Bit of JDM Marmite!

Some seem to love these, some seem to hate them. I've always loved the way they looked and found myself looking for a practical car to replace the MX5 that's sadly up for sale.

Looked at a few things for around £5000 and nothing really stood out until I drove past a dealer who had two of these in stock!

My 2012 Nissan Cube Rider Autech!

The colour reminds me of Nighthawk Black from Honda, it has a metallic dark blue tint to it in sunshine. It really needs a good polish and wash though!







Plans going forward are to get some coilovers and some nice wheels, a good polish and generally keep it tidy. It's going to have some roofbars and bike carriers soon though.

Jobs I want to do are as follows.

• Item 1 Replace Japanese Panasonic HU with an Android Auto/Carplay unit
• Item 2 Change clocks for MPH specific versions (Lockwood seem to sell these)
• Item 3 Clean/polish headlights to get rid of slight yellowing
• Item 4 Fit coilovers
• Item 5 Purchase some nice JDM style wheels, possibly 15x7

It only has about 36000 miles on it and the garage I bought it from replaced the minor items on the MOT advisory list too before I collected it.

It drives very nice, like an automatic sofa

Oh and the PH smiley is already lurking behind the rear tinted window..

Hako!

I ended up tackling one of the minor jobs today after I gave the interior a quick spruce up with some rather nice smelling mango cleaner!

The headlights were slightly hazy, not to bad but I wanted to sort it before they got any worse.

I used the Meguiars medium kit that consists of 2 x rough scouring pads, a cutting compound and a UV spray.

Before.




After.




They seem to have come up quite well, they'll certainly do for now at least

I do want to give it a good detail but I don't have any kit to speak of so that will change soon too.

Ah OK yeah Kei car is limited as you say. Nonetheless I like this sort of thing. We hired some like this or the N box etc over the years and was always fun, practical, did everything with minimal fuss and fun keeping the momentum up in the countryside. Fair play! With that internal screen you can brush up on your katakana!

I do like these a lot, that looks like a nice one .

Cool thanks for the link, that looks interesting!

That looks great. Fun little car and different from the bland normal stuff.

Oh I reckon there's a few who aren't a fan

Some of my mates think I'm mad, but they're always buying the "safe" options when it comes to cars.

This also the first CVT auto I've ever driven and to be honest, it's not as bad as some make out. I'll be getting the gearbox oil and filter changed for peace of mind sometime this year.

In years to come, I'll probably move on to something like a Stepwagn, Alphard/Vellfire or Elgrand. Couldn't quite stretch the budget at the moment.

To be honest, the wheels are what lets it down, the pics don't show how bad they're flaking. Wheels are probably the first big thing I'll change.

These are great little cars, there's a few around here that are slammed with nice rims and they really look the part.