Certainly does mate,what's the spec and price of the lupo?
I know what your saying,running costs are pretty good on the civic tbh apart from tax has just gone up to 265 but as you say only paying 1 insurance 1 tax etc will probably work out cheaper.
I don't think there is anything that could be done to improve your car glwts mate,I hope it goes to a good home!
the lupo is the 02 silver 1.0 one i picked up a while back with 8k on the clock - my missus has a suzuki ignis sport but its a 1500vvt and she would now prefer the lupo because its cheaper to run/tax/insure and she puts company mileage on it as her job is community caring. i was previously paying about 330 a year tax on the silvia and lupo together and about 850 insurance for both, and two mot's etc, but its my addiction to playing with the silvia that needs to be put to bed lol.
Its a shame to see you sell this mate after all the work you have put into it. What makes you think it to hardcore for the baby? Having used mine to lug my kiddy around in for the past year, i'm intrested to hear your worries.
GLWTS all the same
thanks mate. the reason i need to get rid is a mixture of things.... firstly i dont like to drive it in any sort of crap weather so it will probably sit (again) for the next 5 months, secondly its obviously pretty lairy sounding and not ideal for a newborn and thirdly its pretty hard now that the whole car is polybushed throughout and fitted with tein flex coilovers. the cobra recliners are also a fair bit bulkier than the standard seats so access is more awkward than usual. theres only two mechanical niggles on the whole car - the k-sport brakes squeak when you are coming to a stop but they havent properly bedded in and have never ever got wet, secondly the gearbox i fitted when converting to s14 is noisy but works fine and is tight. best thing about that is a replacement now is only 150-200 and can be sourced all over very easily instead of having to hunt down a good condition 6 speed which isn't ideal on a 360hp/tq car. thats it.
anyway, i have already put down the deposit on the civic i wanted and collect it on weds or thurs so the car will be kept garaged until a genuine buyer comes along. my only worry is i see the thing with its bodywork all patched up with zipties down the line as it is genuinely one of the best condition cars (not just silvias) that i have ever seen and it has been my absolute pleasure to build and own it
i will never EVER again invest so much time, money, effort and emotion into a car, this is the only one...
a friend of mine has a contact at total nissan magazine and he's going to have a chat with them to see if they would like to feature it, it would be great to have a magazine feature to commemorate my ownership of the car before it moves on
