Why is the Micra so hated ?
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We had one as a courtesy car for a week a while back and I quite liked it, spacious inside , revvy 1.4 engine meant it wasnt that slow, it cornered ok and rode very well. I even quite like the looks in a so ugly it's alright kind of way, they are very reliable I beleive and fairly safe. I liked its basic nature and lack of pretension, I reserve my ire for A3 cabriolets (looks like a bloody pram ffs), huge off roaders driven badly and anything with Disco rope lights under the headlights driven by Gareth Cheesman types.
I have to add that I drove my aunts 1.0 earlier shape Micra and that was truly hateful to drive, woefully short on power and would make me commit suicide but the later 1.4 was actually pretty good.
Dont see all the hate for them on here, I dont really think I have ever been held up that badly by one, the Honda Jazz stands out as a pensioner Perambulator par excellence in that respect.
So, just for giggles I will take mine as a 2nd gen one with a 2.0 Primera engine, perhaps a GTiR unit driving all four wheels.
I have to add that I drove my aunts 1.0 earlier shape Micra and that was truly hateful to drive, woefully short on power and would make me commit suicide but the later 1.4 was actually pretty good.
Dont see all the hate for them on here, I dont really think I have ever been held up that badly by one, the Honda Jazz stands out as a pensioner Perambulator par excellence in that respect.
So, just for giggles I will take mine as a 2nd gen one with a 2.0 Primera engine, perhaps a GTiR unit driving all four wheels.
jayfish said:
I swear the speedo in a Micra overstates rather than understates speed like most other cars, those 24 MPH Micras you see everywhere are probably tootling along at 30 on the clock, with the driver tutting and clucking about all these 'speed demons' going over the limit.
OT, but all speedos over-read. As most trafpol will testify though, everyone's speedo will under-read in the moments leading up to a pull - 'but it was only showing 70 officer!'.jayfish said:
I swear the speedo in a Micra overstates rather than understates speed like most other cars, those 24 MPH Micras you see everywhere are probably tootling along at 30 on the clock, with the driver tutting and clucking about all these 'speed demons' going over the limit.
Every car overstates speed, it's a legal requirement that they cannot understate it.
Sister had a 1.4 on a 52-plate, a fairly early version of what was then the new shape. Perky engine but ruined by gearing - at an indicated 70mph in fifth, it was whining away at 3,600rpm, got very tedious very quickly on the motorway...
Keyless start worked OK but the remote central locking gave up the ghost never to work again, and the back-up key was uselessly flimsy (hidden in remote fob, snapped out of the fob when she tried to use it on the emergency lock hidden under the passenger door handle) so she just had to leave the car unlocked at all times. Trim was quite flimsy too, bits of it would detach or develop curious gaps!
Not hugely impressed - the Octavia she replaced it with has been far more robust.
Keyless start worked OK but the remote central locking gave up the ghost never to work again, and the back-up key was uselessly flimsy (hidden in remote fob, snapped out of the fob when she tried to use it on the emergency lock hidden under the passenger door handle) so she just had to leave the car unlocked at all times. Trim was quite flimsy too, bits of it would detach or develop curious gaps!
Not hugely impressed - the Octavia she replaced it with has been far more robust.
I had one for a MONTH a couple of Christmases ago as a loan car whilst mine was repaired (rather slowly).
My wife likened it to driving a midget sub, as if you're sitting in a bubble on TOP of the 'hull'.
That's exactly what it felt like - It was a truly horrible car to drive.
It wasn't especially noisy, uncomfortable, slow or badly mad, but it was a car you didn't want to get in and drive anywhere...
I really can't understand why people buy them when there are so many alternatives that look and feel like real cars!
M.
My wife likened it to driving a midget sub, as if you're sitting in a bubble on TOP of the 'hull'.
That's exactly what it felt like - It was a truly horrible car to drive.
It wasn't especially noisy, uncomfortable, slow or badly mad, but it was a car you didn't want to get in and drive anywhere...
I really can't understand why people buy them when there are so many alternatives that look and feel like real cars!
M.
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