1996 Nissan Micra Reviews, Pricing & Specs

I'm still not sure why I bought this one! Really hate the shape of it and it is stereotyped towards women. I think the main reason is I bought it was because I knew it would be cheap to run & reliable, and I was having lots of reliability issues with my current car at the time which was costing me lots of £'s to get fixed so I decided to get this as a reliable stepping stone towards my next "decent" car! It was better than I expected to drive. the 1.0 16V engine was really nippy and I had lots of fun pulling away quicker than bigger cars in traffic light drag races! I didn't go too much on the brakes though - no ABS and being a light car it was quite easy to accidentally lock the wheels when doing an emergency stop. I also remember one issue with the handling when I nearly lost the rear end while overtaking a pensioner who insisted at driving at 15mph in a 30 limit, mind you the road was really wet that day, but it's safe to say that having a light car with little tyres like that is not going to give you a lot of grip in the corners. Can't fault the reliability of it though. I never had any problems with it and I sold it privately to a friend from work - he's still got it and I still see it parked in the work car park regularly. Not had any bad reports from the current owner since I sold it so as far as I know it's still running smoothly! Mar 31, 2008