F.A.O. people considering selling a ZS

[Glen290]

dont regret getting rid of mine..

[Dan1971]

I should've kept my Mk1 ...... Never mind though.

[Maxxed_Ross]

Originally Posted by Glen290

dont regret getting rid of mine..

I miss mine some times, but don't regret selling it. It wasn't what I wanted and would be too expensive to get it to where I wanted it to be.

On the plus note, I knew that MG's handled well so have built 2 track cars out of them

[will-w]

Originally Posted by Glen290

dont regret getting rid of mine..

Ditto!

The ZS was the most unreliable and poorly built cars that I have owned, and I'm now on my 10th..

It's a bit much when a 18 year old Honda is an all round better car than a 5 year old MG!

[Dan1971]

Originally Posted by will-w

Ditto!

The ZS was the most unreliable and poorly built cars that I have owned, and I'm now on my 10th..

It's a bit much when a 18 year old Honda is an all round better car than a 5 year old MG!

Bit harsh perhaps Will .... You mention an old Honda being a better all-round car. What are you comparing ?

10 cars is nothing mate and loads of factors contribute to whether yours has been a good one or not.

Over the past 2 years - amongst other cars, I've owned 3 ZSs - all 180s - and not had a reliability issue with any of them. We all look for different things in our cars pal. What I looked for in mine was smiles per mile and I got plenty.

Your sig indicates that you were a miles per gallon man - and it also looks like you got plenty too.

[will-w]

Originally Posted by Dan1971

Bit harsh perhaps Will .... You mention an old Honda being a better all-round car. What are you comparing ?

10 cars is nothing mate and loads of factors contribute to whether yours has been a good one or not.

Over the past 2 years - amongst other cars, I've owned 3 ZSs - all 180s - and not had a reliability issue with any of them. We all look for different things in our cars pal. What I looked for in mine was smiles per mile and I got plenty.

Your sig indicates that you were a miles per gallon man - and it also looks like you got plenty too.

I agree that it does read a little harsh, but I am only relaying the facts from my (and my families) experience.. As for my driving style, I am also a smiles per mile man but restricted by my commute to something that is also economical.

1992 Rover Metro, 30k
1996 Citroen Saxo, 67k
1988 Honda CRX, 160k
1993 Honda CRX, 136k
2001 Honda Civic, 36k
2004 Smart Roadster-Coupe, 18k
1987 Honda CRX, 156k
1996 Honda Prelude, 67k

Each one of the above has given me less grief, been built better, cost me less money and never let me down half as much as the ZS did..

Granted it might have been a lemon (and I'm sure it was a Friday afternoon car), but there's still a lot to be said when a 5 year old car is shown up by a now 22 year old Honda

The old man has had loads of problems with his MG ZT, and my mum had the head gasket done twice on her 26k mile Rover 25 - not to mention the long list of other stuff she had to do on it before she traded it in..

Our house was a MG-Rover house, but come Christmas a Fiat, Smart and Skoda will have replaced them - all down to reliability.

We are all guilty of wearing rose tinted shades when we drive a car, I for one was the first person to defend my 'little Rover' when someone criticized it, only now do I realised that I was defending them a little too much

[exlkrs]

Me too! That's why i'm here and this is my first post.
ZS copped it in the big Jan 2010 freeze, and although I like the 75 tourer i replaced it with, I've missed the ZS i've bought a lovely 54 plate facelift.
Happy again!!

[stamford]

mate, start a thread in the new members section and show us what you've got.