Once you've had the Dat, you'll never go back!

(Say it with a scottish accent and you'll get what I mean)

The second time wasnt my fault....

But i hope one day soon it gives me more pleasure to drive it. once i have all the bugs takin care of. going to take her down to the auto elec guyz down the road from me.

few things playin up.. get it roadworthy.

After being through my fair share of the old skool Mazdas, I gave up on them as the prices in NZ are out of control, not to mention when you have a nice one some arsehole will just steal it!! (speaking from experience). If you ask me the Datsun has "the look" , I love its size and style, and its simplicity. And they still turn heads !!!!

As i was talking to "Freak" this arvo, saw his datto takin a bit of damage. but it be good to see it back on the road.

I saw 2 utes in the one street! thats a record. they were parked like 2 or 3 houses away from each other. both stocko. but still lookin schmik.


But the utes are rare! I may see 3 around the north bris area that get around a bit.

Quote:They must all live over here on the southside ! Iv'e counted at least 11 within 15mins from my place , and Cable_tie has 2 ,his mate 's got 1 .. so they must all live over here.
But there bugger all sedans & coupe's

AS said: Datsun's are simple, easy, simple, look great and did i mention simple??

I dont know what it is with the Japs, they create some ####e but they hit a great note with Nissan's and Datto's!!!!
Being thru 2 Datsun Sunnys and about to RE-fix my wagon for about the 3rd time i know you pain......
Bought for $500 from wreakers not rego'd had to replace alot of things, wont go into detail! then radiator shagged, ARG, then welsh plugs went and now my starter and loom have bad terminals and my seals n gaskets have gone oh and i have no boot struts and perspex drivers side window ...........ahhhh what a life!!!

Cheers
Dave

But the weird thing is, why do we still go back to them??!!!

A datsun car, at least in the model groups & years that we all love, is greater than the sum of it's parts. Thats what makes them so good.
They are well designed, they share a comonality of component design over nice long model runs & this makes for a lot of INTERCHANGEABILITY. This is what makes them truly great.

Lets face it, to make a small Datsun go, stop & handle well. we really need only to select the correct components from other models in the Datsun model line-up. There need not be a lot of non Datsun parts to build a really slick car, & I offer up my own coupe as an example.
Great, affordable, & flexible [designwise] cars are always addictive, & i'm an addict.

But then you get some wreckers who wanna just jib you on parts... eg: $11 for an ash tray??? come on!!! it an ash tray!

:p but most parts are cheap to get, and you dont need much to replace.

its good to see how im not the only person with bad luck. but one thing is that we all cant get away from them! even if they cause us grief.

You know, someone pointed it out to me,... the more you learn, & the more care that you give your Datsun, the more your luck improves.

It's funny that.

funny but oh so true!
i dunno why i like them, i just doo.. there small... they kinda practical ( damn utes!) and umm there cheep reliable and they look kool.
and they beat comodores and falcons