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| Thread ID: 126814 | 2012-09-19 07:30:00 | Planning to get a car for the first time need some help | Ninjabear (2948) | PC World Chat |
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| 1302167 | 2012-09-25 05:54:00 | It's a Nissan Bluebird Slyphy 2003. I tested the brakes, They do brake well upon pushing the pedal in deeply.It doesn't make any squeaks or anything which I think is good. |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1302168 | 2012-09-25 06:05:00 | If you drove an auto before and this car is a manual, you may find the brakes are not quite as 'touchy', and this is probably normal. You can check the brake pads have meat left on them easily, but as long as the thing stops properly without your foot going right to the floor you should be OK. Any mechanic can check this and even bleed the brakes pretty quickly if you're worried about it. The car sounds like a darn good deal to me. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1302169 | 2012-09-25 06:27:00 | I see it is the same as a NZ Nissan Pulsar. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1302170 | 2012-09-25 06:32:00 | Ring Turners and ask them what they would pay you, they are usually spot on. Rule #2, never but a Ford and buy a Nissan. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1302171 | 2012-09-25 09:18:00 | Brakes may not have been bleed properly since last brake shoe/pad change. Another reason could be worn plunger/cylinder seals, or sworn bore in the master cylinder. Sometimes see bubbles when the brake pedal is depressed. As noted earlier Jap cars are reliable, with refining of engines with Vtec, VVT, etc engines from Toyota and Honda, don't know what Nissan has done to improve their engines in terms of variable timing and economizing. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1302172 | 2012-09-25 11:48:00 | FORD = Found On Road Dead. :groan: I've had about six, two I owned, the rest were company cars (from new, no prior drivers), all were crap. Then I got a Toyota and the sun started to shine. Several Toyotas later I changed employer and found myself in Holdens. They were marginally better than Ford, but I had to return one (bought new) to the dealer because the 3 speed auto ran as a two speed, it drove like a brick, smoked like a chimney at anything over 110km/hr, hand brake fell apart, then finally a rear wheel assembly collapsed, so I took it back and they replaced it (the whole B#$@&* car). Then I went to Mazda on my own account and have had nothing else since, they just go and go. I have a 6 Sportwagon 2.3 with alloy wheels and 8 airbags (I think, I can only count 6 but the book says there's 8) and it is a dream. Does 700km to the tank around town and upward of 800 on the open road. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1302173 | 2012-09-25 19:41:00 | FORD = Found On Road Dead. :groan: Then I went to Mazda on my own account and have had nothing else since, they just go and go. Interesting considering until 2010 Mazda and Ford had merged and a lot of Fords had Mazda engines. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1302174 | 2012-09-25 19:53:00 | It's the name bag FORD that is the problem. Fix Or Repair Daily. | sam m (517) | ||
| 1302175 | 2012-09-25 21:31:00 | First On Race Day | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1302176 | 2012-09-25 21:33:00 | First On Race Day Think you mean the LORDs in that case ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
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