F.A.O. people considering selling a ZS

[daytona365]

Originally Posted by Jay-ZS+

Top post! Completly agree Id loose intrest in a car if there was nothing to do on it

I 2nd that.

If you want a reliable car, dont buy one. They all go wrong!
A car is a love relationship. What sensible reason is there to buy a Lamborghini for instance? Its noisey, expensive, cramped, hard to drive round town. But what the hell, its one mother of a drive!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats why I bought my ZS, it has its bad points, but why worry about those.
Thats exactly why I love cars, to drive, not to get me from a to b, but from a to z and all the lanes on the way.

Here's to that wallet beating piece of metal we call a car. 3 cheers to the ZS and to all the love and fun it brings us petrol heads..........

[will-w]

Originally Posted by carmadbaker

Who really buys a mg rover for reliabilty tho? I mean really..... A true petrol head loves playing with his/her cars and hence is willing to spend the time and money to fix your busted motors. We buy these cars because they put a smile on your face every drive, and have piles of character! I love my zed's and you couldnt get the keys off me if u tried!!

Totally agree, 100%...

But when it's unreliability means that you can't get to work on a regular basis then it becomes more of an issue..

I work on average 3 days a week; at one point I was getting lifts 1 or 2 days a week as the car wouldn't start or was sitting on axle stands on the drive..

There are only so many times you can ask someone to do a 100 mile trip to take you to and from work before they get annoyed!

[Ritchy]

well been driving the zr since tuesday now and been really loving it, reallyy nice wee car, and the zs has been parked up the garden,
well thought id take it out a wee blast tonight god you forget how nice a drive it is, i mean really, mnines only a 1.6 but it still puts a smile on my face evry time i pull out my driveway and engage first, had mine 2 and a half years now and no major problems at all! ive done work to it but tbh nothing it needed, i love tinkering about with it, and never threated about it going through an MOT, i work in a huge garage and the cars you see coming in and whats worse when comes to health check time MOT time the rovers are up there in the good list of cars definatly,

not since ive bought my car have i walked through our showroom and see a car for around that money that i would even remotley consider swapping mine for hope to keep it a long time even if its just in my garden just love loking at it, like having a wee long look at it out the window sometimes

[Huffy]

Originally Posted by ritchyp

just love loking at it, like having a wee long look at it out the window sometimes

100% I look at it, and i feel all warm... and dare I say a little bit moist

[Stephen]

I love my zs. But I do get bored often and I change something, I now have chrome mirrors on it. But I wouldn't love it so much if I didn't change things on it. I haven't had anything go wrong until tonight when the door Handel came off in my friends hand, And the cool whisteling noise, but i like that lol. Iv done nearly 15k since I got the car, ( now on 44700 ) and that's what's went wrong. My mums old BMW hadnt done 15k since new and she had major problems with it cutting out on her at any point, never knew when it would have happened. Generally with the cars that's been in the golder house, the mg and rovers have been the moast reliable. Shogun, c200, 316 compact, Audi 80 have all had something big done on them

My next car, wil be another zs, and then I can start the tinkering all over again

[stamford]

In essence if we wanted a reliable car that required nil maintenance we would not be a member of any club or forum. We would not give a hoot about what we are driving and treat it as such. We are all enthusiasts and that is what we do, we use them, we play with them, we find what makes them tick and tell everybody about it.

There are times when I think shall I get a 'normal' car.................that state of mind lasts for seconds and I say nah! Press that start button and all's good

If no-one on here has never owned and tinkered with a classic Mini then you haven't lived! I have had eight over the years and loved them all.

[R8NMG]

Originally Posted by stamford

In essence if we wanted a reliable car that required nil maintenance we would not be a member of any club or forum.

Absolutely, if we all want to be a boring soulless bastards we all be driving VW Golf.

[coreygraham180]

i have to say this is only wanting me to get a zed even more

i know it might not be the most relible car to have first but it will have alot more character and i quote

i have never had a corsa and never will

i will be the same and that's why i choose to get a zed as a first car

[Maxxed_Ross]

Originally Posted by coreygraham180

...i will be the same and that's why i choose to get a zed as a first car

My old 105 Mk2 ZR was my first car. Cracking car to start off with

I am on my fourth mg-rover car and I have had very few reliability problems the worst was my clutch going in January that is the only time my car hasn't been able to take me to work