Nissan Juke 1.6
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I have not owned one long term.
However, i did have one as a rental car for a business trip just over a few days.
Things to note.
The car had to fit four adults in, three of whom were over 6ft tall. That was a squeeze at best. It was not very comfortable.
The boot fit four lap top bags and very little else. So not what i would call spacious.
In terms of performance, it was good on fuel but that meant it was gutless. Especially on the motorway, around town it was ok. But not very smooth.
Kit wise it was fairly well spec'd, it was the sports version i think - with gauges and modes for power or eco. They made little to no difference and if you drove it in eco - with four adults at motorway speed, it was awful. Just far to slow to pick up. Sport meant that it had some "kick" but not much and it also meant that your fuel economy went out the window.
Whilst we had it. We also had the stereo interface to the phone stop working and it sent the infotainment system a little screwy.
I don't know about long term costs, like maintenance etc. My friends Qashquai however has needed recalls on everything electric from stereo to reverse camera, front radar and a massive bill to have them repaired. If the Juke is anything like that in terms of kit - they are poorly designed. E.g. the radar is placed behind the front bumper open to the elements but not weather sealed - water gets in it often and just shorts it out. The bill was over £1000 to have that all fixed and/or replaced. So it can be expensive. Not sure if the Juke has that kit but thought worth mentioning.
Personally i was not a fan. However, objectively, if the car is predominantly around town run about that needs a couple of bags of shopping and maybe an occasional long journey that you don't mind doing sedately then i am sure it would be ok.
Not much more experience of them other than on that trip but i swore off them after that.
However, i did have one as a rental car for a business trip just over a few days.
Things to note.
The car had to fit four adults in, three of whom were over 6ft tall. That was a squeeze at best. It was not very comfortable.
The boot fit four lap top bags and very little else. So not what i would call spacious.
In terms of performance, it was good on fuel but that meant it was gutless. Especially on the motorway, around town it was ok. But not very smooth.
Kit wise it was fairly well spec'd, it was the sports version i think - with gauges and modes for power or eco. They made little to no difference and if you drove it in eco - with four adults at motorway speed, it was awful. Just far to slow to pick up. Sport meant that it had some "kick" but not much and it also meant that your fuel economy went out the window.
Whilst we had it. We also had the stereo interface to the phone stop working and it sent the infotainment system a little screwy.
I don't know about long term costs, like maintenance etc. My friends Qashquai however has needed recalls on everything electric from stereo to reverse camera, front radar and a massive bill to have them repaired. If the Juke is anything like that in terms of kit - they are poorly designed. E.g. the radar is placed behind the front bumper open to the elements but not weather sealed - water gets in it often and just shorts it out. The bill was over £1000 to have that all fixed and/or replaced. So it can be expensive. Not sure if the Juke has that kit but thought worth mentioning.
Personally i was not a fan. However, objectively, if the car is predominantly around town run about that needs a couple of bags of shopping and maybe an occasional long journey that you don't mind doing sedately then i am sure it would be ok.
Not much more experience of them other than on that trip but i swore off them after that.
Jag_NE said:
10 year old car, it is what it is. Buy on condition and service history. Anything white goods at 10 years+ becomes a much of a muchness and you want to focus on reducing the likelihood of what you buy being a lemon above all else.
ThisYou can maximise your chances by doing the correct due diligence but a 10 year old car will be a risk none the less.
Check the service history, make sure its been done largely on time
Check the MOT history online, if its consistently failing each year with things that look 'major', that would put me off.
Make sure the mileage tallies up, check service history against MOT
When looking for a car I have never owned/bought before, I tend to google '[Make] [Model] Common Issues' to see if there are any issues which might crop up and how much of a drama they are going to be to fix and if its something I could do myself, plus what the cost would be. A 10 year old car is going to need maintenance, tyres, brakes, bushes maybe but if there are common engine faults which could cost me £££, I would find something different.
Personally I couldn't buy a car without seeing it first either, even a 3 year old car could have been in a small prang that has been badly repaired and sprayed and I would want to see the condition myself.
Is it the 1.6 Acenta Premium with the Turbo or without? They seem to come in both:
https://www.parkers.co.uk/nissan/juke/suv-2010/spe...
The 1.6 without the turbo at 115bhp is likely to be a bit lackluster, smaller engine non turbo cars tend to need to be driven fairly hard to get any power out of them and at 11.1 to 60mph, its not going to be particularly 'quick' but if you are ok with that then fine. Unless you have driven one before, I would try and find a way to drive one.
I had the 1.6 T so all the bells and whistles for 1.5 years and 20k miles.
Ate through front tyres and brakes, and a front suspension and bearings, and drank fuel - managed 25mpg average....
Got the leather seats, the back bench was a slip and slide and every time you go around a bend anything on the back (people or items) threw themselves to the other side.
The boot was smaller than my S1 because it doesn't dip down, it's like a shelf so although 4 can sit in there, don't expect more than 2 people's luggage.
The heated seats were good. The headlights were a nuisance to change. Everything else was forgettable. Though I did like the folding electric mirrors I guess?
It's the worst car I've every owned, and I've had a Vauxhall Astra with a leaking head gasket and an old Mini I bought blind.
Ate through front tyres and brakes, and a front suspension and bearings, and drank fuel - managed 25mpg average....
Got the leather seats, the back bench was a slip and slide and every time you go around a bend anything on the back (people or items) threw themselves to the other side.
The boot was smaller than my S1 because it doesn't dip down, it's like a shelf so although 4 can sit in there, don't expect more than 2 people's luggage.
The heated seats were good. The headlights were a nuisance to change. Everything else was forgettable. Though I did like the folding electric mirrors I guess?
It's the worst car I've every owned, and I've had a Vauxhall Astra with a leaking head gasket and an old Mini I bought blind.
pb8g09 said:
I had the 1.6 T so all the bells and whistles for 1.5 years and 20k miles.
Ate through front tyres and brakes, and a front suspension and bearings, and drank fuel - managed 25mpg average....
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Assuming it wasn't brand new?Ate through front tyres and brakes, and a front suspension and bearings, and drank fuel - managed 25mpg average....
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Tyres and brakes are consumables, if you buy a 3-4 year old car and keep it even 2 years its likely you are going to need tyres and/or brakes.
Unless its on 70-100k+, you shouldn't be needing suspension components due to wear and tear.
25mpg seems low also, we have a 2.0T Mini Cooper S and even with me hooning it half the time, I still get 36mpg combined.
Some friends of ours leased a new Juke in 2020 despite me warning against it, they have a year old baby and are now complaining that the boot is not big enough despite it being advertised as an 'SUV'. I did try to warn them but it was cheap and they thought they were getting a lot of car for the monthly payment, now they are stuck with it for another 2.5 years.
Edited by Wagonwheel555 on Tuesday 9th February 10:30
Wagonwheel555 said:
Assuming it wasn't brand new?
Tyres and brakes are consumables, if you buy a 3-4 year old car and keep it even 2 years its likely you are going to need tyres and/or brakes.
Unless its on 70-100k+, you shouldn't be needing suspension components due to wear and tear.
25mpg seems low also, we have a 2.0T Mini Cooper S and even with me hooning it half the time, I still get 36mpg combined.
Some friends of ours leased a new Juke in 2020 despite me warning against it, they have a year old baby and are now complaining that the boot is not big enough despite it being advertised as an 'SUV'. I did try to warn them but it was cheap and they thought they were getting a lot of car for the monthly payment, now they are stuck with it for another 2.5 years.
I got it at 39k and sold it around 60k, an 11 plate around 2016 so it wasn't old but equally wasn't brand new.Tyres and brakes are consumables, if you buy a 3-4 year old car and keep it even 2 years its likely you are going to need tyres and/or brakes.
Unless its on 70-100k+, you shouldn't be needing suspension components due to wear and tear.
25mpg seems low also, we have a 2.0T Mini Cooper S and even with me hooning it half the time, I still get 36mpg combined.
Some friends of ours leased a new Juke in 2020 despite me warning against it, they have a year old baby and are now complaining that the boot is not big enough despite it being advertised as an 'SUV'. I did try to warn them but it was cheap and they thought they were getting a lot of car for the monthly payment, now they are stuck with it for another 2.5 years.
Edited by Wagonwheel555 on Tuesday 9th February 10:30
I got through 2 sets of front tyres and front brakes were faded by the time I sold it and I'd already replaced them in ownership.
25mpg is low, I agree, hence I didn't like it! Made worse by the fact the fuel tank is so small so it felt like I was always at a petrol station for a car that didn't perform like it deserved a drink.
Oh and the door handle trim fell off which apparently is 'a thing'. That really p*ssed me off actually now that I recall. I wish I'd bought a Mini now, though I'm biased - I've had two since.
Have you been to drive one yet OP?
4 years ago or so I was looking at an XTrail (the current rounder style) to replace our CR-V that was nearing the end of it's PCP. As 'luck'(?) would have it, the CR-V borked itself about 3 months from the end and I ended up in a 2016ish XTrail Tekna hire car during the repair.
It was the single most hateful car I've ever been in - and as someone else mentioned, I've had an Astra. Cheap plastics, god awful media system that looked like it was from 1992, the most gutless wheezy POS engine ever designed (1.6 diesel I seem to recall) and it felt (and sounded) like it was made out of soup tins.
The wife's sister then went out and bought a Qashqai, which I've been a passenger in* and it was a very similar experience.
Go and properly test drive one, make sure it's the right car for you. If it is then great. Personally I'd be looking at literally anything else.
*Insert "got a ride from your missus sister" joke here
4 years ago or so I was looking at an XTrail (the current rounder style) to replace our CR-V that was nearing the end of it's PCP. As 'luck'(?) would have it, the CR-V borked itself about 3 months from the end and I ended up in a 2016ish XTrail Tekna hire car during the repair.
It was the single most hateful car I've ever been in - and as someone else mentioned, I've had an Astra. Cheap plastics, god awful media system that looked like it was from 1992, the most gutless wheezy POS engine ever designed (1.6 diesel I seem to recall) and it felt (and sounded) like it was made out of soup tins.
The wife's sister then went out and bought a Qashqai, which I've been a passenger in* and it was a very similar experience.
Go and properly test drive one, make sure it's the right car for you. If it is then great. Personally I'd be looking at literally anything else.
*Insert "got a ride from your missus sister" joke here
ilikejam said:
It was the single most hateful car I've ever been in - and as someone else mentioned, I've had an Astra. Cheap plastics, god awful media system that looked like it was from 1992, the most gutless wheezy POS engine ever designed (1.6 diesel I seem to recall) and it felt (and sounded) like it was made out of soup tins.
The wife's sister then went out and bought a Qashqai, which I've been a passenger in* and it was a very similar experience.
Go and properly test drive one, make sure it's the right car for you. If it is then great. Personally I'd be looking at literally anything else.
*Insert "got a ride from your missus sister" joke here
The wife's sister then went out and bought a Qashqai, which I've been a passenger in* and it was a very similar experience.
Go and properly test drive one, make sure it's the right car for you. If it is then great. Personally I'd be looking at literally anything else.
*Insert "got a ride from your missus sister" joke here
A mate of mine is now hell bent on getting a Juke.
He's looking to spend about £2K on a 2015/16 model and at that end of the market, they all seem to be lemons but it's proving hard to get him to see this.
What worries me is there seems to be lots of cars a little older which seem to be offered for spares/repair needing major fixes, be it engine, gearbox, electric gremlins.
Are these cars difficult or expensive to fix when they go wrong? Are the really worth so little that they get scrapped off easily?
I have seen a few cars with very high miles so I think they can be run to a decent mileage but not sure why so many get scrapped so easily.
What's the experience here?
He's looking to spend about £2K on a 2015/16 model and at that end of the market, they all seem to be lemons but it's proving hard to get him to see this.
What worries me is there seems to be lots of cars a little older which seem to be offered for spares/repair needing major fixes, be it engine, gearbox, electric gremlins.
Are these cars difficult or expensive to fix when they go wrong? Are the really worth so little that they get scrapped off easily?
I have seen a few cars with very high miles so I think they can be run to a decent mileage but not sure why so many get scrapped so easily.
What's the experience here?
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