drove 370kms today for 25.78. still had 411 km left in the tank. AMAZING RANGE in this little car! awesome.
drove 370kms today for 25.78. still had 411 km left in the tank. AMAZING RANGE in this little car! awesome.
I replaced my 2008 Infiniti G35X. Only had around 100,000 K on it, had a wonderful interior but beyond that it was pretty boring. Suspension was "blah" and the "X" had zero options available for suspension trickery, I also made the mistake of trying an automatic. In every driving situation it got worse fuel mileage than my C6 Corvette and on the highway the Corvette demolished it's fuel efficiency!
So I decided that there was no way I was feeding a dull car more premium fuel than my C6 to sit in traffic!
The Micra may not be as fancy as the Infiniti, but it is waaaay more fun to drive!
For sure!
I had high hopes for G35X, even with the auto. It was the nicest and most boring Nissan I've owned!
Previously owned........ Datsun510, Datsun 1200, 260Z, Datsun 1600 pickup (with a larger motor crammed in), Sentra, 4-cylinder hardbody 4x4 pickup, the Infiniti and now the Micra.
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2001 Suzuki Esteem wagon, same color as this one. This car replaced a base model 1995 Suzuki Swift (similar but in white), our original "Little Guy"
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Replaced my 2009 Chev Uplander (cargo version). Slightly different carrying capacity but I am impressed with how much I can fit into the Micra
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I am impressed with how much I can fit into the Micra
Me too. :D
Thread: Micra helps make a birch bark canoe!
My Micra actually replaced my bike. It's my first car :P
Me too Timo_k13! :) Congrats
Oh nice congrats on your micra too Wayward_One. You even got the SV niiice ;) looks sweet :)
Oh it's sweet. Got the SV with 9770 km on it for $10 000, a steal
Wow. Good job dude :D
We replaced our 2002 Sentra. Amazing little car that was principal car while the kids grew up. Hockey, ballet, choir and work. The summers where always cool and the winters always warm. We never had any major breakdowns and by the end still hadn’t reached the 200 km mark. Our new Micra won’t have to work as hard as the Sentra as the kids are grown now but we plan on taking it on some fun adventures in the years to come. So far we love it.
Me too. My Micra replaced my 2000 Toyota Echo
Another Echo alumni! At least 5 other members came from Echos:
Thread: Is there an echo in here? Toyota Echo/Yaris owners? Roll call.
Mine replaced a 2003 Nissan Maxima. I miss the Maxima but i honestly dont mind driving around the Micra either.
replaced a Saturn Vue - 2006, declared total loss by ins. co. after some body scratched the passenger side by bumping into me (his fault}
My 2016 Micra SV replaced a 2005 Hyundai Accent. With the general progress in cars over that 11 year time period, I find the Micra a superior vehicle in every way.
Had a Honda Civic CX 1995 which I had to get out of the country due to the new Mexican regulations in 2015, outer wise I'd still have it. 20 years of service on the same clutch and only one battery change. Best built Honda ever made.
We previously owned a 2009 Kia Rio 5. We loved it but will probably love our new 2018 Micra SV as much.Attachment 6030Attachment 6031
Fiat 500 Sport here...
Public transport lol
Replaced a CVT F16 Nismo RS with full bolt ons but glad to be here
2014 Mitsubishi Mirage DE (CVT).
The Micra has worse fuel economy, but it's far more fun to drive and more comfortable!
Mazda2, now I’m thinking maybe I shouldn’t have
Oh why do you say that?
The Mazda2 seemed more solid and better built.
None of the above. In 2019 I was doing Instacart shopping with my motorcycle so I needed a car for the winter. Fed up piloting auto transmission garbage I bought my 2015 S for $6k. Didn't take long to earn my money back :D
I replaced a 1999 Toyota Camry XLE v6. I only bought it in 2020. It had about 266,000 km on it, and the engine was replaced with a 2001 Lexus engine. I actually loved that car, but it was a pig on gas. At a price of $1.51 / L, it cost $100 to fill. Mind you, it was a comfortable ride.
When I junked it three years later, it had 306,000 km on it. It needed exhaust work anyway, but also the car died on the roadway prompting this replacement.
Truth be told, I prefer older, boxier and sometimes, bigger cars. Not always big ones though. For example, the only cars I really like from the 2000s would be Nissan Sentras (from 2002 to 2006), Subaru Imprezas (before 2007), and I actually liked Chevy Cavaliers from 2000 to 2006 as well. You get the idea of "shape" or "form" of car I like.
So I was at home in my Camry. Plain Jane instrument cluster, no screens, nice audio system, etc...
While searching for this Micra, I was also searching out Kia Rios and Rio5s from before and including 2011, and for Hyundai Accents from 2007 to 2011. I liked the older, but more utilitarian look of such cars, and I find the Micra is about the newest car that fits this description. I hate how newer cars have high belt lines, doors appearing to rise up in the back, ... ick!
Let's hope my Micra last me a long while!