Faults:

Fuel pump failed.

Apart from wear and tear items, this car is amazingly reliable.

General Comments:

This is our second household car, but it still gets a lot of use.

It may not look amazing, or be that fast. But as far as reliability goes and running costs go, this is the best car I have ever owned. It has more or less been faultless.

The car has covered 118,000 miles, but drives as good as the day I bought it. It's a real shame that Nissan is now owned by Renault, as I would not touch a newer one with a bargepole.

I have also owned 2 P10 Primera's; these were also amazing cars. The governments scrapage scheme won't make me part with this car, rust will eventually kill it I guess, as it is so reliable.

It is also quite nippy considering it is only a 1.0 litre, and it averages around 49 mpg no matter how I drive it.

If you are not bothered about looks and want cheap reliable motoring, I think that these cars take some beating. When it dies, it will probably be replaced with one of the last of the Almera's (with Nissan not Renault running gear) as I want something bigger. Again, probably a dull car to most, but a gem to those in the know. My Micra is amazing for a 14 year old car.

Faults:

Left front light didn't work at purchase, replaced for $12.

Speedometer needle got sticky when parked under the sun for 5 minutes, it just wouldn't go back to 0km/h. I took the panel out and put some WD40 at the spring, it works fine now.

Two panel's back lights blew and replaced for $3

The gear shifter spring was broken, wouldn't go back to the middle. I fixed it myself.

No other problem has been found so far, since I've had the car for less than 3 weeks.

General Comments:

This is my first car and I'm very happy with it. It uses very little fuel compare with my friend's V6 Magna, his car uses double the fuel than mine =) 33L ran 550km

I don't have much experience with cars, but with its 1.3L engine I don't feel bad at all, the engine is more powerful than I thought a 1.3L would be. It can accelerate pretty fast to 60km/h if you want to.

Cornering is much better than my friend's Magna due the the light weight of this car. Lack of power-steering is not a problem at all because of this super light little car ;)

The boot is pretty big if you flip the back seat over, much bigger than I thought =p

Doors are huge too!!

I'll try to do some distance travel later when my study get less busy and see how this little lady will go.

Faults:

Small hole needing attention on underside sill.

HT leads needed replacing to give perfect start in damp weather conditions.

General Comments:

Excellent reliable car with almost no maintenance required. Any problems with starting, change the HT leads and that should solve the problem.

Fuel consumption 35mpg - 40mpg which is not very good.

Does anyone know how to boost the consumption, bearing in mind it is an auto 1995 Nissan Micra?

Faults:

Small hole in the exhaust - from when I bought it (sounds like it's got a sports exhaust).

Clutch cable split at 135,000.

Fan for the A/C only works on high.

General Comments:

This car has been an excellent little purchase - relatively cheap to buy and exceptionally cheap to run - at 150,000km it still does 450km on about 30L of fuel.

Seats are reasonably comfortable - we've done a few long drives in it and it's been no trouble.

Air con still is icy cold.