Nissan Micra - Opinions Please

llyamah

eyeinthesky wrote: »

Nowadays, the car overtaking you is a Nissan Micra, and I am driving it! My Micra is 8 years old, has never had any repairs, is reliable, economical, easy to park, comfortable....need I go on? Ok, it will exceed 100 mph, as would my previous Micra, oh, and the one before that too. As to my driving abilities, I have been driving for 41 years, and taught emergency fire appliance driving until 8 years ago. Perhaps the Micras you passed with your caravan were actually parked?

Or parhaps he is just a complete idiot with nothing useful to say... we may never know!

Kilty_2

llyamah wrote: »

That is a fair point that you mention about why the non-Nissan garage has it. Perhaps though there are a variety of reasons why they have it.

Find out who the previous owner is - I expect that it is Motability.

poppasmurf_bewdley

llyamah wrote: »

Or parhaps he is just a complete idiot with nothing useful to say... we may never know!

I think the complete idiot is someone who would drive a Nissan Micra at over 100mph! :eek:

And I think the courts would agree too!

jase1

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I think the complete idiot is someone who would drive a Nissan Micra at over 100mph! :eek:

And I think the courts would agree too!

Where did the poster say he drove the car at 100mph?

poppasmurf_bewdley

jase1 wrote: »

Where did the poster say he drove the car at 100mph?

Have a read of the posts.

iolanthe07

He said that his Micra will exceed 100 mph. He did not say that he had ever driven it as such a reckless speed.

CashStrappedPrincess

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

You should get her a car she can handle with ease. If she can handle a BMW M3, then get her one. If she can handle a Range Rover, get her one of them. If she can't handle a Micra, buy her an electric scooter and let her drive on the pavements.

The problem with Micra drivers is that most of them can't even handle them - as is testified by the number of them being driven so slowly.

And I certainly don't have a sense of self-importance - I leave that to BMW drivers. Me, I would say more a sense of self-preservation on roads full of mediocre drivers.

And if anyone thinks you can't overtake whilst towing a caravan - then they're not a very intelligent driver. Towing has a speed limit of 50mph on single carriageway roads. Overtaking a Micra doing 25mph is easy on a clear road and perfectly safe and lawful. After all, I don't want all those behind thinking it's me holding everybody up, do I?

I would much rather see a more life enriched person driving a micra slowly than a huge car like a jaguar or a rover 75!

Can I just state you are a caravan driver (enough said) so I think such a bold statement about Micra drivers is a bit RICH!

poppasmurf_bewdley

iolanthe07 wrote: »

He said that his Micra will exceed 100 mph. He did not say that he had ever driven it as such a reckless speed.

If you read the post, you will note that the poster bragged that his Micra was the one overtaking me! Now, as I drive up to the speed limit, or even a tad or two over the limit whenever it is safe to do so, if he is overtaking me he will have to be doing pretty close to or exceeding the 'ton'. So I think it is safe to assume he has driven his tin box at that speed. Indeed, he claims all three of his 'Micras' could do over the ton.

I don't actually remember being overtaken by a Nissan Micra ever, but I do remember one Purple P-Reg Micra trying once but as the driver was a big fat fella, it ran out of puff before he got level with me. I've just thought - Maybe that was the poster!

The poster also claims to have been driving for 41 years. That's almost as long as I have, but what does that prove? I drove road test cars for 20 years and wrote reports on them for newspapers and magazines - all that proves is that the car maufacturers had enough confidence in my driving to lend me cars worth many thousands of pounds for long periods of time, and they were all returned without incident.

He also claims to have taught fire appliance driving. I sincerely hope he never taught any of these drivers. There again, maybe he did. We'll never know will we?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13399863

or

http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3798

or even

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/3703801.stm

As for the other comment - I've never owned a Jag or a Rover 75 in my life. Neither do I 'drive' a caravan - I tow one.

I shall look forward to meeting up with all these Nissan Micras trying to get past me next time we're out towing.:rotfl:

cyclonebri1

jase1 wrote: »

You've never driven a Corsa then, clearly.

No-one seems to have an answer as to why the Micra is so much worse than the near-identical Clio either.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Yes I have driven a new corsa, infinately better, and the latest Clio beats them both hands down.

The clio/micra are not based on each other, drive each to find out.

poppasmurf_bewdley

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Yes I have driven a new corsa, infinately better, and the latest Clio beats them both hands down.

The clio/micra are not based on each other, drive each to find out.

Someone who knows what they are talking about. Good for you.

Now I'm waiting for one of the Micra lovers to come on here and tell us all that the Nissan Stanza was the best car ever made and was state of the art technology.