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kieran

kieran

Crashed into a sheep on saturday night/sunday morning, did too much damage for me to be bothered fixing it. So i went in the hunt for a new car.

the choices were, another almera, or a primera, went to see this one today, and it was mint, no rust anywhere on any of the arches, a wee spot round the rear wiper arm, but thats it.

The sills have been welded to a good standard, no dents or scratches.

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ohhh, and it has the proper spoiler :)

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AAAAAAND the Piste de Résistance, the heater switch works on every setting :D
Everything that didnt work in my old one works in this one.

Im a happy bunny.
 
Congratulations mate, nice one :) welcome to the elite red club haha!

I forgot how thin the standard almera's exhaust is ! :o pea shooter!!
Joe
 
Chris180 said:
Glad it got it mate. On msn thought u had your heart set on the Primera?
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I did, but this almera is in fantastic condition, weighed up paying not much for a great condition car, or paying a bit more for a car thats gona be twice as much on insurance, decided to go for the cheaper option.
 
Fair play there, at least you'll have a nice source of spares if anything does go wrong.

I know what you mean about character, my almera SRi, my £25 micra and my £20 mondeo have way more character about them than anything else I've had!
 
I had my first proper drive in it today to work and back, up the motorway, the feeling of speed is muted, i can be driving along, thinking im doing about 70, look down and im doing 85! its good :)
probably cos its higher than my old one, i cant decide whether or not to swap the suspension over though, cos its much much comfier and i dont have to worry about avoiding every pothole i see.
Going to get the wheels and sub (possibly suspension if i decide to ) swapped over at the weekend.
Also, even the wee lights on all the interior switches work :)
but i think the petrol light may be out.

All in all, right from the start its a much better car than the blue one.
 
Bikes, the blue one spent its whole life with the rear seat down and atleast one bike in the back all the time :)

I also prefer the look of 5drs, always preferred estate cars in general, and 5dr almeras slightly resemble estates. Im just strange.
 
got bored today so swapped the suspension over

before

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after

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and look how clean it is underneath all the carpets

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still no rust :)

ohh, and heres dads car, looking pretty low for some reason, i think its probably broken

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its lower than mine :(
 
just found this picture in my pictures, dirtiest almera ever?

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aaaaaand, ive been messing with this idea for a while, but finally got it working tonight, boot strut that opens the bonnet :D (and my car looking horribly clean, will have to sort that)

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