Faults:

Clutch replaced in 2008.

Annoying faults with wipers and screen washers - mechanic's fault originally!

General Comments:

Ideal small car; comfortable on longer journeys - nippy around town.

Same battery and silencer as when I bought it!

Always started and ran reliably for 8 years.

Very cheap to run; only basic maintenance and repairs for MOTs.

Don't expect high performance or refinements! Wish I'd bought higher specs, e.g. intermittent wiper setting, power steering.

Just bought another low mileage 2002 Micra - hope it's as good.

Faults:

Fan switch resistor failed. After trying 6 others from a scrapyard that also didn't work, I made one with 3 4ohm resistors from an electronics store, and an hour with a soldering iron. Seems to be the only weakness on these cars.

General Comments:

I bought it to replace my Nova saloon when rust got a hold of it.

Apart from the small boot (the Nova had an enormous one for a tiny car) and the lack of intermittent wipers, it is simply heaps better.

It is faster, more comfortable, more frugal with fuel, much more pleasant to drive, quieter and smoother riding than any other small car I have driven.

Around town it is a pleasure to drive. Long motorway trips are fine within its limitations; cruising at 70mph is no problem, but I know the car is working hard, I don't need to turn up the radio though.

Parking is easy, it fits into tiny gaps.

I wish it had intermittent wipers and a rear wiper. I thought I would regret non power steering, but it is light anyway, so not a problem.

Faults:

This is my sisters car, left at home as she didn't need it much in 2007.

Seats are a bit grubby, and the engine seemed to tick and not run smoothly enough for my taste.

Come 2007 MOT time, I found out that a few things it had failed on previous weren't really addressed.

Rear brakes were poor, and the underbody rust is a major issue as there's a hole under the rear passenger compartment, but the bodywork is fine.

General Comments:

Despite that, it isn't all bad.

Since it's been left in my care, all the lights work and the rear brakes have had new drums and wheel cylinders.

The car was serviced at 54k miles, and now it's running really smooth with no ticking, no mayonnaising, and it's using no water or oil. Was averaging 4500 per year I worked out, and we've put on 8000 since it was serviced in 2007.

It's a really good car to drive. The engine is perky and the gear change is nice and stiff.

Motorway work isn't too bad, but I prefer my beefier Skoda's 1.6, as it's a more accomplished cruiser.

Don't expect luxuries on this model, but you don't miss them! The car isn't too bad to place without PAS, and there's very little to go wrong.

It's cheap to buy, run and tax.

It does look girly, but you'll be laughing all the way to the bank; plus it does have a certain charm.

Faults:

Nothing major has gone wrong with the car at all.

I have had to only pay out for new headlight bulbs and a new exhaust gasket.

General Comments:

I absolutely love this car. People underestimate the Nissan Micra, but I think they have to be one of the most reliable city cars.

My sister and I bought the car two years ago off a mechanic who previously bought the car off an elderly woman who had it since brand new. For a car that was ten years old it only had 27,000 miles on the clock.

Two years on and it still a little superstar. We have driven 21,000 miles in two years and it still continues to run. My sister worked in Bracknell for a year so she drove backwards and forwards to London every weekend in this car, practically busted the nuts out of it, and she never had any trouble with it.

It is a very cheap car to run. I am driving just under 200 miles a week and a full tank lasts nearly up 3 weeks.

For a 1.0 litre it is a very nippy car.

I find it a very comfortable car, because I'm 6 foot I have to have my seat as far back as it goes, but I have plenty of headroom as it is the 2nd edition, bubble shape version. Perfect vision on the road because it has a very long windscreen height and width ways. Also another thing I love about this car is that you can see the bonnet, woohoooo! This makes it easier while parking infront of walls and behind other cars on the road.

Parking is nice as its only a small car, but as I do not have power steering, this can be quite tiring.

All the controls are in the right places and are easy to find while you are driving.

I give this car a 10/10! and I am going to be sad when she goes. My aim is to get her up to 100000 miles.