New 160sr
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welcome to the 160 club my friend!...good luck finding mods though
What are your first impressions of the 160SR?? I've had mine for almost one year now and I love every minute of it!
Mine cost € 12000, in GBP 10500 (I bought it before the market collapsed). It's a late 2006 with low mileage.
mine was 4800, bought it in december 2008 and its a 55 plate and had 18k on the clock!
Read this thread and just had to join :grinning: (I was a member a long time ago).
I bought my 160SR new 3 1/2 years ago from an internet broker for ~£9,200 with trade in from my K11 and it's done 79,000m so far. I absolutely love this car! It looks great, it's fast and it goes round corners like #### stuck to a barn door. Maintenance is reasonable with a top level service at Nissan less than £200. Kuhmo KH11s are £60 fitted and last 22,000+ miles. What's not to like!
I notice alot of problems with wiper linkages (just had mine replaced for ~£135 at Nissan after it totally broke). Had to replace an alloy (£198 from Nissan :down after two-hatting a pothole which Salford council had filled in before I went back the NEXT day to photograph but that's not Nissan's fault...
It's paid for in July and I'd buy another one in a heartbeat but Nissan don't do a 1.6 Micra any more - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'll probably try and find a second hand low miler and buy that.
PS. If you think yours is quick, wait 'til the mileage gets to 70,000+ and the engine starts to wear in - mine accelerates like nightrider on the motorways and is as smooth and quiet as a Lexus still - LOL.
I bought my 160SR new 3 1/2 years ago from an internet broker for ~£9,200 with trade in from my K11 and it's done 79,000m so far. I absolutely love this car! It looks great, it's fast and it goes round corners like #### stuck to a barn door. Maintenance is reasonable with a top level service at Nissan less than £200. Kuhmo KH11s are £60 fitted and last 22,000+ miles. What's not to like!
I notice alot of problems with wiper linkages (just had mine replaced for ~£135 at Nissan after it totally broke). Had to replace an alloy (£198 from Nissan :down
after two-hatting a pothole which Salford council had filled in before I went back the NEXT day to photograph but that's not Nissan's fault...It's paid for in July and I'd buy another one in a heartbeat but Nissan don't do a 1.6 Micra any more - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'll probably try and find a second hand low miler and buy that.
PS. If you think yours is quick, wait 'til the mileage gets to 70,000+ and the engine starts to wear in - mine accelerates like nightrider on the motorways and is as smooth and quiet as a Lexus still - LOL.
Read this thread and just had to join :grinning: (I was a member a long time ago).
I bought my 160SR new 3 1/2 years ago from an internet broker for ~£9,200 with trade in from my K11 and it's done 79,000m so far. I absolutely love this car! It looks great, it's fast and it goes round corners like #### stuck to a barn door. Maintenance is reasonable with a top level service at Nissan less than £200. Kuhmo KH11s are £60 fitted and last 22,000+ miles. What's not to like!
I notice alot of problems with wiper linkages (just had mine replaced for ~£135 at Nissan after it totally broke). Had to replace an alloy (£198 from Nissan :down
It's paid for in July and I'd buy another one in a heartbeat but Nissan don't do a 1.6 Micra any more - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'll probably try and find a second hand low miler and buy that.
PS. If you think yours is quick, wait 'til the mileage gets to 70,000+ and the engine starts to wear in - mine accelerates like nightrider on the motorways and is as smooth and quiet as a Lexus still - LOL.
Good to hear you like the 160SR so much as well !! How about a pic of your 160SR?
nissanmicrak12
Ex. Club Member
Read this thread and just had to join :grinning: (I was a member a long time ago).
I bought my 160SR new 3 1/2 years ago from an internet broker for ~£9,200 with trade in from my K11 and it's done 79,000m so far. I absolutely love this car! It looks great, it's fast and it goes round corners like #### stuck to a barn door. Maintenance is reasonable with a top level service at Nissan less than £200. Kuhmo KH11s are £60 fitted and last 22,000+ miles. What's not to like!
I notice alot of problems with wiper linkages (just had mine replaced for ~£135 at Nissan after it totally broke). Had to replace an alloy (£198 from Nissan :down
It's paid for in July and I'd buy another one in a heartbeat but Nissan don't do a 1.6 Micra any more - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'll probably try and find a second hand low miler and buy that.
PS. If you think yours is quick, wait 'til the mileage gets to 70,000+ and the engine starts to wear in - mine accelerates like nightrider on the motorways and is as smooth and quiet as a Lexus still - LOL.
you didnt need to spend that much on your wiper linkage!!!!all it needed was a washer welding on the end of it !!!! but i suppose nissan would say that! i hate nissan dealers!!!!
I'm fitting EBC Turbogroove disc and Greenstuff pads soon, Great upgrade for ~£160
Hmm, Green pads aren't amazing. I've got yellow ones which stick like glue but the compound is destroying the disks, and they've only been fitted about a year.
I had ebc gd disc's on my corsa, it didnt feel right with the green stuff pads after tring 3 sets of pads i found that tar-ox pads (mintex are a very close second) with the ebc discs work the best.
Diamond black disc's are crud standard discs are better imho.
hi-spec front calpers discs and pads are the dogs but thay are pricey
Diamond black disc's are crud standard discs are better imho.
hi-spec front calpers discs and pads are the dogs but thay are pricey
