My New Micra (Red Alert SV automatic, Hamilton)

[Antruby]

54 miles per hour according to the Tom Tom. This week was all flat hwy driving. One person (Driver) in car. No spare tire or jack.

Bruce says I may not have those conditions for some time. Temp. 16 C light rain or damp regular fuel. (Pioneer Silver)

[MetroMPG]

Thanks for the extra info, Antruby!

4.3 L/100 km (= 66 mpg Imp. / 55 mpg US) isn't out of the realm of possibility under those conditions.

[Antruby]

Thanks for the extra info, Antruby!

4.3 L/100 km (= 66 mpg Imp. / 55 mpg US) isn't out of the realm of possibility under those conditions.

Bruce says he will verify his way later.(Fill to filler cap drive and then fill to cap again) Keep in mind that is without air cond.

[MetroMPG]

That would be excellent - thanks.

Also it would give us a comparison of the fuel consumption display numbers against the actual results from a full fill-up.

[Antruby]

I have had my Micra three weeks tomorrow and still love it. Almost everywhere I go people say they like the car. Now they say they have seen it on TV and hate the commercials. In the pic. Bruce, Sadie (The one that named Antruby ) and Antruby. (Rose)

[Antruby]

Had my first Micra problem Today. Showing someone the new Micra today and they wanted to see the engine. I opened the hood and it did not. Bruce says the cable fell out of the clip. Put it back in but if it happens again the dealer will have to fix.

[aftica]

Yeah, the bracket is obviously badly bent. Doubt it will stay in place unless you bend it back straight. Curious if you had to pull on it really hard and that's why it bent? If so, there is a problem downstream somewhere, causing it to bind... or possibly the bracket is made of cheese.

The cable to the left, is that the gas door release?

I will be getting mine this week and will look at this right away.

Thanks AR

[Antruby]

Yeah, the bracket is obviously badly bent. Doubt it will stay in place unless you bend it back straight. Curious if you had to pull on it really hard and that's why it bent? If so, there is a problem downstream somewhere, causing it to bind... or possibly the bracket is made of cheese.

The cable to the left, is that the gas door release?

I will be getting mine this week and will look at this right away.

Thanks AR

Those pics are not great. In real life things look fine. (hard to see way up in there we should have put it on the lift.) Bruce will not touch it for fear of more damage. (We think it was like this all along.) Does not bind at all. It works real easy. That bracket is strong. Yes that is the gas door release and it and the hood release seem to take the same amount of pull to open.

[aftica]

Those pics are not great. In real life things look fine. (hard to see way up in there we should have put it on the lift.) Bruce will not touch it for fear of more damage. (We think it was like this all along.) Does not bind at all. It works real easy. That bracket is strong. Yes that is the gas door release and it and the hood release seem to take the same amount of pull to open.

Then I would say they owe you a new bracket. Based on those pics, the hood release fits in the same bracket as the gas door release and it is clearly bent on that side. I'm betting they will just bend it straight though.

Good Luck AR

[AlphaMicra]

Then I would say they owe you a new bracket. Based on those pics, the hood release fits in the same bracket as the gas door release and it is clearly bent on that side. I'm betting they will just bend it straight though.

Good Luck AR

I agree. Ant Ruby probably opened her bonnet more times in a week than most Micra owners would in a decade.