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Some of you will have seen my posts on the forum asking for help etc, so you'll know what I've done to the car over the last year or so. In any case I will list all the details below. We have to emigrate abroad and so need to sell our much loved K11 Micra. Basics: White 2000 model (X reg)...

2000 model Micra, the car failed miserably today! Loads of corrosion is the main culprit and I have been quoted between 400-500 to get all the repairs done. Scrap value is £35... We are leaving the country in a few months so need to shift the car soon. Still got 2 weeks of old MOT and current...

Last time I went away for 2 weeks, after we got back the red battery light was on. Turned out the alternator had gone bust, so replaced it and has been fine ever since. I assume this happened because in those 2 weeks the battery ran down and damaged the alternator, and I hear that a bad or low...

Well, after a motorway journey a stone chipped my drivers side windscreen. Had it replaced today by Autoglass but the technician found, under the rubber beading when he removed the old screen, a rust hole directly under the seal a bit larger than a 2p piece, on the lower passenger side. The...

I think I have a hole in my exhaust. When revving it makes noises of different pitches. My question is though, can this cause poor performance? I only ask because recently I drove to Scotland and on the ups it would not go above 30mph. Would a dollop of high temp sealant do the trick? (Also...

My car is in good shape now, got a new alternator, new oil, filters and plugs, but I still have an issue with idling and sometimes starting. Seems like something is sticking or something and the idle seems to vary depending on situation. I'll describe it below and would appreciate some ideas on...

So I have researched how to decode the VIN. My first three letters, SJN, are fine, SJ for England and N for Nissan. Rest seems fine until I get to the 10th character which is meant to be the model year. Mine is U, which all the sites including wikipedia I have checked say is not used for the...

So I have taken some photos of under my car, does the level of rust look BAD or average, like expected? Will it pass its next MOT like this or not likely? Note the first one (below) where the long bits of metal are actually coming apart, just behind the sump.

Is it cheaper to buy oil and give it to a garage to do an oil change? If so, what oil do you recommend? 20w50 castrol is that fine? I'm in York.

Hi, went on holiday for 2 weeks and when i got back the car started fine but the red battery light stayed on all the time, still the same. I read that this could be a loose alternator belt, so i had a look and the only belt i saw was in the front right corner of the engine and it seemed tight...

Hi. I bought an X reg auto Micra a couple of month ago. Since then I've done a 170 mile round trip and it's been fine. However, in 2 days we're driving down to London which is a LONG way. Taking into account the car passed it's MOT in early October 2011, I have the following concerns: 1. The...

Hi, I bought a 2000 1 litre automatic Micra s a couple of weeks ago. After using the car for a while I have discovered a few issues that I would like to tackle myself (I have rebuilt a 1971 Beetle engine so I have some previous experience), but because modern cars are not nearly as accessible as...

Hi there, I bought my first UK car on the 28th, a White 2000 X reg 1 litre Micra S. I just wanted to get some more experienced feedback on what condition it is in, if it was a good deal and general comments from a forum full of people that obviously know what they're talking about when it comes...