We're talking about an N14 5-door hatchback powered GA16DS - the chassis is known in Australia as the Pulsar.

How did I get this car?
Completely by accident (our family had recently bought a second-hand car), parents'friends offer this particular car for sale, as the owner (their aunt) had moved into a retirement home - a visit and a testdrive leave me astounded, compared to my rusty-damaged Opel Corsa 1.0 45hp, this is a bargain "as you don't find many":
1) low mileage: 13 years old and 52.000 km on the clock, first owner of course
2) the maintenance log shows it has been at the garage at the respected intervals, recent cost new front CV-boots
3) electrical windows & C/L, finally a rev-counter on the dash, foggies, powered steering
4) an immense boot, the lifters are a bit weak to support the 5th door
5) no radio? but 4 speakers are present - yes the aunt was a bit deaf so the investment was not done I suppose :)
6) Or perhaps the engine noise was exciting: under the hood, not the entry 1.4 but the middle class 1.6 GA16DS, according the book good for 90hp or 66kW, double overhead camshaft, 16V...
A testdrive proved it is the engine-class I needed for my long journeys

After a small deception as it didn't pass the technical automotive checkup (mandatory here in Belgium for a deal) from the first time as there was a bit of play on the front left wheel - the Nissan dealer in my town told the universal joint had been badly mounted during the CV-boots replacement in the other garage, so this fault costed me 64€ + repass of the official checkup!

Now (dd. Dec. '04, 8 months and 15.000kms more...)
- The engine is great in acceleration and is 'cat-free' as it is not the injection-model. It really amazes me how the engine ables yourself to slip through 'stubborn' traffic, making long trips never boring (yes I'm one of those lane-drifters, overtaking slowmobiles on the right whenever I can...)
- Rear shocks were dead quickly afterwards, it bounced from the back from time to time, those have been changed of course
- Great seat adjustements buttons: my 1.90m has plenty of place but...
- not much pax-legroom behind - I'd have preferred a smaller boot instead
- CD/MP3-radio installed but front speakers (paper stockies) quickly lost in basses... bought Alpine SPE-1702 6.5", problem solved :) After a few months, the rear ones also showed signs of cracking and were replaced by Norauto N1 165 which needed a bit cutting of plastic surroundings to fit.
Page 2: pics of the OEM Sunny
Page 3: costs recap / running specs.

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