Comments on: Datsun by Nissan

By: Tomsk

Tomsk — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:41:34 +0000

Great looking car, and glad it has such a loving owner. Here's its more wild sister in action: Nissan Silvia Turbo Super Silhouette Video

By: Mad_Science

Mad_Science — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:13:34 +0000

There’s no way this would be eligible for CARS/C for C as it’s older than ’84 and gets better than 18mpg.

That said, California FTW!

Our biggest problem is portions of the body that leak/trap water during the rainy winters. Solution? Move to LA, where it rains ~5 days a year!

By: Jim-Bob

Jim-Bob — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:54:48 +0000

There actually were turbocharged 200 sx’s sold in the US during the 1980′s. They were the S12 chassis cars with the optional CA18ET engine mated to a FS5W71C transmission. These were not the good turbo engines used in the later S13, S14 and S15 cars, but rather a variant of the single cam version of the CA engine. The CA18DET was the first of the decent turbo engines used in the S13 180sx/Silvia, but they later gave way to the SR20DET. Oddly enough, the CA18DE WAS sold here in the Nissan Pulsar, but not the turbocharged CA18DET.

As for keeping cars forever, I have a 1979 AMC Spirit I have owned since 1989, a 1985 Cutlass Supreme I have owned since 1993, and my daily driver is a 1998 Nissan Frontier with a KA24DE/5 speed that I bought new. It’s been used to deliver pizza since the day it was new and has 327,000 miles on it as of tonight. I have no plans to replace it as it still runs good, has no rust and I live in a state with no vehicle inspections of any kind. I am hoping to get 500k out of the original KA engine. Older Nissans were killable only by rust or amazing levels of abuse. It’s sad that this is no longer true.

By: gilbert wham

gilbert wham — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:16:19 +0000

‘One careful lady owner’. Awesome.

By: USA#1

USA#1 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:40:02 +0000

Good for her – another benefit of living in a dry warm climate, you don’t have to replace your car
it seems ever, the financial savings are huge! I can’t bear to think about what is going into that damn program in the warm dry states. Here we have mostly ruined minivans and Explorers. Maria if you read this, keep that car forever! Its unique and you’ll never get another! I hope it runs forever.

By: Kendall

Kendall — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:53:56 +0000

Good for Maria this is a good car hope it last forever. It at least looks like it so far. On a side note we could do with a front view of the car too.

By: Brian DR1665

Brian DR1665 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:03:51 +0000

God bless that woman.

Amidst all the spindoctored rubbish lately about how the economy benefits from the wanton destruction of old cars before their time, here is a woman who knows what’s up. Here is someone who proves, without a doubt, that there are still some people out there in the world who understand that a car is an *investment* and should be cared for accordingly.

Stunning specimen. Original owner points take it over the top, imo.