Sad to hear the hassle 300zx_Newbie is having - heartbreaking when you've got your dream car, lashed out some dosh on getting it going and then bang - it all goes pear-shaped again. I really feel for you, mate.

 

This is why I've held off getting a zed for so long. I do a lot of miles and the zed would be my only car. I'm prepared to swallow the higher insurance, petrol and servicing costs that come with having a swish car like the zed, but the cost of having an unreliable car is much more than the money. It seems like the zed - especially the TT - has an air of unreliability about it and I downright refuse to have a car - no matter how good it looks, or fast it goes - which runs great for a month and then spends 3 months in the hands of a mechanic and costs loads more money on top. My car is a necessity for getting to work and back and I'd just like to do it in a head-turning car that can shift a bit too.

 

This may be a bit off-target of course, because the 'Help and Advice' forum is just where you'd expect to see lots of posts about problems with cars - this doesn't mean that the majority of zeds are unreliable, I guess. And 300zx_Newbie's problems aren't with the zed per se, but rather with a new(ish) component within. It's just a scary story and makes me think thrice about ever getting a zed (not least until I win the lottery, or something!!)

 

Just my 2p worth....

For what its worth....

 

I have owned my Zed for just over a year and driven it almost every day. Only prob I had was a duff battery. Apart from that it has always started, always performed, always kept me grinning.

 

I could not imagine owning another car anything like it. No question. All the money I have spent has been mods, not to improve reliability. It is a real bugger that Newbie has had such a bad run of things but I would stick my neck out to say that this case is the exception, not the rule.

Ive had my zed for almost 3 years now and have not had any major problems just been wear and tear.

 

I do really feel for the guys who do have trouble and I hope I ain't one of them in the near future.

 

Buy a well cared for and maintained one and your chances of things going wrong must be vastly reduced.

 

Martin

Originally posted by martinfa

Martin

 

quick, run!! :D

Thanks for all the replies - it makes interesting reading.

 

Ah, sod it - we all know I'm gonna get one anyway - I'm far enough down the slippery slope of wanting - I just get a touch of cold feet when I read about problems like 300zx_Newbie is having. I just need enough pennies saved up to get a half-decent zed. It'd probably be prudent to keep my current car for a few months in the interim as well... At least it's not an XR2!! (sorry Newbie - never can resist a cheap shot ;))