New car - 2012 Nissan Juke
Discussion
Hi All,
Recently picked up a new car for my wife to replace her Focus Estate which had seen better days (frankly it was dying).
Firstly use a bit of child labour to clean out the trade in:
New car at the garage:
It's a 1.6 Petrol 'Tekna' in 'nightshade' (black/purple) with the only additional option being the leather arm-rest:
Passing the three year old test:
First impressions are - it's comfortable, well equipped (sat nav, auto-lights/wipers, usb, folding mirrors, cruise control) but a bit gutless on the motorway. Perfect for around town though.
Then my current run of bad luck spread (TVR is currently waiting on a new clutch, looking like the head gasket has gone in my Daily Driver) and this happens with only 240 miles on the clock (and less than a week old):
Bah humbug.
Big thanks to James @ Glyn Hopkins Milton Keynes for all his help
Recently picked up a new car for my wife to replace her Focus Estate which had seen better days (frankly it was dying).
Firstly use a bit of child labour to clean out the trade in:
New car at the garage:
It's a 1.6 Petrol 'Tekna' in 'nightshade' (black/purple) with the only additional option being the leather arm-rest:
Passing the three year old test:
First impressions are - it's comfortable, well equipped (sat nav, auto-lights/wipers, usb, folding mirrors, cruise control) but a bit gutless on the motorway. Perfect for around town though.
Then my current run of bad luck spread (TVR is currently waiting on a new clutch, looking like the head gasket has gone in my Daily Driver) and this happens with only 240 miles on the clock (and less than a week old):
Bah humbug.
Big thanks to James @ Glyn Hopkins Milton Keynes for all his help
Fubar1977 said:
A few people give these some stick over the looks but I really like them.
Hope it proves to be a good motor for you, enjoy.
It's been nicknamed "The Frog" by a good mate - i like the front end, not 100% sold on the rear though.Hope it proves to be a good motor for you, enjoy.
Also it's odd driving it at night as the lights that come over the top of the bonnet are lit up and you can see them from the cabin quite clearly.
OP firstly a big get well soon to the TVR i think all of PH is with me on that one 
However, the Juke......it's awful tbh. Bad looks and naff interior colour. As one of those chelsea school run mum cars it does the job i suppose but bad loss of PH points for that.
Also FYI you may no longer wear tweed because of it! (unrelated thread
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However, the Juke......it's awful tbh. Bad looks and naff interior colour. As one of those chelsea school run mum cars it does the job i suppose but bad loss of PH points for that.
Also FYI you may no longer wear tweed because of it! (unrelated thread
)Fubar1977 said:
I think it`s quite a nice antidote to all the Black on Black with Silver Plastic bits everyone else seems to use now.
Looking at you in particular, BMW.
Choice was silver or red... Or pay £2k extra to have the special edition where you got satin silver door mirrors/handles and white trim inside (white stitching on the leather and a white console).Looking at you in particular, BMW.
king ugly.
bakerstreet said:
I really like the Juke. They are good VFM.
What was so wrong with the Focus Estate?
Generally coming to the end of its life. It was a cat d write off when we brought it three years ago. Was struggling to start, hesitating at 3k rpm and the engine was making some interesting sounds. What was so wrong with the Focus Estate?
The choice was to shove £1k at it and try and fix it or take the £300 trade in value and walk away.
The Juke is on a service plan and costing us £240ish a month. Also better on fuel and lower tax etc.
I've never owned a car that has polarized opinion quite so much
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