R3M
22-01-2009, 23:16
After owning a wonderful Nissan Skyline I moved house to one that is in the middle of a field 1/4 mile away from the nearest road and the lowered, kitted 400BHP beast couldn't handle it (kept grounding) so I took the decision to stop wrecking it and buy my self something that can deal with the new terrain.
After a bit of research I finally decided to go for another jap import and what I think is a nice looking Terrano R3M (I will ad a pic to my profile once I get one sorted out).
Since buying this car I have noticed a knocking, I thought great anti roll bar bushes, and after a couple of days bouncing up and down the lane to my house, there was a clunk. I took it to my local garage and he has told me that I need new anti roll bar links on all four corners (one of the front ones has ripped out of it's housing) and new anti roll bar bushes on the rear. Thankfully my local garage only charges £25 per hour labor so although it will be painful it wont be deadly to fix.
My real question here is, does anyone know what kind of fuel economy I should be expecting? I have the 2.7TD running through an auto box and I am finding that the economy is just as low as the Skyline that I mentioned earlier. I was hoping to get something above 22MPG average off a full tank.
There are also some other issues I would like to ask about which are about the engine temperature, I don't seem to get any unless I am going up hill and have got the turbo whistling for an extended period. It has never got high enough to cause concern but in this cold weather I would like to have a warm cab as I am driving to work.
Second issue, the auto box seems to be weak. When I come to a stop on a hill I leave the car in drive and the auto box doesn't hold and the car will roll back. This is the firs auto box I have had and I expected it to hold me stationary on a hill start. Is there a simple fix for this (and please don't say another gearbox).
All in all I am happy with the car and the roll bar bushes and links will be fixed on the next payday but the fuel economy and the other two issues above make me think I have bought a dog of a car, can someone out there please make me happy and tell me that the car is good and there are a couple of common easily fixed things that I can do to make this car solid.
Thanks in advance to you all.
After a bit of research I finally decided to go for another jap import and what I think is a nice looking Terrano R3M (I will ad a pic to my profile once I get one sorted out).
Since buying this car I have noticed a knocking, I thought great anti roll bar bushes, and after a couple of days bouncing up and down the lane to my house, there was a clunk. I took it to my local garage and he has told me that I need new anti roll bar links on all four corners (one of the front ones has ripped out of it's housing) and new anti roll bar bushes on the rear. Thankfully my local garage only charges £25 per hour labor so although it will be painful it wont be deadly to fix.
My real question here is, does anyone know what kind of fuel economy I should be expecting? I have the 2.7TD running through an auto box and I am finding that the economy is just as low as the Skyline that I mentioned earlier. I was hoping to get something above 22MPG average off a full tank.
There are also some other issues I would like to ask about which are about the engine temperature, I don't seem to get any unless I am going up hill and have got the turbo whistling for an extended period. It has never got high enough to cause concern but in this cold weather I would like to have a warm cab as I am driving to work.
Second issue, the auto box seems to be weak. When I come to a stop on a hill I leave the car in drive and the auto box doesn't hold and the car will roll back. This is the firs auto box I have had and I expected it to hold me stationary on a hill start. Is there a simple fix for this (and please don't say another gearbox).
All in all I am happy with the car and the roll bar bushes and links will be fixed on the next payday but the fuel economy and the other two issues above make me think I have bought a dog of a car, can someone out there please make me happy and tell me that the car is good and there are a couple of common easily fixed things that I can do to make this car solid.
Thanks in advance to you all.