Finally got my new car. Pics of an AWD Datsun with a straight 6 inside

InvaderGIR said:
So you were going fast down a dualie and you think that means your car out handles an MX-5. :/
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I wasn't breaking any speed limits on the dualie, or on the silly bend. I just didn't slow down all that much for the bend. Did you click the map link at all...

Diesel said:
Those bends on the Usk junction are a bit mad, almost rolled a Mercedes Sprinter round it once!
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I didn't say it out handles an MX-5 just that I seemed to upset one there. A car with gigantic barge handling wouldn't come anywhere near an MX-5 that's actually having a go.

Getting the 940 around that bend at anything above 30mph is a real handful.
 
My Brother has a 1.8 MX5 and locally we have quite a few 270 bends like that. The MX5 holds the same speed around the bend as: -

530i Sport
Impreza WRX PPP
330i Sport
Focus RS

This of course with someone at the wheel of the MX5 who knows what they're doing....
 
Howard said:
Congratulations :confused: I'm always overtaking people in "superior" cars along the bendy M25/M3 junction slip road in my Honda, and that definitely DOES handle like a barge. Just means I want to go faster than them.
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is that the m25 clockwise to the m3 southbound? i love nailing it round there at 90 (kmph obviously)

:)
 
I like it, but I do have a soft spot for Ceffys. You should have gone for the RWD version though.

As for the price, yes it does seem a lot but people have to realise there is a bit of a 'scene tax' on Ceffys at the moment, they are a popular drift car and people seem to be jumping on the bandwagon, driving up the price.

It is a lot of money for an old jap saloon though :)
 
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Only in OCUK the guy can post fantastic Japanese sleeper and conversation turn into "you don't know your BMW 5 series" in less that 100 posts. Every time I pop into Motors and look at the titles and it seems you lot finally moved on from bragging about Leicester's favourite to something else that darn 5 series sneaks into every thread around the second page like a fugly mug of Gok Wan onto prime time TV.
I hoped it would be just a phase, like with Citroens and Mondeos, but man, when you see a thread about classic Datsun turn into 80 post pimpage of 5 series wood there is just something inexcusable about it. Reading OCUK Beemerist Brigades section is officially more tiresome than going cover to cover through Socialist Worker followed by Greenpeace pamflet.

Lum... sweet sleeper. Petrol prices aside, I love it top to bottom, it's something you can park in darkest alley of Sheerness and no one will ever look at it, take it across Europe and it will do Kessel Run in twelve parsecs.
 
v0n said:
Only in OCUK the guy can post fantastic Japanese sleeper and conversation turn into "you don't know your BMW 5 series" in less that 100 posts. Every time I pop into Motors and look at the titles and it seems you lot finally moved on from bragging about Leicester's favourite to something else that darn 5 series sneaks into every thread around the second page like a fugly mug of Gok Wan onto prime time TV.
I hoped it would be just a phase, like with Citroens and Mondeos, but man, when you see a thread about classic Datsun turn into 80 post pimpage of 5 series wood there is just something inexcusable about it. Reading OCUK Beemerist Brigades section is officially more tiresome than going cover to cover through Socialist Worker followed by Greenpeace pamflet.

Lum... sweet sleeper. Petrol prices aside, I love it top to bottom, it's something you can park in darkest alley of Sheerness and no one will ever look at it, take it across Europe and it will do Kessel Run in twelve parsecs.
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I think the point is that it is not a sleeper, its not anything in fact. Its a 200bhp automatic barge from the early 90's, you can hardly expect people not to question the price and suggest things that FOUR THOUSAND quid could have bought domestically.

The guy likes it and it was what he wanted, loads of cars are crap value for money so fair play to him for getting what he was after, but people will ALWAYS question a purchase which to many makes no sense.

The BMW mentioned in this thread was a 7-series fwiw, just as a suggestion of a far superior barge which is in perfect budget.
 
beermonster said:
When did it become cool to call a Nissan a Datsun all of a sudden, I see this all over the net just lately :confused:
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People copying Top Gear no doubt :rolleyes:

I don't like it particularly, but that matters not to you I'm sure.

At the end of the day, £4k isn't a LOT of money. It's a lot for the purchase, but in the grand scheme, it's not as though you spent £40k, irrespective of what it could have bought.
 
Jez said:
I think the point is that it is not a sleeper, its not anything in fact. Its a 200bhp automatic barge from the early 90's, you can hardly expect people not to question the price and suggest things that FOUR THOUSAND quid could have bought domestically.
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So it is something - 200bhp automatic barge from early 90ies. That's hardly "not anything".
And as for FOUR THOUSAND. It's relative. I can find you people who couldn't imagine why anyone would fork out 7000 on intergalactic mileage 5 series when you can buy perfectly "doable" Kia Magentis with 5 year warranty for the same money. I suppose if you don't find any common platform with people who simply don't want BMWs or just any barge, 4,000 pounds for japanese taxi might seem like a strange idea.
I've imported few japanese trucks and cars myself in a day, had a Stagea for a brief moment when my daily car being incapacitated, had Japanese Hilux or two, and to be honest, if my mileages, petrol prices and my steep and angled driveway would allow it I would go and fork out 6 or 7 grand on a 10 year old, low mileage Stagea over any European barge in a heartbeat. Ugly or not. It's the car I like. It's the car I feel good in. I don't care it doesn't have Volvo dash and IKEA furniture inside, I don't care that seats look like they were made of reused bus carpets. It doesn't bother me that Chevy Chase called and wants his 80ies dashboard back. I like that car. I feel good, and confy inside and it does everything I want from the car and more.

Translating pristine condition, cherished, low mileage japanese imports into "what could you get for £4000 at your local green verge" just doesn't work. There is a point where you want something particular, point where the choice is purely subjective. An equivalent of "this £7000 intergalactic mileage old beemer over £6000 Mondeo still under manufacturer's warranty". And at that point, especially in case of Japanese imports, sum of money just doesn't co-relate to alternatives. It's kind of like questioning why would someone order 50 year old sofa from Italy when you can have perfect set of Argos sofas, made of finest Chinese leather, with two free setees for the same money. And half a million people who bought it before can not be wrong. Right?
 
I do love the way von is using me as an example to post his vitriol when it wasn't me who started the whole 'buy a 7 series instead' thing. I joined the party when it was already in full swing. Also, it went into full swing when he claimed the Cefiro was a better car than the 7 series, not simply his choice. I think thats what made the thread go wild. Had he said 'Yea I know but.. I just really fancied this' I dont think it would have gone the same way.

FWIW, my 'intergalatic mileage old beemer' was 4 years old and under manufacturers warranty when I bought it. If you think 4 is 'old' then I guess thats your choice.

Oh and btw, you can buy a tidy Stagea for a few grand right now, making the Cefiro look even more bizarrely priced. There appears to be an RS4 Stagea for £1950, is that the good one?
 
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