Just testing the waters
 

Good morning all,

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend.

Unfortunately I feel that my time of ZS ownership is drawing to a close. My wife and I both now work in the city centre and she gets free parking so I am finding that the Zed is spending a lot of time outside the house and barely being driven. For this reason I am finding it hard to justify the cost of insurance and tax each month therefore I am just testing the waters over what the car would be worth if I decide to sell.

It's a MK2 MG ZS 180+ with electric pack. It's currently on 44k mileage, belts have been done, full service history and has a couple of nice upgrades such as the black oak interior and ITG Maxogen induction kit.

Some pictures of it can be seen below:

http://www.themgzs.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=29576

It really is a brilliant car and am feeling very torn about this but I feel I need to be sensible and weight up the options giving the financial cost.

So what do you guys think it's worth?

Cheers

Martyn

Go for a long drive and see if you feel the same.

It ought to be worth at least £2k, whether you get that or not is another question, how much were you thinking of

You should have a chat with Stamford. I know he was looking for a monogram, but this could be the one with such low mileage, history and spec ....

I dont use mine for commuting, but everytime I think of him, let alone fire hime up, I know Ill never get rid, surely the cost of tax and insurance arent much, compared to the joy of owning him????

i remember the interest in this car the last time it came up for sale. £2k easy.

Stick it on a limited mileage classic MG insurance policy with Peter Best, costs me £120 a year for 5000 miles which is way more than I do in it nowadays.

Interesting post as I might possibly be putting mine up for sale too next week and noticed the prices are all over the place.

Cracking example that. Tempting but really looking for something rare.

They are getting rare Mick.go on you know you want to and you can join the best mk2 colour club.:trampoline:

Alcantara - black oak - low miles - belts done - ITG

All of that together I'd say is pretty rare mate.

with 44k it should be worth 2k, but you'll likely have 100 offers nearer 1400quid because the majority see no value in these cars - shame really.

At nearly 300quid a year to tax, if your not using it much I'd probably get rid too if it was me, they are good cars for what they are but they don't mean enough to me to pay road tax, insurance and fuel for a drive that doesn't really take your breath away.

Hopefully you'll find someone who will pay what its worth.

For a low mileage and history car I would try 2.5k

Always start high if you're not in a rush. There may be someone out there looking for the best XPG Mk2 180 they can find - and there's a good arguement to make that yours is it....providing it is still as nice....

That's always the danger with it, I convince myself to get rid then one drive later and I want to keep it again!

Yes I wouldn't let it go for less than £2k and given the condition and work that's been done on it ideally I would be thinking closer to £2.5k.

You are right, currently I pay £70 a month for tax and insurance which isn't really much in the grand scheme of things but over the year it does add up. However I always do have a big smile on my face when driving it and also notice people checking it out more and more as they become a rarer sight on the roads.

Yes I will investigate this and see if I can bring the insurance cost down, do you still earn NCB on this sort of policy?

What were you thinking for yours and what is the mileage?

:)

I think I can honestly say it's got to be one of the best examples in XPG out there when it's all taken in to account.

Yes I won't let it go for anything like £1400! :no:

Yes that's what I had in mind.

Yes in no rush to sell and still haven't made my mind up yet so will be just doing a few little jobs to tidy her up again over the next few weeks (replace faded badges, steam clean the engine bay etc).


Thanks for all the input and advice guys, I will keep you posted!

Martyn

RE the classic insurance, no no claims needed or accrued. Give them a call and ask for a quote. I was in the position of needing a diesel to commute in and this was by far the cheapest way for me to keep the MG, which is proving invaluable as a second car now the missus uses the other car during the weekends. Plus, as a second car, gives me the time to do the bits and bobs to it that I want to, like taking the wheels off for a week or two whilst they get refurbished.