CMF_Nissanmania
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The project Micra now has no A/C and is getting pretty close to being a dedicated competition car so I've been on the lookout for a replacement of the calibre of the Micra.
Biggest hurdle is that both my wife and myself had to agree on the same car. I liked the Polo GTI (naf interior and wheels) my wife preferred the Swift Sport (sorry Family Hack but I felt it looks too much like a chics car). The Colt just a bit too expensive for a run around car.
Finally we've found a small, sexy, sporty (though not a sports car), reasonably masculine car that we both like. The interior is nice, comes with nice 17" wheels and fantastic rubber (205/40's Pirelli P-Zero Nero). It's the Ford Fiesta XR4. What, Nissanmania with a Ford?? I can't help it if the new Micra doesn't light my fire. This thing should be a good bit of kit with a torquey 110Kw 2L Duratec and all the fruit standard - ABS/EBD/ESP and 6 air bags for $25K (just under $28K on-road) Got them to throw in around $600 worth of accessories like mats/weathershields/etc and refused to pay for the stipes ($300 extra but the first 500 all come with stripes so not really an option is it?). Not really that keen on the stripes but my wife likes them - go figure! They're vinyl so I could peel them off if I got sick of them. It's made in Germany (is this good or not?) and build quality seems pretty good. The price is quite good for the kit included.
As they've only hit showrooms last Monday ours will be one of the first to hit the street in Perth. Don't pick up till around Thursday so have to patiently wait to get hold of it to get a longer term impression.
This is some pics of an example (not ours) - chose red (wife's preference) but I think white is pretty hot with the blue stripes. Pity it comes with a blue coloured dash though whereas the red has a black/grey two tone dash which is easier on the eyes. They all come with great leather bolstered cloth deep bucket seats.
Biggest hurdle is that both my wife and myself had to agree on the same car. I liked the Polo GTI (naf interior and wheels) my wife preferred the Swift Sport (sorry Family Hack but I felt it looks too much like a chics car). The Colt just a bit too expensive for a run around car.
Finally we've found a small, sexy, sporty (though not a sports car), reasonably masculine car that we both like. The interior is nice, comes with nice 17" wheels and fantastic rubber (205/40's Pirelli P-Zero Nero). It's the Ford Fiesta XR4. What, Nissanmania with a Ford?? I can't help it if the new Micra doesn't light my fire. This thing should be a good bit of kit with a torquey 110Kw 2L Duratec and all the fruit standard - ABS/EBD/ESP and 6 air bags for $25K (just under $28K on-road) Got them to throw in around $600 worth of accessories like mats/weathershields/etc and refused to pay for the stipes ($300 extra but the first 500 all come with stripes so not really an option is it?). Not really that keen on the stripes but my wife likes them - go figure! They're vinyl so I could peel them off if I got sick of them. It's made in Germany (is this good or not?) and build quality seems pretty good. The price is quite good for the kit included.
As they've only hit showrooms last Monday ours will be one of the first to hit the street in Perth. Don't pick up till around Thursday so have to patiently wait to get hold of it to get a longer term impression.
This is some pics of an example (not ours) - chose red (wife's preference) but I think white is pretty hot with the blue stripes. Pity it comes with a blue coloured dash though whereas the red has a black/grey two tone dash which is easier on the eyes. They all come with great leather bolstered cloth deep bucket seats.
