How old to drive a ZT

[littlened]

I've talked with the wife a little more, she says that if she was to choose for me, she'd choose the ZT.

1) Doesn't look as boy racery
2) More comfortable

I'm not sure, I prefer the look of the ZS Mk2 Saloon, just absolutely lovely. On the other hand, I agree the ZT looks more grown up and the rid will likely be a little less on the harsh side, a lot of people say the build is better too.

Having had a look, I think if I were to get a ZT, I'd probably get the 1.8t engine. Better fuel economy, and the engine will be much easier to work on. Plus, I suspect with an air filter, exhaust and a remap the the bhp could be increased enough to drop the 0-60 time to below 8 seconds?

[Squeaks]

I drove a ZTT at 24, nice car, no strange looks, people commented how nice it was

[Stev180]

Im 23 and had a MK2 ZT 190 with every factory option possible (Apart from standard RIO Red Paint). It had a full cat-back Powerflow exhaust system which complimented the V6 nicely. I did get looks from everyone when I drove it and must say its a world apart from my mk1 ZS 180. All MG's have a certain feel when you drive them and this was no different. With it having traction control I felt I could put it round corners like the ZS and it coped very well. The build quality was unreal (in a good way!). In the time I owned it the only issues I had was the bonnet release stopped working but me and dad fixed it and replaced the faulty part. One of the best things I like about it was the Harman Kardon speakers/xenon headlights Here are some pictures:













All the extra options are below the climate control unit!



But then I sold it as it was well beyond my years!

[Stev180]

**It had Power fold mirrors also.

[Stephen]

From 17-20 i had 4 ZS's.

I have drove 3 ZT's though. 180 auto, 190 ZT-T and a 2.0 cdti auto. Whole world apart from the zs. Love the toys they come with!

[Enright]

It would be so easy to do the old ZR=25, ZS=45 & ZT=75 joke at this point, but seriously there's nothing wrong with driving a nice car that might be considered a "mature" choice.
That ZT in the pics above is a really good example - what a handsome and well equipped car!
It can be a right shame to see old giffers getting out of Ferraris and Aston Martins, because only they can afford to run and insure them after a lifetime of saving.
Having said that, if you see someone really young driving similar, it can make you wonder if they're:
a) a footballer,
b) just out in "Daddy's car",
c) selling something naughty!

At least nobody's going to accuse you of being a drug dealer if you have a ZT (unless you black out all the windows, slam it and put 20" chrome alloys on it)!

[petet16]

Hmm, slammed on 22" chrome spinners

[talkingcars]

Steve160 - if I could find that car for sale at the moment I would.

[Dan1971]

That red ZT is lovely.

I've had a few - as everyone knows - and I think the ZS for me is me holding onto something that is going to make me feel younger and harking back to the days of being without kids and responsibility driving something that makes a decent noise and I can feel pressed back into my seat when I put my foot down.

It is also a toy. If I had to just have one car - I'm not sure if I'd settle for a ZS as I am getting older and to be 100% honest - for the amount of time that I do put my foot down with a grin on my face, compared to the amount of time I sit in traffic - I'd likely go auto BMW .... so a ZT180 saloon is as close as I'd get if I stayed with MG.

[Stev180]

I think your all right its just personal taste and if your in a position to go for the car you want at any age!

Cheers for the compliments on the ZT! Reason I had it for 3 months was because it took 3 months to sell (May 12 - Aug 12) started at £3650 and slowly reduced it and in the end sold it to a freind for £3000 (he is my age but has a 3 year old boy so they both luv driving it!) I had 0 interest and it was advertisied on Autotrader. Shows how little people like these cars and it was not priced wrong in comparrison to others and it was the best example available with full local MGR dealer history and only 42k.