Nissan Mistral

[Yakkerman]

Hi .. newbie here ..

Im looking at a private & imported Mistral 2.7tdi Auto on an R plate someone is selling .. had a quick go and all seems nice and smooth .. good tyres - clean angine etc ..

What should i really be looking for to be sure its a reasonable buy .. its done 170k km - do these have cam belts or chains

Also which companies in the UK is good on insuring these imported beasts .. ?

thanks ..

 

[briggie]

Hi .. newbie here ..

Im looking at a private & imported Mistral 2.7tdi Auto on an R plate someone is selling .. had a quick go and all seems nice and smooth .. good tyres - clean angine etc ..

What should i really be looking for to be sure its a reasonable buy .. its done 170k km - do these have cam belts or chains

Also which companies in the UK is good on insuring these imported beasts .. ?

thanks ..

check atf oil , also check it has a proper rad and not a manual rad...then check the obvious ... filters etc ......great cars , i love mine to bits ( ps good idea to clean the banjo filter too .... see links and downloads )

 

[macabethiel]

mistral insurance

Try NFU mutual they did me a great deal on my R3mR import last week.

Check the ATF it should be nice and pink and must not be brown or smell burnt.

 

[Yakkerman]

thanks for the info ...

From your personal experiences what sort of fuel comsumption does the 2.7tdi mistral return ... both urban and on long steady run if possible ?

thanks

 

[Yakkerman]

From your personal experiences what sort of fuel comsumption does the LWB Auto 2.7tdi mistral return ... both urban and on long steady run if possible ?

thanks

 

[briggie]

From your personal experiences what sort of fuel comsumption does the LWB Auto 2.7tdi mistral return ... both urban and on long steady run if possible ?

thanks

long steady run .... around 28 - 30 ...... urban around 24-26

 

[macabethiel]

fuel

Ok so my R3mR 2.7 TD Auto is probably heavier but in all honesty my fuel consumption is as folows.

Daily use mostly journey of 5 miles each way summer 21 mpg.
winter 19.00 mpg.

France and back keeping speed to 2,400 rpm in top gear that's around the 60-65 mph mark. - 27 mpg summer, same run to Calais in winter 25 mpg.

If the wife drives it 80 mph whenever possible 22/24 mpg. laden with 4 people and booze stacked to the roof !

 

[Adz]

Geared engine

:thumbs

Cheap servicing

Run fine on svo / wvo

 

[Yakkerman]

thanks for all the help on this ...

so would you say £800 is a fair price for a 1998 R reg (import in 2006) LWB 2.7tdi Mistral in VG overall condition ... 170k km ( 107k miles ) good tyres ... drives nice ..

Been checking online but still not sure what insurance group these are with it being an import job .. ?

Tax seems cheap enough though ..

 

[Adz]

thanks for all the help on this ...

so would you say £800 is a fair price for a 1998 R reg (import in 2006) LWB 2.7tdi Mistral in VG overall condition ... 170k km ( 107k miles ) good tyres ... drives nice ..

Been checking online but still not sure what insurance group these are with it being an import job .. ?

Tax seems cheap enough though ..

If its only done 170 kilometers as thats only around 105000 miles YES :thumbs Its not even run in :lol

My mates dads just picked up a Mistral & the 1 thing i will say, if your the 1st UK owner, give the underneath a bloody good wash followed by wax oil as it could of been at the docks for months on end

 

[briggie]

the speedometer will be in mph , but the trip meter is in kmh .... beware

 

[Yakkerman]

the speedometer will be in mph , but the trip meter is in kmh .... beware

thats poss what i thought ... the clock shows m/ph as the main display for mileage with km/ph as a smaller outer displey ... so does this make it 170k miles ?

or would it not be km/ph being an import ?

confused

 

[briggie]

thats poss what i thought ... the clock shows m/ph as the main display for mileage with km/ph as a smaller outer displey ... so does this make it 170k miles ?

or would it not be km/ph being an import ?

confused

thats not what i meant .... i meant the trip meter in the middle which shows distance covered is in kmh

 

[briggie]

mine has done 149,000km.... i love it to bits , kinda strange to drive at first , but once you get used to the short gearing , its the dogs danglies !!!!!

 

[Yakkerman]

strange clock layout eh ... lol

so if the total mileage covered shows as 170000 is this km's and not miles ... hence its done approx 105000 miles ?

its a private sale with FSH ... so will have to have a closer look tomorrow before i decide to buy ... ill also look at the last few mot's and current one to see if distance covered is miles and not km's

 

[Yakkerman]

mine has done 149,000km.... i love it to bits , kinda strange to drive at first , but once you get used to the short gearing , its the dogs danglies !!!!!

i had a quick spin in it and was impressed .... deffo nice to drive !

strange getting in an auto though ... not driven one for years ... lol

 

[briggie]

i had a quick spin in it and was impressed .... deffo nice to drive !

strange getting in an auto though ... not driven one for years ... lol

welcome to the best club on the net , you will get plenty of help/advice.... great bunch of people , really helpfull , someone somewhere will have had a particular problem and be ready to advise , great banter too ...... welcome to the madhouse :lol

 

[Yakkerman]

Geared engine

:thumbs

Cheap servicing

Run fine on svo / wvo

isnt a quality SVO as expensive as diesel these days ... i shop at Asda and VO its probably dearer than diesel ! :lol

 

[briggie]

isnt a quality SVO as expensive as diesel these days ... i shop at Asda and VO its probably dearer than diesel ! :lol

seems asda is the cheapest place to buy diesel ..... well it is around here anyway :thumb2

 

[briggie]

type in your postcode and the site below tells you the cheapest ( and most expensive ) fuel prices in your area .

http://www.petrolprices.com/