NV200 The First Ten Years...
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10 years with a Nissan NV200, bought new on a 62 plate on Sept 1 2012. 1.5 DCi, K9K Renault turbo diesel engine with 90bhp.
Used by Mrs H67 for pet food deliveries, multi drop driving around rural Kent doing 50 - 100 miles 4/5 times a week.
The old girl, the van that is, has racked up 156000 miles and has just passed its MOT.
Fuel usage sits at 14578 litres or 3211 gallons which equates to 48.58 mpg.
Maintenance over the 10 years sits at £6454 which equates to 4.13p per mile.
It has full Nissan service history at the dealer where I used to work where I get discount.
I do any repairs needed and a between service oil change myself.
It doesn`t include its next cam belt change which will be done next month when we`re on holiday.
So that figure is lower than it might other wise be.
I have it serviced by Nissan as by doing that the RAC Breakdown & Recovery package that originally came with it is maintained.
The one major failure was at 74k and 4.5 years old when the ECU suffered water ingress and required replacement along with the engine wiring harness. Nissan goodwill covered that 100% as it`s a known issue also helped by having full dealer history.
It still has the original clutch, exhaust, turbo, injectors, EGR valve, radiator etc and has never had any engine or gearbox repairs. All the door mechanisms, handles etc are original and working fine.
Non original include brakes all round at least twice, battery, starter, dozens of bulbs, front struts & drop links, several lower arms, one cambelt, water pump, aux belt and tensioner, the airbag clock spring, a couple of engine steady bars, rear spring eye bushes and tyres.
Body wise it has a few battle scars but has zero rust anywhere and is in decent shape, the interior has held up well with no seat problems, just a worn carpet by the throttle pedal.
The main weak points are rear brakes, lower arms (lower ball joint), bulbs, and tyres.
The tyres are a skinny 175/70/14 and wear out rapidly.
I used to run 2 sets of wheels with summer and winters but have settled on running Nankang AW-8 All Weathers which give good grip all year round and are reasonably priced.
All in all it`s been a solid, reliable, cheap van that I`d recommend all day long. The only regret is not getting the next model up with a/c and a 6 speed box.
Used by Mrs H67 for pet food deliveries, multi drop driving around rural Kent doing 50 - 100 miles 4/5 times a week.
The old girl, the van that is, has racked up 156000 miles and has just passed its MOT.
Fuel usage sits at 14578 litres or 3211 gallons which equates to 48.58 mpg.
Maintenance over the 10 years sits at £6454 which equates to 4.13p per mile.
It has full Nissan service history at the dealer where I used to work where I get discount.
I do any repairs needed and a between service oil change myself.
It doesn`t include its next cam belt change which will be done next month when we`re on holiday.
So that figure is lower than it might other wise be.
I have it serviced by Nissan as by doing that the RAC Breakdown & Recovery package that originally came with it is maintained.
The one major failure was at 74k and 4.5 years old when the ECU suffered water ingress and required replacement along with the engine wiring harness. Nissan goodwill covered that 100% as it`s a known issue also helped by having full dealer history.
It still has the original clutch, exhaust, turbo, injectors, EGR valve, radiator etc and has never had any engine or gearbox repairs. All the door mechanisms, handles etc are original and working fine.
Non original include brakes all round at least twice, battery, starter, dozens of bulbs, front struts & drop links, several lower arms, one cambelt, water pump, aux belt and tensioner, the airbag clock spring, a couple of engine steady bars, rear spring eye bushes and tyres.
Body wise it has a few battle scars but has zero rust anywhere and is in decent shape, the interior has held up well with no seat problems, just a worn carpet by the throttle pedal.
The main weak points are rear brakes, lower arms (lower ball joint), bulbs, and tyres.
The tyres are a skinny 175/70/14 and wear out rapidly.
I used to run 2 sets of wheels with summer and winters but have settled on running Nankang AW-8 All Weathers which give good grip all year round and are reasonably priced.
All in all it`s been a solid, reliable, cheap van that I`d recommend all day long. The only regret is not getting the next model up with a/c and a 6 speed box.
That's a really interesting informative post, I'm looking at buying a van to convert to a small camper , top of my list is a VW caddy just because it has rear windows, how the hell do you reverse park a van with no re windows anyway?? But the nv200 is cheaper and bigger maybe I'll just get an nv and have rear windows fitted hmmm
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