GTP Cool Wall: 1990+ Nissan Tsuru
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CodeRedR51
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Wait what? SRE-spec? No, that's been dead for a good damn while now. The Tsuru is now just produced as regular a-to-b transportation form and taxi/company car fleets.
CodeRedR51
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Ah, I see. Yeah the Tsuru is... well if I remember correctly there's still a 2015 Tsuru, so afaik it's not discontinued :0
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Well I for sure hope so. It's a good dependable car that you can fix up with bubble gum, but man it's been a long way. VW Bug-style, but not from the 30s
heck, even Chevrolet has dropped the Corsa here after a good two decades on the market with only facelifts. The only facelift the Tsuru received are projector lamps and new mesh in the grille However, I hadn't heard an announcement about the Tsuru's drop. I'll ask around.
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A friend of mine had one of these, he was incredibly proud of it, with it's Pioneer stereo that didn't work, it's awful interior, god damn low response and acceleration, and it's fantastic gray paint...
Still, they are not as bad as they look. I learned how to drive manual in one of these. Quite challenging, as the OP says...
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Still, they are not as bad as they look. I learned how to drive manual in one of these. Quite challenging, as the OP says...
SU.
Sage Ages
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This is actually kinda hard to rate. The original model is just an unoffending beige people's car, but the facelift is not only an overstyled blob that has the same grill as everything the brand makes (like almost everything these days), but it's a half-assed, unneccesary attempt at it.
The87Dodge
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The car itself isn't terrible. The name however, is terrible. Why would someone call a car "Tsuru".
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Someone who figured that "Crane" (the bird) might be too boring a name even for the Mexican market, so went with the Japanese word for it instead?
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Possibly (most certainly) I chose the wrong word to describe it. Not engaging as in fun, but it really needs your attention to well, not crash.
Also, turning the wheel, stopped in a rock road, is really hard.
I'd rate it uncool, but just because I learned to drive in one, I gave it a meh because I'm slightly fond of it.
Whoa, does it really mean that? I learned something new today.
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Guess the word you're looking for is "demanding", and not the good kind of demanding at that. But it's fair enough, at least you re-explained the handling better in detail.
Also, they also use Tsurus for driving schools in Mexico? Interesting, I guess they go for the "cheap car that you'll probably buy as your first purchase", then.
Also, I wasn't aware of the Tsuru meaning "crane", you do learn something new every day...
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Well, maybe it was how the one I drove was mantained made it like that.
And I wouldn't be able to tell you, because my dad taught me in his, but my friend who actually went to a driving school told me they use different cars.
Sage Ages
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If a car has a weird name like that, chances are it isn't in English.
Even more-so when it's a foreign car.
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Strange tidbit of irrelevant information; but what exactly is foreign sounding about Aveo?
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The Matiz had some cracking names in other markets. Lechi, Joy, Exclusive (very much neither of the last two) to name a few.
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A relatively raw and modest sub-1000kg sedan that isn't saddled with quite so much unnecessary BS, that's still manufactured today because Mexico? Easy Cool.
It even has a cute name; when I saw the thread title I saw it as a Japanese onomatopoeia for turbo blowoff noises.
It even has a cute name; when I saw the thread title I saw it as a Japanese onomatopoeia for turbo blowoff noises.
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I always thought it was kind of sad when landmark cars spend decades after they were originally introduced toiling away in countries where a 25 year old Sentra or 30 year old Jeep (with crappier powertrains than they originally had) are still perfectly competitive. I mean, it's cool that in South Africa up until 2009 you could get, essentially, a Mk I Rabbit GTi with a Cabrio body kit, a GTi Mk II engine and a modern interior pulled from a Skoda; but based on the pictures in the OP this is just... a Sentra. Being made in 2015. At least it's not a B14 Sentra, but... still.
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Original B13? Absolutely deserves Cool status for the SE-R? This? It's the automobile equivalent of a zombie. It was good then, but it definitely earned a rest about a decade ago. That it's now pretty much only used for taxi service dropped it to Uncool for me.
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Most redeeming feature is that you'd find parts everywhere for it in the case of the zombie apocalypse. Unfortunately, since it's less than 1000kg the doors would probably cave in with a few good kicks.
It's the definition of "meh."
It's the definition of "meh."
I dunno, I've driven a B13 (an SE-R, but still), and the impression I got was that it's like a front wheel drive E30. The B12 (which I've also driven) was just a cheap car, and later Sentras are soulless, but like the E30, the B13 strikes a sort of balance between modern refinement and older simplicity, with a fun-to-drive character inherent to basically any car with a 5-speed and not a lot of weight to lug around.
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