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Will be interesting how long you can keep it going, but it could be a long time by the look of it!. I have had cars up to the 180-200k miles and of course the hope is that there is not some kind of failure that is worth more than the car. Always like to see practical people dealing with challenges of older cars.
Love it. My only experience of one of these was driving up to the North of Scotland from Manchester in high winds and driving rain. It was awful, like comedy steering a car in a 40s movie, I struggled to keep it in lane. Memorable though! Does yours wallow in the wind? Other than that, typical long lived Nissan. Perfect for mini-cabbing.
Regardless of the above, brilliant shed. Keep up the updates!
Regardless of the above, brilliant shed. Keep up the updates!
Excellent shed, five stars. I also love reading about cars like this as much as exotica or space-age EVs.
Those MPVs are incredibly useful and versatile. My brother did something similar with a mid-00s Seat Toledo (one of the MPV-shape ones, like a giant Altea). Bought it for a house reno and ended up keeping it for garden and dog duties. They call it La Duquesa (Spanish for duchess). They liked the concept so much they now run a Golf Plus (FatGolf) too.
Those MPVs are incredibly useful and versatile. My brother did something similar with a mid-00s Seat Toledo (one of the MPV-shape ones, like a giant Altea). Bought it for a house reno and ended up keeping it for garden and dog duties. They call it La Duquesa (Spanish for duchess). They liked the concept so much they now run a Golf Plus (FatGolf) too.
Top shed there. There's something to be said for searching out otherwise forgotten models of car... I'm currently driving a clio shed but when looking was considering things like Hyundai Sonatas as some were for sale for almost disposable money. In the end the clio appeared only 4 miles from home.
I’d completely forgotten about these, despite running one for three years as our family car.
For some reason this is the only photo we’ve got of it:

The only thing that broke was the CD player. The screen was basic but effective, especially as ours had the reversing camera.
The main thing we didn’t like was the fuel consumption- 35mpg was typical, it had an economy graphic that helped me to achieve the heady heights of 40mpg on a motorway run.
It lasted a few more years after had it with mot failures being the usual tyres and wipers, no idea what killed it in the end though!
For some reason this is the only photo we’ve got of it:

The only thing that broke was the CD player. The screen was basic but effective, especially as ours had the reversing camera.
The main thing we didn’t like was the fuel consumption- 35mpg was typical, it had an economy graphic that helped me to achieve the heady heights of 40mpg on a motorway run.
It lasted a few more years after had it with mot failures being the usual tyres and wipers, no idea what killed it in the end though!
Can't beat a big V8 when holidaying is the US!
My SIL has a Tino, real piece of s
t, paid £400 for it 3 years ago. Never serviced it, needed a set of brake pads for its mot and a clean pass otherwise. Not a straight panel on it and looks like a skip inside. She just doesn't care about cars and they all thrive on total neglect. Says a lot for the inherent reliability of these.
My SIL has a Tino, real piece of s

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