Monogram ZS for sale
 

Im i reading this right 3000 miles

http://www.motors.co.uk/VehicleDetai...2002&imageNo=1

lol, yes you are, that car was for sale when I bought my mk2 back in 2006, the only difference being it was £11.995 back then

Still for sale!!!! No wonder it's only got 3k miles.

So your saying thats a genuine mileage ?

Probably yes... but it probably hasn't moved since then... and at that price probably wont for a while!

funny thing is at 3k miles belts will be overdue, sure its 90k miles or 6 years which ever comes first

How would you realistically go around putting a value on a car that old, in that colour and with that mileage ?

Its worth about 2000 at most

It's certainly the most expensive Zed ive ever seen. But like Ritchy said i dont think its worth the asking price. maybe would have got closer to it if it were a Mk2 ?

If you google Hursley Hill Garage or smg Bristol they've got loads of MGR cars at prices that would have been about right 8 or 9 years ago.

Holly S**t, your not kidding. Thats some of the most over prices cars ive ever seen.

Its worth more than £2000. But nearly £7000 is way ott.
Rare colour, virtually unused since new, condition should be almost perfect, pre-Project Drive.
Although its going to cost a small fortune to get it on the road. Twelve months tax, MOT (provided it passes), the cambelts and a full service: doubt you would see much change from £900.

I think at that mileage it would be worth taking a risk with the cambelts, dont think id bother.

The rubber would be perished and would not be worth the risk... Same as the tyres (which are probably the original tyres) which will probably need replacing too...

Saying that, my old Rover 200 was on it first cambelt at around 11 years old, and I didn't both getting that changed. Bought the car on 43k miles, sold it 18 months on around 50k iirc.

Didnt think about the tyres. The battery will likely need replacing too :P
So.... no change from £1300?

Yes, definitely tyres as past their shelf life date. Wonder what else would need doing if sat for so long, especially if outside in all weathers.

The first thing that needs doing is the sticker on the bonnet

Oil... Coolant... Brake Fluid (Brakes might even be seized... what about hand brake?)... Air-con re-gas (will have certainly lost all the gas, maybe more damage and need more work)... Aux belts...

Should I go on? :p

Basically it needs a Damn Good service :yoji:

I would expect for that price and being it's a dealership selling the car that all these things would get checked in the workshop before its collected ie service carried out 12 mths mot, tyres replaced, aircon re-charged & 12 mths tax.

i drive past hursely hill a lot - it is owned by SMG i am pretty sure, as it was an MGR dealer as well but is now something else (but still has SMG sign or flag or something out there)

I can't believe that either of these two grages are still in business at the value they put on the cars... I told SMG that they were ahving a laugh at the price if they thought people would want them.

they had some massively late registered cars that they had put a 5k premium on the same mileage cars that were pre-registered.... even though neither of them had gone more than a few hundred miles!

Needless to say i never trusted SMG with the ZS even for servicing, but it is my nearest Xpart dealer so i have had to use them from time to time!

Except that if stood outside for god knows how long the paintwork underneath will be like new and the rest faded I'd think.

Be interesting to take it for a test drive, bet the discs and calipers look like they've been at the bottom of the sea for the last 10 years.

You aint wrong on prices

http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/vehi...5&City=Bristol

OMG!

love the fact it says stock clearance prices.

Have you noticed the date on the stock clearance 28/02/2010.

Holy.... Efffing..... ****!!!
It's a nice looking car but Jesus it isn't worth that!

A 75 tourer on there for £8k

£14k for a ZT190
No wonder they aren't shifting.
Yes they are unregistered but that doesn't mean they are a new car.
If they dropped the prices to a more reasonable figure they'd get snapped up!

Nice looking R75 V8 for £30k. I know its only got delivery mileage but it is still a 5 year old car.

In reality it's an 8 year old car.

Good point, the heat has affected my brain...

At 3,000 miles the belts will be fine. Ok so they are ovet due on time but they are so far short on miles there isn't any rush to get them done. The timing belt system is nice and strong so should last 10 years without a problem if the milage is low. I've changed lots of KV6 belts with 60- 70, 000 miles and knocking on 10 years, none of which look in a bad way at all. I recon Mgr were playing it safe or trying to drum up future work for the dealers by setting a 6 year interval.

The discs will be shot as will the flexy pipes and fluid. I expect the boot will be pretty much full of water too!