Benn 304R

Anyone here ever owned one?

What are they like?
Looking at one for a run around.

Gary Osborne

absolute legend of a car imo.

on my fourth now and will prob keep this one as its mint. never had any probs at all. i just keep it very well serviced . seats are v comfy for a cheap family car too. it handles pretty good for what it is tooand tbh 80 in this feels like 50 in my saph, or focus ,or van, or crane (you get the picture)

i can get 420 mpt mixed driving and itll do an indicated 149 four up (bastard wind)

Benn 304R

sounds good then, must admit pretty boring to look at but for the money you cant go wrong really.

Dan

Next door neighbour had one, was very good and not a bad looking car, there's another one up the road that looks pretty sweet too!

I like em mate!

EIL132

Looked at one ages ago and ended up buying a 4x4 Cav GSi. Good car though, but check for rot at the rear suspension

Benn 304R

was considering a cav gsi but the primera has all the toys compared to the gsi.

Benn 304R

mind you have been considering another 5 series lol, looked at a few 540i but trying to talk myself out of it as the fuel bill will be stupid lol.

EIL132

My Cav had all the toys, buy a Beemer

Mike1

I had a black P11 GT for about 2 years - they handle great but the engine doesn't do much under about 3.5/4k - not particularly torquey low down.

Have everything you need like aircon, esr, ew half leather seats etc. Having driven an Accord Type-R they are very similar in character only the Accord has a lot more poke.
About the same performnce as a 106Gti but need stirring with the gear stick
Good on petrol but my trip computer was about 4/5 mpg optimistic.

Oil filter is a right git to get off as access is limited - certainly on the P11 at least. Earlier P10 was a bit more hardcore and had adj suspension all round as std.

Benn 304R

yeah its a p11 im looking at.

OvaBoost

Get an alfa romeo 155 widebody Handle like the touring cars lol
2.0 16v - 150bhp
Quick car, comfy, nearly 30mpg, look alot better, its an alfa...

Mike1

I like the look of those Alfas but somehow I think you might have less problems with the Primera...........

kingycos

I owned a P11 Gt SE in mystic green for a while. Totally reliable, nice drive, good performance for such a cheap safe family hatch, plus chain driven which is always a bonus. You need to be patiant as it only wants to go when its above 3500rpm. Try and get an SE, everyone looks at chromoflair paint, plus full leather, BBS rims and in big demand but dont demand to higher price so easy to sell if you dont like it, but I think you will. Top car for 1500 quid.

kingycos

All depending on your taste, but I like this colour too:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-NISSAN-PR...QQcmdZViewItem

OvaBoost

http://www.italianautomotive.com/155/

Smit

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Friend has got a lovely red one. Only a few mods not OTT.

think it looks lovely

massivewangers

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That looks well nice Smit

A mate of mine had a black P10, he paid about £220 for it off ebay, had sky high mileage but never gave him any bother in a year of owning it.

And went well too, I drove it, and it could keep up with my friend's ST170 without any bother

Mike1

If you have a knock in it the chromoflair paint is a fair bit to shell out for just as a word of caution.

Those SEs get 16" as std though rather than the stock 15" on the normal P11. If you want to keep the car std remember that there is a bigger choice of performance tyres available in 16" rather than 15".
I had almost the last 4 Eagle F1 GSD2s on mine (unless they've started re-making them in 195/60x15) - the handling was excellent.
Fine tuned round the 'Ring by Dirk Schoysmann - the same guy who did the suspension tuning on the Skyline.

There was some film of him doing development on a P11 GT at the Ring as promotional stuff.

Also Nissan released a promotional video of the P11 comparing it to other saloons featuring Tiff Needell

Paulo P

My sister had a p10 eGT until it was written off by an old git and she replaced it with a p11 GT. The eGT was a more fun car to drive, it was more cammy & revvier and handled better and felt lighter. Both of them were pretty quick for a big hatch and their fuel consumption was good too. I'd recommend one over a cav anyday.

Benn 304R

The one im watching is that colour, theres a silver one aswell.
I will proberbly do a few things to it but nothing major, just the basics ie wheels suspension exhaust etc.

Dont want a chromoflair one as i hate them colours lol

Mike1

I test drove a Cav GSi when I was looking at the Primeras and similar size 4/5 door cars.
I think with the GSi the big strength is the engine and the P11 it's the chassis

Ridgey

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ST24 beats both on comfort, smoothness, excellent performance and relatively cheap also. Had mine from almonst new now done 120k mls without a single problem.
Primera GT, suspension rather hard, Chavaliers probably all falling apart now.

Mike1

Compared to P11GT an ST24 a bit quicker, not much in it on handling but the Nissan is a lot more economical in my opinion.

Ridgey

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Worth the couple of mpg for the added refinment and comfort.
My brother-in-law who has a limited ed GT (green purple paint), would swap for my ST anyday.
That just my experience of the 2 cars, Jap parts can be expensive also, front suspension is weird and a twat to work on.

Benn 304R

Well I won it lol, just hope its ok!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-NISSAN-PR...QQcmdZViewItem

Mike1

Looks a nice one Benn, I'm sure you'll be Ok with it.

Looks like the guy has bought a shiny new ST220 Mondeo!

EIL132

Looks a tidy car

kingycos

Nice motor, rarer in the saloon as well.. And for a bag of sand, with 12 months ticket, you cant go wrong.

James

i had a bit of a duel with one of the earlier ones, it was a 1992 model, p10? and was suprised, i just thought it was a mini-cab but it really seemed to handle well and pulled well after 80 aswell.

BillyCabrio

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Ok, ok i take it back Benn, it actually looks quite nice And not bad spec from what people have been saying

I'll allow you to park outside my flat now

Either way you know the shonky day at Brands is still going ahead We have the same bhp now so its a fair comp

BM08

yeah i noticed that, the man has got taste