Leaving for a while

[Craig-ZS180]

Well as most of you have read I've been very unsure of what I wanted to do about the car recently as just haven't felt at one with it for a while now.
The private plate is being transferred off now as we speak (type in this case) and the car is finding itself getting ready to be sold on now.
I was looking to break or at some point take off some more favoured parts but as it stands I just can be bothered to take her apart from the way she stands at present. So will pretty much go as it is now.

The replacement has been bought and is say waiting on the drive to be out and about, I know most of you probably won't like the replacement as I've gone away from the brand totally at present but I'm hoping a little while away from the zs will get me back to the place I was a little while ago with it.
I have a 01 Octavia Vrs in Red as its replacement and at present despite a couple of tiny minor issues what a great car it seems to be. Not quite as responsive as the zs round the twistys or possibly as quick as mine was in a straight line ( octavia is bog standard spec, unmodified at present at least) but I don't think is too far off its pace but still nice to drive. Just a shame the looks aren't in the same league of the zs.
All horses for courses I suppose.
Anyway, I will still be on here and commenting along the way and I know that over the course of the next year or so I WILL be back I'm a ZS.!
I may even still pop to some of the meets as I've enjoyed getting to chat woth the guys I have had the pleasure of meeting and enjoy the banter on here as at the end of the day we all share a common interest. This does mean I apologise for now as it does mean you haven't gotten rid of me yet :D

[ZS]

I almost got a diesel octavia when i sold my zs, but ended up with the s40 instead :-)

I quite like the octavias to be honest :mml: enjoy it!

[andys1981]

aye craig youve gotta do what you gotta do mate,quite liked the octavias myself,always fancied a wee shot of one,just cos your getting rid of the zs,doesnt mean you cant stick around buddy,had a zs sold it and got a zr big mistake! hope the new car serves you well until,you can get another zed,best of luck mate.

[Craig-ZS180]

I almost got a diesel octavia when i sold my zs, but ended up with the s40 instead :-)

I quite like the octavias to be honest :mml: enjoy it!

aye craig youve gotta do what you gotta do mate,quite liked the octavias myself,always fancied a wee shot of one,just cos your getting rid of the zs,doesnt mean you cant stick around buddy,had a zs sold it and got a zr big mistake! hope the new car serves you well until,you can get another zed,best of luck mate.


Cheers for that guys. I don't know exactly what it is recently with my zed but I just don't feel at one with her anymore. It's lost it's edge with me and no matter what I did to try and get it back it didn't work. I still love it and it has become part of our family ( I do get attached to my cars, like another child) but although I still have that at present I feel I've just lost faith in it and with the children I need to feel confident and comfortable with the car and the zed has lost that recently which is strange.
I will own another one, the only reason I haven't got one now is I felt if I'm changing I needed to try something different for a while, even if only 8 moths or so just so I have done it and then I will end up back in a zs and start off from scratch. Shame as I do have some lovely bits on mine which I should take off but I don't know what's the best way to sell one at present as they don't exactly fly off the shelf as is so do I standardise it or leave it modded? Hard to decide but either way she will be advertised soon now so we can have some breathing space and get that zs love back :)

The octavia is definitely a nice car though, flyer comparing it to my mates cupra and then his cupra r it's quite surprising how well it goes for a stocker and the room inside the thing, its flipping huge! I can see me getting both 15"s back in the boot and still having room for buggy and shopping, it really is a great size for a family car :)

[andys1981]

if a was selling my car a would strip all mods off put it back to standard,there not worth much these cars now,ave always done it and had the spare to put on my new zs,ive got 4 tyres to buy on fri,they dont all need done but id prefer them to be the same,plus ma tax next month perfect eh lol,and if ye wanna sell the ind kit al have it in jan bud!

[peterzs]

Craig, you are still welcome whatever you drive.

Hope the Octavia is fun and keep us up to date with the mods, that are bound to come.

:happy2::happy2::happy2:

[KevG]

I was the same, I had the ZS from new for 8 years, and reached all the mods I wanted too reach without going unto serious money, plus I had a hankering for an ST for a few years, I wanted to keep the ZS, but no space, so she had to go, thankfully she is still on the forum and with a very good owner that will take care of her and put his own personal touches on her.
Am still on here and look in nearly everyday, so please dont be a stranger.

[tcb 180]

All the best. Know how you feel. There was only one possibility that was going to tempt me away and quite out of the blue the chance arose, I took it and the new car was bought and the zed sold straight away really quickly. Hope you get same luck.

[chris01]

If you do wanna take some mods off i would gladly give you the standard parts and some cash to replace them ;)

[stamford]

Feel free to hang around, I like to think it is more than just a car we have in common on here!

[maxtherotti]

Feel free to hang around, I like to think it is more than just a car we have in common on here!

+1

Rob

[Dan1971]

Nah - bog off - Zs to an Octavia ..... :judge::judge::judge::judge: :whistle:



Jesting ofcourse Craig .... Speaking as a person who comes and goes car-wise often enough, this site ain't all about the car you drive .... ;)

[ian zs180]

Good luck with the Octavia mate . When I was in the market for my current zs I was also looking at the vrs and also the civic type r . Test drove the type r but didn't think that much of it to be honest think with all the hype about them I was expecting more from it . Didn't get chance to test drive the Octavia vrs seen my zs180 fell in love with it and test drove that and it was sold I loved it and I,ve had it 7 years in February and still love it the same as I did from day one .

[C13URD]

cant knock the Octavia m8 they are great cars.. new a couple of brisky forum m8's with um.. nearly had one after my fabia vRS.. but got something else for a while.. back in a Zed now as I love the look of the mk2.. eventhough its no were near the condition of previous zeds... as said not so much the cars but the people.. great helpful site..:smile1::smile1::smile1::smile1::smile1:

[Craig-ZS180]

Cheers guys, I will most definitely be staying around on here as I love my zeds and am always keen to see what's going on with others cars and general daily things too. It's not just a car forum on here, its a community as we all love cars full stop. The zs just holds a special place in our hearts, just a shame that my current one has lost its something special about it.

I may be taking bit off her soon, decat and cat back stainless which I'm in two minds if to sell or keep for the next one as will be a hatch again and then the mk2 rims.. Don't really want those to go but haven't a spare set if wheels other than a set of proton satria alloys with track tyres I had on my old rover 25 and they don't really suit the zs.
Induction and catch tank are already off as couldn't get oe air box back in with tank in place so got those stored away in preparation :)

I really do appreciate the comments guys, does mean a lot so I will as I said stay on here and pop along to meets to catch up with and hopefully meet some if the ones I haven't already seen.

All I'm going to say is the people and site have been a great help to me whilst I was running the zs and this forum is a great one to be part of, even if I do now drive a taxi.. I mean skoda lol :D

[peterzs]

Would it be worth buying some Mk1 straights, they seem to go around a £100 odd with good tyres??

[Craig-ZS180]

Would it be worth buying some Mk1 straights, they seem to go around a £100 odd with good tyres??

Have thought about it but I've already spent more on the octavia than what I should've :(
When the parcels start arriving I'm going to have a bit of explaining to do as it was bought as a reasonable performance decent sized family car to have a break from the mg so could properly decide what I wanted.
Problem is I've been buying suspension, tip's, recite splitter valves and almost got carried away and nearly bought a downpour back full stainless non res exhaust. So glad I stopped before hiring the buy now on that as my mrs is great when it comes to me playing with the cars but I think that may have pushed her over the edge :whistle: :whistle:

Still may find something local and cheap to chuck on there so can save the mk2's yet..

[andys1981]

cheap enough,get them posted down?
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/6-x-2054517-and-6-x-17-mg-zs-zr-alloy-wheel/1038330818
was gonna get these myself,but finding a garage to fit tyres that arent from them is a nightmare,hes on org aswell,alpha 2oo2