ajg193 Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Gemima. Also, you claim K11 prices are soaring but form what I can see they have plummeted by 15% from your first purchase to second purchase, even giving higher spec 4 4 Quote
locost_bryan Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Milly and Molly. Call the 2 door Mandy, and you've got this... 4 1 Quote
yoeddynz Posted October 1, 2020 Author Posted October 1, 2020 @ajg193 Oh shit- you are correct. #iswhyIfailedatthestockexchange @locost_bryan Hannah's sister Leila had two pet ferrets. Molly and Daisy. She took them for walks on leads and they held their ground very well against all the neighbours cats and dogs. Fearless little buggers- very cool pets * *but not really suited for showing off on the streets in NZ....people frown upon pet Mustelids here... 3 Quote
Thphantum Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Millie and Shanaenae Milliie and Laquitia Millie and ......... Quote
igor Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 How could they be anything else but Millie, Molly, and Mandy? 56mpg. How is this even possible? 1 Quote
Roman Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Did someone say fuel economy chat??? I would have got here sooner, but it was less economical that way. Isnt 5l/100km 47 MPG? 5 3 Quote
locost_bryan Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 36 minutes ago, Roman said: Did someone say fuel economy chat??? I would have got here sooner, but it was less economical that way. Isnt 5l/100km 47 MPG? https://mpg.webix.co.uk/5-litres-to-mpg/ 5l/100km = 56mpg (Imperial) Quote
locost_bryan Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 51 minutes ago, igor said: How could they be anything else but Millie, Molly, and Mandy? 56mpg. How is this even possible? Light car, light driver, light foot? Quote
yoeddynz Posted October 1, 2020 Author Posted October 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Roman said: Isnt 5l/100km 47 MPG? I just used an online calculator and specified imperial gallons. Blame that calculator if wrong... Quote
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted October 2, 2020 Me- "oh hey Hannah- we have to go to town right? " H - "yeah we need to do a shop" Me - "cool....... well while we are there why not let me take you somewhere special and show you a good time?" H -"oooh neato. Ok ! Much excite!!! What could it possibly be?"..... One hour later.... . . . . . Yuss!!!! Ka-ching! Score.... A friend who manages the local wreckers let us raid the one and only little k11 there. (apparently it was driven in without a single fault. Ran perfectly. But rego had been let lapse. Fuckers! Its a manual 2 door!!! who does such crimes to let regos lapse) anyway- we got all these bits that we needed to either fill in the blank spaces on the new car (Meredith?) or complete Millie so we can sell her on. Ok - I know.. I should not really anthropomorphise cars but I cant resist... they are just so cute. So yeah- a good haul. Bits included : a thermostat! Hopefully good- looks better than a Tridon branded one. An air box and filter - this car we robbed is a face lift and they changed the airbox with a better sealing arrangement. A cold air feed. Its longer and feeds from behind the light. Millie doesn't have this feature but the new one (Margaret?) does. They obviously thought it was such a neat idea that even the poverty spec 1.0 facelifts ended up with it too. A horn - because the twin horns on Millie don't work properly so lets go back to standard. A radiator overflow bottle- missing on Millie. Complete strut assemblies - because why not. They were sitting on the drivers seat and needed a home. The cv boots are good so they can replace the torn ones on Millie. A windscreen washer cap- MOM (that's missing on Millie...) Rear parcel shelf - MOM A clutch cable - Millie's is pretty yuck. Could just do with a lube. But now we have a spare. A ciggy lighter - for Impy! A load of fuses and a few bulbs- because I'm a magpie for them at wreckers. I've never had to buy fuses yet. However- I am saving the best bits for last. While I was tinkering away in the engine bay Hannah was scrummaging about in the car (no mean feat because it was a prick to get into- OSH would have a field day! ) and she found these... Genuine Nissan March items complete with the little bubble car logo that they used for the marketing and subsequent merchandise. Soooo cool (for nerdy k11 foamers like us) and Hannah was well chuffed with her score! They'll need a proper good clean but should come up ok. I told her she'd have a good time 20 2 3 Quote
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 6, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted October 6, 2020 Yesterday and today we did a few more tinkering jobs on both Millie and the new one (Myrtel?). We had taken the Imp over to Kaiteriteri so we could do a trail run in the park there. The Imp was booked in for a wof later on in the afternoon and the run distance was further than we expected. So we decided to run to home, shower up and then drive the new car (Marjorie?) back to kaiteri, pick up the Imp and drive in convoy into town. Got to show off the Micra to our wof man (the Imp passed with flying colours btw...) and warm up the oil properly so once home it would drain out sweet. Hannah had Kevin helping her with Millie... I was tucked out of the hot sun and worked on the new one (Marilyn?) Terribly backlit photo alert... Drained and replaced the oil. It was pretty filthy but nothing horrid with no signs of sludge. While I was under the car (on axle stands because hoist is still blocked by timer piles) I had a look about. I was really happy to see how super tidy it was under there. No dents, no rust, underseal very neat, exhaust looked factory fresh. Nice to see its not been off road or rallied. Engine bay is pretty tidy too... I fitted new spark plugs too- the old ones were pretty worn. I kept joking with Hannah that the old oil, plugs and the fact it was running cold = my extra 2 litres of petrol used.. So yeah- that thermostat eh?... well it wasn't there. I suspected as much. Luckily we had found a thermostat on Fridays romantic trip to the wreckers. I made a gasket to suit - because while normally it would be sealed in with rtv I didn't want to seal it in with goo just in case it turns out I needed to remove it again, like perhaps the head gasket is iffy etc etc. We tested the thermostat before fitting anyway and it opened on time and the full amount. Fitted it, refilled the system with nice new 33% coolant mix and I took it for a hoon. The temp sat right in the middle as I headed up the 300m climb on our side of our local hillclimb/racetrack. Drove it hardish until I caught someone. Then laughed at the comical power button that it turning the air con on and then turning it off for extra boost Temp stayed put as I followed a line of cars stuck behind a Kenworth logging truck down the other side. Sweet. That's better! However I best test it again so I turned back at the bottom and headed up the hill, second gear ALL the way (because for fast progress up our hill with only a 1300cc, trying to use 3rd just pops it out of its 'happy' zone) What a great little engine these are! Really quite smooth. Another neat thing I liked was the LSD. I've not driven a fwd equipped as such and It was most noticeable out of the tighter corners, especially if a bit lumpy. It just gripped and pulled out really clean. No noticable torque steer but then again its only 75 little ponies... I do wonder if viscous lsds heat up and start to lose some grip on the discs so allowing a bit more slip- but really propbably not an issue on a road car getting trashed now and again ? More of an issue on trackdays etc? Got home, let it sit idling. No dramas. Hannah also cleaned those nifty March logo'd mats she had found. They came up sweet and look neat installed. I gave the car a quick vacuum and found $1.50 under the seat so now the car had only cost us $698.50. I also found some sort of interesting plant material. It looks like some sort of Tomato. I might have to light it with a match and see what the smoke is like to confirm my thoughts?.. Hannah tidied out the boot area and she found this. Looks like the new car (Martina?) has been to a ski field at some point... https://okutone.jp/facility/ 25 2 Quote
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 9, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted October 9, 2020 Oh dear. We sort of have three Marches now. Picking this one up at the end of the month... So happy. Its like a dream. A yellow 2 door. Its low mileage and very tidy. 1.0 with a rubberband auto. Gonna have some fun later in summer swapping all the bits mechanical across, inc the pre-facelift wings, lights, grill and spoilers. Make our ultimate looking Micra. The lady we are buying it from is super happy we are basically k11 foamers/nerds and that its going to a good home. I like these little March sill guards. Also noted that it has the original March mat set with the bubble car logo, still in good nick. Not sure on the name yet - but currently they are referred to as Millie, Molly and Mandy. Some might say we have a problem but its all smiles here * I've just noticed how terribly both cars are parked.. Micra drivers be all like "and I'll just put it here and that will be that".. and get away with it because their car so tiny. 17 4 1 Quote
Popular Post ajg193 Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Posted October 9, 2020 You truly have descended deep into the Barry valley. Wanted to buy one cheap car, had to buy three of them to get what you wanted and have now spent as much as one good car. I approve 11 4 Quote
yoeddynz Posted October 9, 2020 Author Posted October 9, 2020 Yeah something like that. But really the second one (now not the new one and still has no official name Megan?) just sort of had to be bought on the basis that it was such a bargain for all them juicy bits. Could have got away without buying it. But how could we not? And the yellow one. 2 door! wow. Its perfect. We are probably going to split the 2nd one down and keep a few spares from both that and the yellow one after building the 'perfect one'. Sell the remaining bits off. Sell on Millie soon- once we know which is the best 1.3 engine we have. Or some sort of.. 'scribbled on our addled brains notepads future plans that wont save us any money but seem perfect right now' ..idea 2 1 Quote
Popular Post Roman Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Posted October 9, 2020 Hooray a 2 door! I heartily approve the barry spec collecting of bits. Looking forward to see what comes of the yellow car. Also I love how quickly this escalated from "definitely not a project" to owning 3 and lots of parts 11 1 2 Quote
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 9, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted October 9, 2020 Yeah. Sort of become a bit nerdy with our enthusiasm for these now. I have already been looking up where I can find a Fujimi HK11* 2 door 1.24 kitset for sale and I have also pondered looking for sales brochures online. Oh dear. 7 1 3 Quote
Roman Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 Maannnnn old sales brochures are the best. I bought some for Dad recently for two of his cars. Soooo cool to browse through and see all the factory options, cool photos etc. 3 Quote
yoeddynz Posted October 9, 2020 Author Posted October 9, 2020 I love them. I've got a whole stash. I was think of starting a thread but need to chat to the mods so we can make something neat of it. 2 Quote
thegreatestben Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 Would have thought Maggie is the obvious choice for the yellow one! Quote
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