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I love Nissans...they make the fantastic GT-R, the second best sports coupe in the world (sorry Nissan but the Porsche Turbo is still no.1 for me!), the mighty Patrol, still the best 4x4 on the planet (sadly not for sale in the UK for the last few years, and of course the best 5 door hatchback, the amazing NOTE!
I was a late adopter of Japanese cars, stupidly staying with idiotic Ford and Vauxhall rust boxes for many years...although one of the best cars I ever owned was a Cavalier GSI which I bought new in 1990 (a couple of months later they brought out the Calibra and I was kicking myself for not waiting!). Part of the prejudice was due to some of the cars my mother owned, including a woeful Daihatsu Charade (jesus what a lump of crap) and a Mitsubishi something or other that went like stink but was apparently made of paper...the Origami 1.6 perhaps?
The 300ZX changed all that...what an amazing motor! I picked up a low mileage one for very little money and ran it for five years without one single incident. A second hand Toyota Supra followed this, yet another bargain priced banshee of a car. Since then I've had a Honda Legend, a lovely little MR2 and of course my present weekender, the GT34 V-Spec, which is simply the best car ever made bar none. It does everything, and still draws crowds despite being 13 years old. I was very lucky to find one that hadn't been modded or fiddled with, and believe it to be a LOT more powerful than the 280 bhp quoted by the manufacturer.
We need to enjoy these wonderful cars while we can, because I'm sure that our children and grandchildren will never know what it's like to drive a 'proper' car. Who knows, in 20 or 30 years we may all go to work in helium balloons the way things are headed...
I was a late adopter of Japanese cars, stupidly staying with idiotic Ford and Vauxhall rust boxes for many years...although one of the best cars I ever owned was a Cavalier GSI which I bought new in 1990 (a couple of months later they brought out the Calibra and I was kicking myself for not waiting!). Part of the prejudice was due to some of the cars my mother owned, including a woeful Daihatsu Charade (jesus what a lump of crap) and a Mitsubishi something or other that went like stink but was apparently made of paper...the Origami 1.6 perhaps?
The 300ZX changed all that...what an amazing motor! I picked up a low mileage one for very little money and ran it for five years without one single incident. A second hand Toyota Supra followed this, yet another bargain priced banshee of a car. Since then I've had a Honda Legend, a lovely little MR2 and of course my present weekender, the GT34 V-Spec, which is simply the best car ever made bar none. It does everything, and still draws crowds despite being 13 years old. I was very lucky to find one that hadn't been modded or fiddled with, and believe it to be a LOT more powerful than the 280 bhp quoted by the manufacturer.
We need to enjoy these wonderful cars while we can, because I'm sure that our children and grandchildren will never know what it's like to drive a 'proper' car. Who knows, in 20 or 30 years we may all go to work in helium balloons the way things are headed...
