Goodby NX Coupe.
Hello Levin.
The 1990 Nissan NX Coupe has reached the end of the road, it has rust in the front pillars. It's a targa roof, and the A pillars are just decoration, the real strength is behind there...and I'm the guy who checks this thing for it's safety inspection, so no, it's off the road. I've had it for 9 years, sort of accidentaly. It had a cracked head and the customer couldn't afford to fix it, and so left it with me. A few months later I fitted another engine to give it to my daughter, and to cut a long story short that's when I found out there was a debt on the vehicle - $4,000! The finance company released the car to me, but wouldn't remove the debt, so I couldn't sell it on...and that why I've kept it this long. As I got rid of other excess vehicles, the NX remaind, and has been my personal runabout for the last 5 years.
I'm back at the dealership, and we get first choice at the trade ins, the Levin was traded on a $30,000 BMW, just something they could drive in and leave I guess...tradein value of $200. Not what I want, but it'll do until I find something else, preferably with a towbar. It has a cracked top radiator tank, a stuffed rear shock and a typical Corolla knock from the rear swaybar mounts. Dents in every panel, even the roof, trashed interior and the drivers door doesn't lock. But no rust and mechanically sound.
It has the 4A FE, the Nissan's GA16 DE is a better engine - chain drive and VVT. Just a Corolla coupe, same as the NX was a N14 Pulsar coupe. Oil sites have us using 20-50 for this engine, maybe 10-40 if it's cold. I'll be using MSL, Mitsi's 5-30, as I drain the containers to catch the dregs...after a couple of months I can fill a 4 litre.
Hello Levin.
The 1990 Nissan NX Coupe has reached the end of the road, it has rust in the front pillars. It's a targa roof, and the A pillars are just decoration, the real strength is behind there...and I'm the guy who checks this thing for it's safety inspection, so no, it's off the road. I've had it for 9 years, sort of accidentaly. It had a cracked head and the customer couldn't afford to fix it, and so left it with me. A few months later I fitted another engine to give it to my daughter, and to cut a long story short that's when I found out there was a debt on the vehicle - $4,000! The finance company released the car to me, but wouldn't remove the debt, so I couldn't sell it on...and that why I've kept it this long. As I got rid of other excess vehicles, the NX remaind, and has been my personal runabout for the last 5 years.
I'm back at the dealership, and we get first choice at the trade ins, the Levin was traded on a $30,000 BMW, just something they could drive in and leave I guess...tradein value of $200. Not what I want, but it'll do until I find something else, preferably with a towbar. It has a cracked top radiator tank, a stuffed rear shock and a typical Corolla knock from the rear swaybar mounts. Dents in every panel, even the roof, trashed interior and the drivers door doesn't lock. But no rust and mechanically sound.
It has the 4A FE, the Nissan's GA16 DE is a better engine - chain drive and VVT. Just a Corolla coupe, same as the NX was a N14 Pulsar coupe. Oil sites have us using 20-50 for this engine, maybe 10-40 if it's cold. I'll be using MSL, Mitsi's 5-30, as I drain the containers to catch the dregs...after a couple of months I can fill a 4 litre.