Did this guy pay too much for this guy on ebay? I am in the UK. Nissan Bluebird Turbo 1.8. The bodywork doesn't look that good, bumper corners paint worn off, signs of rust at bottom of front wheel arches. There are other standard bluebirds for sale on ebay with neater bodywork going for £100 etc. Don't know if "80s retro car" is pushing the description a bit far. Also the owner seems to sell a lot of "How to reset service lights information and tools for various makes of cars." on ebay. That put me off a bit. As how can you save loads of money by resetting service indicators? Would you buy a car off a person who sold such things?
And will it run on unleaded ok? Says on advert it will, but Nissan handbook and Haynes manual state all bluebirds can run on unleaded but not the turbo one. I have also read that LRP and maybe the other substitute lead additives can ruin the turbo (you have to buy a turbo friendly additive apparently). Don't know if you can even get LRP in UK still?
What would happen if you ran a car such as this on unleaded if it was designed to run on leaded. I presume it would run ok, but cause prematurely wearing, Would this show at 78,000 miles? How many miles do the turbo chargers normally last?
I thought the reason you didn't get m/any modern petrol turbo charged cars was because they wouldn't run on leaded petrol? As in the 80s you got lots of turbo spec variant cars in UK (metro, maestro, montego, maestro, cavalier, escort, bluebird). The modern day equivalent of these models you don't get turbo variants except for diesel engines.