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06-05-24, 04:41 PM
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I will admit to being down about working on the zed. So much work to do, so much rust underneath. Being outside so long hasn’t helped. I was close to scrapping it! Today I spent time cleaning the inside and emptying out the crap I had stored in it. Tried to start it, it ran for a bit but it needs some fresh fuel. At least DMGRS now have repair sections for those jacking points. Got a plan to get a few jobs done this year and moving forward.
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07-05-24, 08:18 AM
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07-05-24, 08:29 AM
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Yeah I've been trying to get my ZS MOT'd now for a few years it seems, but the person who has it is being very reticent.
Without that I can't pick it up, and I'm worried to get it trailered down to find out it's gone too crusty to be economical to repair underneath. (it wasn't good with the time on the farm, but it has been mostly indoors this time at least).
Hope when you do take a proper look at things, it's not as bad as your fear.
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07-05-24, 10:08 PM
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I think once you start you'll be fine mate. It's getting started that is always the hard part.
Head down, start a list.
The day you scrap that Z will be the day this site closes....and I've just paid my subs....
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07-05-24, 10:10 PM
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Ive been running an e class estate for a year. Paid 25k....worth 18 if I'm lucky now. Pouring money down the drain.
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08-05-24, 11:19 AM
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Ive been running an e class estate for a year. Paid 25k....worth 18 if I'm lucky now. Pouring money down the drain.
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Nice to have a reliable car, but I suppose that is the cost of it. I bet the new EV vehicles lose more than that.
That's why the personal leasing things are so popular, least you know what to budget and do not get too much of a shock. Saying that I have heard that they love charging for any bumps and scratches, specially curbed wheels.
Wonder if the EV bubble has burst??
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08-05-24, 09:43 PM
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Nice to have a reliable car, but I suppose that is the cost of it. I bet the new EV vehicles lose more than that.
That's why the personal leasing things are so popular, least you know what to budget and do not get too much of a shock. Saying that I have heard that they love charging for any bumps and scratches, specially curbed wheels.
Wonder if the EV bubble has burst??
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Not burst but slowed because they delayed the ban on combustion engines I think. Values are not good because newer ones are now cheaper and the range better.
Manufactures have to hit a set percentage of new sales being electric, so for example a new Honda I read was being offered with 0%, massive discounts to the extent they were being sold at a loss in order that they hit the target.
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09-05-24, 10:40 AM
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Not burst but slowed because they delayed the ban on combustion engines I think. Values are not good because newer ones are now cheaper and the range better.
Manufactures have to hit a set percentage of new sales being electric, so for example a new Honda I read was being offered with 0%, massive discounts to the extent they were being sold at a loss in order that they hit the target.
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so much for my economics lessons, law of supply and demand!! So I suppose the ICE cars that they sell are subsidising the loss on all the EVs that are sold, or given away.
I did see a number of manufactures are stopping the manufacture of EVs.
Think Hydrogen will be the way to go if they want to stop the ICE cars. Or hybrid cars!!
Ford stops F-150 electric pickup shipments
All 2024 Lightning models have been halted due to an undisclosed quality issue. Meanwhile, shipments of the gas-powered F-150 electric pickups resumed last week after hundreds (if not thousands) of trucks piled up in Detroit lots. Even though deliveries are still anticipated in Ford’s “early 2024” window, several trucks have been accumulating on lots since December. According to a business customer, their order for roughly 100 trucks alone has already been delayed by eight weeks.
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19-05-24, 11:49 AM
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Well that was fun! Kathy being in Europe helping a disabled friend at her son’s wedding left me home alone for 5 days! So a few jobs ticked off then to attempt getting the zed started. I planned to fit more cellotex to the garage roof so meant getting the zed outside. Fresh fuel and it started eventually. Spent a few hours doing the insulation. Right, time to get the zed back inside, hmm wouldn’t go in gear. A few treads on the clutch, nothing. Checked the sheddist kit, slave piston was at an odd angle, looked seized. So I loosened it from the bracket…..then BANG! Right in my face, total explosion! Needless to say one buggered system, wouldn’t bleed, totally loose. So I had to call on help to push back in. So another job to add to the never ending list.
So the zed is getting stripped yet again as found a few more issues underneath, tired bushes as well as corrosion. So I’m ripping it apart to go to town on it. Spoke to Andrew Goater the PG1 guru and will be getting him to build a custom box for hillclimbing and track days. I doubt it’ll see the road again. I was close to scrapping it but thought otherwise. So from now on I don’t care how much longer it will take, it will get done and it will turn a wheel in anger up some tarmac hill or track. My retirement project! It won’t be a show car by any means but a form of enjoyment.
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20-05-24, 08:32 AM
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Shame that it's not road-worthy anymore and needs more work, but glad for you that you're keeping it all the same. Hope that you're able get it setup how you like it.
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Pipercross Filter; Full 2.5" 'Wingy' exhaust; Donny Custom Turbo outlet pipe; Custom injectors;
Uprated gearbox bearings; Helix Clutch; Quaife ATB; Upgraded clutch Hydraulics; FMIC; Ported Head; ARP headstuds; Leda coilovers; 'Brembodge' 326mm disks/DS2500 pads
Dieselpowered
Fitting Custom Hybrid Turbo (1856GTBv) & controller; Remap, swirlpot, lift pump
AMW Motorsports
Custom exhaust manifold & downpipe
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