I have posted photos up I usually get quite a few nice comments. The spec is as follows:
S reg GTi. 111000 miles
17" BK multi spoke alloys, with a steelie as a spare within the last 2 months 4 new Uniroyal Rainsports @ £300 for 4, damn good tyres, locking wheel nuts. Minor kurbing on most wheels, nothing major. Curses to my narrow road!
4-2-1 header, standard CAT on the exhaust with a Powerflow backbox with 3" pipe. Sounds awesome, not chavtastically loud, fine when cruising at 3.5-4.5k revs, good roar when you put your foot down.
Lowered on drop springs (40mm I believe), brand new rear dampers.
Standard brakes (previous owner painted calipers goldish)
APEXi SAFCII air flow converter. Piggy back fuelling controller, good if you plan to fit a turbo later on, could fit a manifold, turbo and GTi-R pistons and the fuelling would just need configuring on this and away you go. On screen gauges for RPM/Bat voltage and airflow %age. All this is configurable. Receipt for purchase and installation £450.
Induction kit (unsure of brand), with a couple of homebrew cold air feed pipes.
Shortshifter, gears still very very tight and decisive.
SPARCO silver alloy pedal covers.
New plugs and leads bought by previous owner on sale to me(Hypercore competition leads IIRC).
Gold painted rocker cover with NISMO oil filler cap, gold lids on fluid bottle filler caps.
Tinted windows all round (except windscreen). Rear screen and rear sides are very dark tint 70% approx, front sides are light tint and sunroof galss is dark tinted as well.
Rear bootlid has had the wiper and lock smoothed over.
Factory Nissan headlamp protectors, O/S headlamp has got a cracked lens though (how I am not entirely sure...). Headlights fitted with Halfords rally bright bulbs, little bit brighter than standard, slightly wider beam pattern.
Engine wise it's all good. No oil buring, no leaks, usual SR20 rattle on startup which immediately goes away (oil tensioner). Engine pulls strongly, revs to 7k freely.
Paintwork. Overall the paint work is in good condition. There's a few small blemishes but a good Meguiars NXT wax brings it shiny again. Small bubble patches on N/S/F arch, drivers door and O/S/R arch. Bodykit is in great condition back and sides, front bumper/splitter has some stone chips as to be expected with this mileage. Oh and it's black by the way.
Interior is as standard apart from aftermarket gear knob and SAFC by ashtray. Nissan rear setbelt pads. All in good condition, seats are almost pristine, no rips, tears/ cig burns (I won't let people smoke in the car). I believe it has been cared for quite well by previous owners, certianly religiously by me, washed usually every 14 days sometimes 21 days, waxed every other wash.
Fully working factory NATS alarm/immob. Definately works, washed the car once with it armed and threw a bucket of water over it and the alarm went off, scared the bejesus out of me. 3 fobs in total, 2 slave and 1 master fob.
AIWA stereo, not an amazing piece of kit but does the job. Unknown front speakers but Sony 6x9s in the parcel shelf.
All electrics work, washer pump/hose and wirig still present for rear wiper (if you squirt the back window the washer fluid comes out) if you want to fit one at a later date.
Bascially I am after about £1850 for it. I know there's cheaper ones around but Im not in a hurry yet so can wait. It's a rock solid car, never had any reliability issues and handles well, I just crave my little old 205 which is so rough round the edges compared to this. As of June the Almera will have 5 months MOT approx remaining, I would be happy to get it MOTd again so it has 12 months remaining if this gives peace of mind to a potential buyer. Piles of reciepts for all sorts of bits and bobs.
I also have a copy of an Experian Car Summary report (similar to HPI check) when I got the car. Accident/theft/finance clear, and lots of info on my PC. PDF manuals for various things, SAFC, fob reprogramming, Nissan fault codes etc.
So given the spec is this reasonable?
Cheers
Veero
