GRIZZ’s Nissan Micra SCRUFFY 🇯🇵 Blame Jack Daniels 🇺🇸 New MOT

[grizz]

Oct 14, 2022 8:33:15 GMT chrisvw said:

Looking good, you work quick.

Oct 14, 2022 7:50:22 GMT grizz said:

Crazy Crazy this whole stealth taxation system.

From what I can figure out the tax is on the diesel cars the government convinced us to buy after scrapping lots of nice of nice old cars like your Micra

Thank you.

I am happy with the result.

nickwheeler was here for day one, always great to have company and progress is certainly faster because I have less excuses to go read forums or farcebook.

Not sure about all the motivation and reasons around the stealth taxes.

[grizz]

Oct 14, 2022 9:59:32 GMT thomfr said:

Tried to run our (old and new cars) on the ULEZ site and it says it does not recognize foreign license plates...

The newest is Euro 5 and the oldest 58 years old. How can I find out??
I have to bring proof for complying (to what?).

Maybe I'm just recalcitrant but this system is stupid..

Thom

I have no idea Thom.

Maybe Google will give you an idea, or any of the many who read but never make comments.

[grizz]

Oct 14, 2022 11:14:03 GMT kevins said:

you have to register non uk cars individually

tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/compliance-registration/before-you-start.

Good luck getting a letter form the manufacturer to prove it's emission level though! (To be fair for most more modern cars it's on the registration papers and cars over 40 years old are exempt from ulez anyway)

Thanks Kevin.

Sent you a text regarding the French letters 😉

[grizz]

Got home early from work by 3.15

Shuffled some cars around before even getting out of my work clothes.

Took the Micra up to the farm road for a quick test run, makes it a whole 1.5km test run, not even a mile.

Really nice little car to be honest. Feels deceptively bigger than its size implies.

It started to rain softly, but I hit the brakes at 40mph a few times……

Decent lock up on the left rear.

I do hope that it is a bit better on the rollers at the test at 4.00pm tomorrow afternoon.



Back home I parked everything up.

Makes my driveway look like a South London Car salesman’s home.



I hope it is all good tomorrow.

[grizz]

4 hours insurance bought.

That is EXPENSIVE

But all I need.

Next option was £110.00 for a month vs £300.00 for a year.



Ready to Rock n Roll.

[grizz]

When one solution creates another problem.


Pumped all the tyres up this morning and took the Micra for a drive, suddenly the brakes worked perfectly, steering is straight.


Unequal tyre pressures clearly affect performance, reminder there.


Got home and thought I would drop both electric windows.


Drivers side, perfect behaviour.


Passengers side……. Worked last week. Today……. FCK FCK FCK ! Partially opened, then managed to get it closed,,sounds like the glass has jumped the rail.


Any experience or advice on short notice? No, crushing is not an option.

[nickwheeler]

Oct 15, 2022 10:20:55 GMT grizz said:

When one solution creates another problem.


Pumped all the tyres up this morning and took the Micra for a drive, suddenly the brakes worked perfectly, steering is straight.


Unequal tyre pressures clearly affect performance, reminder there.


Got home and thought I would drop both electric windows.


Drivers side, perfect behaviour.


Passengers side……. Worked last week. Today……. FCK FCK FCK ! Partially opened, then managed to get it closed, sounds like the glass has jumped the rail.


Any experience or advice on short notice? No, crushing is not an option.

Window doesn't matter for the MOT.

Fix it tomorrow

[grizz]

Oct 15, 2022 10:53:08 GMT nickwheeler said:

Oct 15, 2022 10:20:55 GMT grizz said:

When one solution creates another problem.


Pumped all the tyres up this morning and took the Micra for a drive, suddenly the brakes worked perfectly, steering is straight.


Unequal tyre pressures clearly affect performance, reminder there.


Got home and thought I would drop both electric windows.


Drivers side, perfect behaviour.


Passengers side……. Worked last week. Today……. FCK FCK FCK ! Partially opened, then managed to get it closed, sounds like the glass has jumped the rail.


Any experience or advice on short notice? No, crushing is not an option.

Window doesn't matter for the MOT.

Fix it tomorrow

Seems it did not matter.

[grizz]

MOT Pass.

Comment from tester was that it is a very clean car for 21 years and 130k miles or 210000km

Now of course, having kept my job and company car it will be surplus.



All up in the air.



Result.

Also no advisories, which is cool.



AND MY 4 HOURS OF INSURANCE JUST EXPIRED.

Perfect.

[westbay]

Well done …

[commycouper]

Brilliant!......don't you just love it when a plan comes together!

Nice one 👍

[grizz]

Oct 15, 2022 18:07:43 GMT westbay said:

Well done …

Thanks Tony.

Oct 15, 2022 18:11:46 GMT commycouper said:

Brilliant!......don't you just love it when a plan comes together!

Nice one 👍

Thank you Dan.

Of course being as it was bought to use when I lost my company car with the redundancy, and everything now back to “normal” it has become surplus to my requirements.

So it needs to go back into the market, ULEZ exemption should appeal to some as well.



And a flashback, held back initially.





Looks a lot better now.

Still a 21 year old with it’s fair share of damage and scruffiness.

Someone will hopefully find it useful.

[pedalcarjoe]

Brilliant,

really pleased to hear it passed with no problems at all


leaves you clear to get back onto the Rocket

[grizz]

Well.

Certainly was not part of the master plan.

I bought this to be able to get into and out of the London ULEZ ZONE for interviews and any potential jobs when I was made redundant.

ULEZ Zone is £300.00/month alone.

Of course I got re-employed, given a new title, small increase and got to keep my company car.

So now suddenly I have a surplus car, along with the S10 and soon (we hope) the Rezin Rockit, just too many wheels.

So I put it on the sidewalk this morning, incase a passerby sees and is interested in it.

Far from perfect, but beats riding a Halfords bicycle to work for some.







I feel somewhat guilty toward the car as I had some silly plans for it.

But it may be best to just sell it as it stands.

[brachunky]

Some 90 year old will be along soon to buy it

[brachunky]

You can say doos if you wish!

[grizz]

Oct 16, 2022 14:31:13 GMT brachunky said:

Some 90 year old will be along soon to buy it

No idea who would be needing it.

But if it is a person like me, who needed to be mobile for an indefinite period, in a car with low taxation and consumption, this would fit the bill.

I need to get nickwheeler he welder back, and the hammers and dollies he brought over.

Oct 16, 2022 14:31:54 GMT brachunky said:

You can say doos if you wish!

Naaahhhh….

There is a special smiley. 📦

[nickwheeler]

Oct 19, 2022 7:43:52 GMT grizz said:

I need to get nickwheeler he welder back, and the hammers and dollies he brought over.

I'm not in any rush as I'm hoping to take it straight to the next job*** and not have to keep manhandling it in and out of the car/house.


*** but she's a disorganised nightmare with no sense of time, urgency or how to get things done

[grizz]

Oct 19, 2022 9:40:19 GMT nickwheeler said:

Oct 19, 2022 7:43:52 GMT grizz said:

I need to get nickwheeler he welder back, and the hammers and dollies he brought over.

I'm not in any rush as I'm hoping to take it straight to the next job*** and not have to keep manhandling it in and out of the car/house.


*** but she's a disorganised nightmare with no sense of time, urgency or how to get things done

Cool.

Thank you Nick for the use of your welder.




Looks like Scruffy may stay in the RR’s fold.

Craigs son’s 51-Plate Audi A4 wagon has attracted a potentially hefty pre-MOT bill, (sounds like a garage that likes to make a penny or two) so he wants the Micra as a backup, and then to act as the son’s girlfriends car.

Also a guy from Brighton (has racing Micra’s in his profile pics on FB said he was very interested.

Lets see what happens tomorrow afternoon when craigrk gets here to deliver me an interesting 1994 vintage parcel followed by a visit to a former “deleted member” to purchase some engineering shelving units and hopefully have dinner and sleep over here.

[glenanderson]

Say hello to Deleted for me. 👍