Gotta New Motor, John?

much shall be the weeping 'n' wailing this Saturday as I trade in the faithful Honda Civic (with it's sweet-as-a-nut Multimatic CVT box) for an enigmatic '98 R reg Nissan Almera SX (yes, not SLX, SX- a real mystery car if I ever came across one...). Small Cars 'n' Scooters, a teensy-weensy Derby emporium is providing da wheels in exchange for just a smidge over two grand of my hard-earned.... Let's hope there're no surprises in store (like that unleashed by the East-London wide-boy from Chadwell Heath who sold me the Civic (turned out to be well expensive insuring an import- and it wasn't even an exotic!).