Thank you all for your replies. I feel compelled to share my own "What's next" plan.
My wife currently drives my 2009 Pontiac Torrent which I've owned since new, as her trips are very short. Prior to my Micra, this was our family vacation vehicle that took us to Florida and back, but today only has around 85,000km on the odometer. She's a prime candidate for an electric vehicle. Meanwhile, my son, who learned to drive stick on my Micra, will soon be getting his G2 driver's license and a part time job, and is wanting a low maintenance, cheap-to-run, reliable vehicle to get started in life. My Micra is a perfect car for someone like him who's a gear head and absolutely loves driving stick.
I'm thinking, get my wife the Spark EV, and put a charging station in the garage for her. Let my son drive my Micra, and I'll start driving my Torrent on a regular basis again. Gas is cheap, and with all the highway driving I do I'll probably realize around 10L/100km. While worse than the Micra's consumption, this should be offset by the fact that: a) My wife gets a terrible 14.4L/100km on average with her all-city driving, and b) My wife won't be using any gas whatsoever with an EV. For me, a truck-like vehicle like the Torrent is probably going to be more practical for the type of work I'll be doing. Not needing to bend over to lift heavy tool bags out of the back will be a plus, and the extra ground clearance will make driving on construction sites a lot less nerve-wracking.
Still keeping a Micra in the family, it'll probably come back to me when my son is ready to buy his first new car.
In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...