The Mighty Nissan

[STAG250]

Hi

Just dropping by to update you all on my Stagea. I have owned it since 2007 and it had 71k on the clock when I bought it. I would have been one of the first, if not the first, to have need to replace my turbo soon after I bought it. Since then it has been no problem and I have now reached 320k on the clock. I did experience one issue and that was a wrongly fitted upper right rear suspension arm. This occurred after an accident and I believe the repairer obtained the wrong part, innocently enough, from a wrecker. It was subsequently picked up on by my mechanic at WoF time but not before excessive tyre wear had occurred due to the alignments being put out prematurely. The parts diagram shows a straight edge but the correct part for my car has a curved edge. An interesting experience since it has led to a further claim by me against the insurance company for not returning the vehicle in as good condition as before the accident.

Other than this, the car has earned its sobriquet The Mighty, one that I give only to vehicles that surpass the 300k mark like my old Merc did.

Happy and safe motoring to you all.