Jo's Nissan
Jo used to run around in a little Fiat. She had it for umpteen years, but after she married Bill who was the sort of height that had his knees up around his ears in the thing, they put it in for a bigger Nissan, the "Cedric" luxury model. The Japanese imagined that "Cedric" was an OK name for a car in Australia. Unaccountable.

Jo was a keen church goer and the manager for the largest Nissan dealer in Brisbane, let's call him Ian for that - - - was also a parishioner,she'd known him for years. So I guess that is why Jo and Bill came to buy a Nissan rather than something else. It must have the last one to sport quarter windows.

She left her handbag on the front seat and someone broke the quarter window, opened the door and took her bag. All in about ten minutes. The car was about a year old.

So they had to get a new quarter window. They ordered it from the Nissan dealer but nothing happened. After a few weeks Jo phoned manager Ian and asked if he could do something. Weeks turned into months and the clear plastic patch over the opening had been replaced twice. Frequent calls to the Nissan parts department did no good.

Finally she wrote to the Japanese consul. A week later a well wrapped parcel arrived. It was a replacement quarter window, no charge.
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 4:27, 3 replies)

I had a Cedric...
My Uncle Stan gave it to me, it was the thirstiest car I've ever had apart from a Rover 800 Turbo. My mates at work once asked me where the cowhorns were...
It didn't last me long, it was a heap of shit.

And why the fuck did Nissan/Datsun do that with their cars? Cedric, Sylvia, Sunny, Cherry?
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 14:47, closed)

Got to love the Japanese
If it makes you feel any better, the Cedric is still the most common taxi used in Japan so there should be mountains of spares for the things.
(ianisme, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 14:51, closed)

It was 30 some years ago this happened.
maybe more. It was the only Cedric of that year I have seen. Maybe Bill and Jo got the only one sold in Brisbane. Maybe that's why they could not get the window, the car might have been an orphan.
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 15:46, closed)