How did it all begin?

[peterzs]

Some great cars there, think No. 8 would have been fun.

[Jem]

My dad bought his zs from vospers i went over to the garage to pick it up as soon as he got it out of the garage he said do i want to drive back and thats when my dreams started,It felt so much better than my 414.

I would grab every chance to drive the zed,I just loved the feel of it and the torque,That was my first time driving a derv,Well i had been driving the works vans but thats not the same.

Two years later i had the dreaded HGF but i payed for it to be fixed,But after a week of getting it fixed a old man thought it would be good to drive out of a space while i was driving past so that was the end of the 414 as it wasn't economical to repair,So i went hunting around for cars but i just couldn't find anything i liked as i needed a car asap,So thats when my dad said about having his car as it wasn't a good choice for him to have the zed as it was quite low my grandad and other elderly relatives had problems getting in the car and out of the car,So we came to some money arrangement at that was the end of him driving the zed,He bought another derv (Rover Impression s).

[Hambo-180]

Originally Posted by roverdave81

i was no my way back from the hosiptal as my misses had just had her 1st scan and i spotted the zs180 in a garage near to the hospital for sale. So i stopped to have a look at it as would make a great family car i as my 220 gsi turbo was ideal really and the rest is history just had to have it.
hear a list of all the car ive had in order
1. mini 1150
2. rover 214si
3. same car with 1.6 gti engine
4. metro 1.1 sport
5. 220 gti
6. mg metro 1300
7. mini 1000
8. same car but with a 1380 race engine
9. rover 220 gti turbo
10. rover 418 diesel
11. rover 620 gsdi
12. rover 216 gsi
13. rover 220 gsi turbo
14. mg zs 180

What was the 220 GSi Turbo like mate? I had the 220 GSi in BRG, had it for 5 years and loved the thing till i saw a MG ZS 180 and , as you said, the rest is history!

[RichZS180]

I wanted a ZS180 ever since i first saw one! My older sis had a ZR160 from new and let me drive it just after she bought it. I thought yeah this is nice, i love the looks of the ZS, and ever since my dad had a rover 416is (bubble) thats where my obsession started.
My cars to date have been
1. Fiat Uno - 1st car
2. Escort mk4 1.6 - loved that car but had a head on in it.
3. Astra mk3 1.4, probably the worst handling car i have ever driven
4. Fiat Punto HGT - My bro got me into these was nice but ultimately still a fiat and a blody expensive to fix, got rid of it after something started to break everyweek pretty much, which lead to......
5. ZS180 Saloon. This was an absolute bargain. Traded in the punto and never looked back. I love this car to bits, i almost sold it a while back but kept it and have since found a new joy to driving it. I am quite a grandad when it comes to driving and my mates call me Captain slow, but lately i have been burying my right foot more and it just puts a beaming smile on my face everytime i drive it.

[steve80]

I saw a ZS on some special forces program doing J turns and other cool stuff lol, at the time i thought a ZS was too big so got a ZR160, then when the missis dropped another kid, i upgraded to a ZS180, sold that a couple of years later then a few weeks ago i decided i was missing the MG's too much so bought a mk2 ZS120.

[Tommy]

I had a mk4 golf gti t, and after 6 months got pretty bored with it, so i was flicking through the autotrader looking for something fairly cheap but with great performance, spotted a couple of zs's and thought wow! how cheap are they! so i did some research, went and looked at a couple, but they werent in great shape, then a few weeks later spotted this green one a couple of hours away, at the time it was the only mk2 180 on the autotrader website (nationally) so as soon as i saw it i went and had a look, and drove away with it that day! its my 12th car, and by far the best!!!! it always puts a smile on my face.

[Stephen]

Grandads had Austins and rovers since for ever!. Grew up with them and i had a 416 SLI ( R8 Shape) and moved onto the (HHR Shape) had 2 of those, both 416 SLI's and moved onto a 45 1.8 and then found the ZS MK2!. All the 416's were when i was 14 - 16 and were insured by gramps Here i am with a MK2 ZS and im wanting a bit more space and power! What could my next car be!