RE: Shed Of The Week: Nissan Sunny
Discussion
HorneyMX5 said:
If I had the space I'd be all over this. It's brilliant.
What's the deal these days with using "Jap"? Some people seem to think it's poor form as per this article but there's two huge UK car shows who use this term int he title. Japfest and JapDay.
I think it fine to use the word Jap so long as you don't follow it with the word eye.What's the deal these days with using "Jap"? Some people seem to think it's poor form as per this article but there's two huge UK car shows who use this term int he title. Japfest and JapDay.
Ace shed, I love old Datsuns. Had a Bluebird back in the day, one of the few I made money on.
My Dad bought a Red Sunny 1.8ZX 5 door hatch in the mid 90s with 50k on the clock when he was in his late 50s.. It went quite well from what I remember and looked sporty at the time but he didn't gel with it so in an attempt to like it more he lowered it (too much) and put TSW Hockenheim wheels on .. He sold it shortly after. I briefly considered swapping it for my corolla AE82 but stayed with the Toyota.
Edited by DoddsyFrs on Saturday 24th December 14:54
lazy bastid said:
For those who care, this is the B12 model, named after the vitamins you were well advised to take after driving one, or the N13 as it was sometimes more evocatively named.
Wrong,wrong wrong. Daily fail style ignorance. This is not a B12 in any shape or form. B12s as sold in the UK were coupes or estates. This is an N13 as will be indicated by the N13 centrally located in the VIN number. lazy bastid said:
You could even get a GTI version with nearly 110hp.
Wrong again. There was an N13 sold in the UK fitted with the CA18DE 1.8 Twin Cam engine but was not a GTi, was a ZX. And pumped out 129 bhp.They say ignorance is bliss, the bloke who wrote this must be f
king ecstatic. Where do they find these people? I learnt to drive in one of these, in "cane beige" as owned by my mum. By learnt I mean that I learnt Scando flicks, handbrake and j-turns as well as clutchless gear changes. I also learned about understeer and can still see the power pole that very nearly changed the course of five lives. I blame HM NZ Government for at the time letting a fifteen year old be legally allowed to be on their own in a vehicle.
My dad had the saloon version of this, 1.6 GL-something, I remember the day we picked it up and it was white and had no electric anything but had comfortable seats, I remember it going on and on without much expense and which we then later traded in for a 1990 Honda Accord which was a much better car. H739 XYL was the number plate of the Sunny which comes back as no details when I tried to see if it was still alive, so most likely dead by now. Great cars in their own right and there won't be many about like this, same goes for the Cherry and Bluebirds.
Edited by ShuthanVtec on Sunday 25th December 15:19
Hammer67 said:
lazy bastid said:
For those who care, this is the B12 model, named after the vitamins you were well advised to take after driving one, or the N13 as it was sometimes more evocatively named.
Wrong,wrong wrong. Daily fail style ignorance. This is not a B12 in any shape or form. B12s as sold in the UK were coupes or estates. This is an N13 as will be indicated by the N13 centrally located in the VIN number. lazy bastid said:
You could even get a GTI version with nearly 110hp.
Wrong again. There was an N13 sold in the UK fitted with the CA18DE 1.8 Twin Cam engine but was not a GTi, was a ZX. And pumped out 129 bhp.They say ignorance is bliss, the bloke who wrote this must be f
king ecstatic. Where do they find these people? You do realise that the author has a matter of hours to a) find a vehicle in the PH classifieds that will either be suitably interesting or suitably controversial to stir up conversation, and still be on sale at the time the article goes live, then b) do some research, before c) writing the article that some smug fanboi can then tear apart.
Does the author know everything about every car made? Clearly not. Was it lazy to make a few mistakes, or simply that he was time challenged? I'd say "you be the judge" but it looks like you already adopted the role of judge and executioner.
If you think you can do a better job, put your money where your mouth is.
They wasn't really rust proof though. My cousin had a white one, think it was either 1.3 or 1.4, It wasn't all that, then to make matter worse had weird electrical faults after. It would not have passed another MOT, and I was not keen on doing loads of different work to it. she ended up scrapping it.
Although this one does seem in good condition though, not for me - I'm out!
Although this one does seem in good condition though, not for me - I'm out!
V8 FOU said:
Nowt wrong with these.
Very reliable. Rust proof it and off you go.
Good shed........
Now bring on the haters.......
Very reliable. Rust proof it and off you go.
Good shed........
Now bring on the haters.......
Nothing wrong with them, its just the usual PH editorial stereotypical (Clarkson wannabe) biased crap. Some aspects are funny at times, but many re past there sell by date. They would still regard Ford as a British car or Essex, Japanese cars as though they are inferior, all German marks to be 100% reliable and pure luxury etc.
HorneyMX5 said:
If I had the space I'd be all over this. It's brilliant.
What's the deal these days with using "Jap"? Some people seem to think it's poor form as per this article but there's two huge UK car shows who use this term int he title. Japfest and JapDay.
What's the deal these days with using "Jap"? Some people seem to think it's poor form as per this article but there's two huge UK car shows who use this term int he title. Japfest and JapDay.
My first car was a Datsun Cherry, '82 on a Y plate. Imported from Japan (unlike this Sunny made in Sunderland), therefore no underseal, although with annual welding / new doors from a scrappy it lasted until '94 when the rust became terminal. Slow, rusty, zero street cred. Cost pennies to run, easy to repair and never broke down. Still hated it, though.
PoopahScoopah said:
Hammer67 said:
lazy bastid said:
For those who care, this is the B12 model, named after the vitamins you were well advised to take after driving one, or the N13 as it was sometimes more evocatively named.
Wrong,wrong wrong. Daily fail style ignorance. This is not a B12 in any shape or form. B12s as sold in the UK were coupes or estates. This is an N13 as will be indicated by the N13 centrally located in the VIN number. lazy bastid said:
You could even get a GTI version with nearly 110hp.
Wrong again. There was an N13 sold in the UK fitted with the CA18DE 1.8 Twin Cam engine but was not a GTi, was a ZX. And pumped out 129 bhp.They say ignorance is bliss, the bloke who wrote this must be f
king ecstatic. Where do they find these people? You do realise that the author has a matter of hours to a) find a vehicle in the PH classifieds that will either be suitably interesting or suitably controversial to stir up conversation, and still be on sale at the time the article goes live, then b) do some research, before c) writing the article that some smug fanboi can then tear apart.
Does the author know everything about every car made? Clearly not. Was it lazy to make a few mistakes, or simply that he was time challenged? I'd say "you be the judge" but it looks like you already adopted the role of judge and executioner.
If you think you can do a better job, put your money where your mouth is.
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