could this be the one??

[john180]

Well guys i keep posting these cars up but could this be the one im looking for??? Black was first choice along wiht blue being very close.

Its got all the 180 extra but its a 120 so i can cope with insurance

Its a little pricey tho as its done 52k -would that put you off??????

I'm off to see it tomorrow....

John


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[Boot Hill Bandit]

Don't be silly........mileage doesn't count for much these days......as long as she has been cared for thats all that matters.

Put it like this........if you only keep her two years........what does it matter if its done 50k or 100k? Not much. If like me you want to keep her forever and ever until she costs too much to keep going.......then maybe you'd be better off buying a low miler......but I see 50k as fairly low to be honest.

Thats a gorgeous car dude........very very very sexy in Black........a pain in the arse to keep clean........but sexy all the same.

Follow your heart dude and you will be happy......throw away your brain........if you use your brain you will end up with a VW Passat......

Good Luck dude

Smitten Jim

[john180]

Originally Posted by Boot Hill Bandit

Don't be silly........mileage doesn't count for much these days......as long as she has been cared for thats all that matters.

Put it like this........if you only keep her two years........what does it matter if its done 50k or 100k? Not much. If like me you want to keep her forever and ever until she costs too much to keep going.......then maybe you'd be better off buying a low miler......but I see 50k as fairly low to be honest.

Thats a gorgeous car dude........very very very sexy in Black........a pain in the arse to keep clean........but sexy all the same.

Follow your heart dude and you will be happy......throw away your brain........if you use your brain you will end up with a VW Passat......

Good Luck dude

Smitten Jim

Well i see myself keeping a ZS a long time as the only upgrade would either be a V6 ZS or well - i dunno what else lol!

I think if its got full service history and it drives well etc etc i think its a good car. IT has the Climate control AND a sunroof!!!!!

I think if i can get it for nearer 5k its a good buy???

Cheers for the reply matey and yeah dont want a passat NO brain NO!! haha

[Boot Hill Bandit]

Well to me it sounds like you should buy it if you like it.

Good idea to try and knock down the price......but if like me you turn up and fall in love with her even before you've driven her then you're kinda not going to worry about a few hundred extra quid

My ZS180 has air con and a sunroof

Smitten Jim

[john180]

Originally Posted by Boot Hill Bandit

Well to me it sounds like you should buy it if you like it.

Good idea to try and knock down the price......but if like me you turn up and fall in love with her even before you've driven her then you're kinda not going to worry about a few hundred extra quid

My ZS180 has air con and a sunroof

Smitten Jim

i know thats what im like and the colour i most wanted to!!! I'm in luv i must say!

Thats my other worry - ive never driven a zs so i might be disappionted. Ive only driven a zr.

[Boot Hill Bandit]

Can you take a fellow ZS owner along with you so they can have a poke about?

Generally speaking a lot of people say the ZS120 is a better handling car over the ZS180......all you got to remember is that the ZS is a fantastic handling car.......if for whatever reason it doesn't feel that way then its worth looking at more thoroughly.

Get the car checked to see if its been crash damaged online and that costs about £40+ iirc.....also worth doing if you worry about what accidents if any it has been involved in.

Smitten Jim

[arwilson80]

Originally Posted by john120

Thats my other worry - ive never driven a zs so i might be disappionted. Ive only driven a zr.

At first maybe, but when you get the feel of it, it can do all the ZR can (if not a lot more).

Now that i've got the feel of my car i push it harder than i ever dared with the ZR and it's not scared me once (yet).

[john180]

rite guys!! more help and opinions please!

I turned up today and the guy gave me the keys. I said this is the 1.8 and he said no its a 2.0ltr. I said so its a derv, he said no its a petrol. Apparently it was a german speced car and was imported over here. I said it cant be so he hpi'ed it while i was there and that said it was 1976cc I have included a pic of the HPI.

I rang the insrance and they cudnt find the car in their database even when i gave them the reg number so i had to ask the guy to fax the log book over to my insurer so they could do a quote but it would be tomorrow before they could help me. It did say 1976cc on the log book too.

Is this true that you could get a 2ltr petrol in germany and have it imported? The steering wheel is on the right by the way. If so it seems to be a very rare car.

A rear bumper bracket has cracked so it appears lose at the back at one side - would this be fixable or a new bumper???

One of the side skirts has also slightly come away but seems tight - are they just a crap fit???

also i pulled the petrol thing in the car and the smal petrol door wudnt open....

ANy comments guys????

HPI Below

[stamford]

I would do some more homework on that, not heard of a 2 litre version in the ZS. The only 2 litre engines I have known of have been the KV6 ones as used in some 45's and 75's.

Insurance will be the sticking here. It must be a 1.8 and possibly a typo.

[michaelb]

maybe a typing error as the 120 is 1796 and the log book on that one says 1976....the 7 and 9 are the wrong way about.

can't be a 2.0l petrol as rover didn't have one apart from the derv....unless it was a 2.0 kv6.....which was never fitted to the ZS.