What is it with these bloody cars? Mine is officially the Anti-Christ reborn into a Z!!! Damien is his true name and tonight when I get him home I'm gonna get my maglite and search his engine bay for '666' ROFL

 

When I left my works car park to go and get my gold bullion outta Fort Knox in Luton I drive past the garage where he is waiting for me to pick him up!

 

I drive past and notice the bonnet is open, not up but resting on the catch semi-closed. Strange I think? What are they doing messin' with me LuZipher???

 

Anyway, get fucked about in the bank, raz it back to Stevenage and pop over to pick the Z up. Colin(mechanic) comes in and says "car is OK but your battery is knackered!"

 

"Oh OK I say, must be coz it's been standing over Crimbo and we'd had some bloody freezing temps etc. Must have killed the battery!"

 

Then I realise that I only bought that battery not long after I got the car, brand new from ATS and the car has done fuck all mileage since then.

 

So I ask him if it will get me home to de Wales tonight and he says NO! Don't stall it or turn it off! Eh? WTF? So he says it's getting charge but battery is defo the culprit!

 

So I then go into John Cleese mode: "Right, right...that's it...I've really had enough of you this time you bastard!!! You're gonna really get it when we get home you future baked bean can!"

 

Straight down to sodding ATS, leaving it running outside while I leg it in to see if they've got one otherwise I'm off to Shit Fit!

 

So after much farting about and looking through various battery wank mags they...sorry I...find the 300ZX battery! Which I might add is not the correct battery anyway. Someone mentioned this before now, anyway, I wasn't that arsed about that to be honest so had it fitted paid me money and fucked off back to work.

 

Not bad these 3 hour lunch breaks you know...LOL

 

My point is this, can these cars smell green in your wallet/pocket or whatever??? I am starting to think they can!

 

Not fucking content with the fact I've just handed over 1200 large of my hard earned on him, he obviously insists that I spend MORE to put a fucking smile on his face! BASTARD!

 

Sorry for the long one everyone.

 

Me

 

Funny you should say about batteries..

 

Mine is dead - long since dead in fact, so thats something else I need to get before it'll run..

 

If it's any consolation, I think I've spent about 5k on this car now, not including insurance or alarm...

Oh I can beat that. I've spent about £13,000 on repairs.

Since October?

Good job you're a rich IT contractor, eh Tim !

 

(Note he gets paid that much he has to go to the bank each week, otherwise he'd have to pay for a Securicor escort !)

£13K feck that.

 

Where in Da-Wales is you from Timeeeeeeeeee?

 

Good story mind.

I got a new battery for mine from Nissan a couple of weeks ago for £47 (or close to that). All the local places either didn't know what size would fit or wanted £65+.

Part of that was for a brand spanking new engine though.

I spent £500 on tyres

£30 on injector cleaner, Recomended

£150 on a New dash

£225 on a new alarm

 

I think I have had it very lightly compaired to you lot

 

 

I don't want to add it all up, in case I feel ill afterwards ....

Originally posted by Jezz_S13:

Where in Da-Wales is you from Timeeeeeeeeee?

 

Anglesey mate, not far from Holyhead. Used to live on de main land near Caernarfon.

 

 

 

Originally posted by AndyP:

I don't want to add it all up, in case I feel ill afterwards ....

 

I found its best not to think about it..

 

But the damned CC company keep sending me bills demanding money... d'oh!

13k in repairs, is that a sign of things to come, perphaps I should cut my losses now buy something sensible........ but then again, life's to short.

If you think that's bad, never buy a Lotus Carlton! I'm not even going to go there and tell you what that cost me.

 

Don't panic, most of the cost was due to me blowing up the engine by a combination of Superchips conversion and 95RON fuel (DOH!!!!!) and me meloning it against a kirb and bending bits of it.

Originally posted by Mike Duffy:

If you think that's bad, never buy a Lotus Carlton! I'm not even going to go there and tell you what that cost me.

 

Don't panic, most of the cost was due to me blowing up the engine by a combination of Superchips conversion and 95RON fuel (DOH!!!!!) and me meloning it against a kirb and bending bits of it.

 

You sure Aidan Piers didn't have any input on that lot Mikey???

 

 

 

Tim mate with the very greatest of respect I sincerly think you bought a lemon, it is sooo easy to fall for a shiney nice sounding car and even doing all the "right checks" and still get it wrong.As I speak my 2 zeds have been cheaper to run than a Ford Sierra (oh dam done it now!) over expensive repairs are not the order of the day and in my experience the original vehicle purchase checks (and an amount of good luck) are paramount.

 

Tim you are now close to a very reliable and pukka car,don`t give in and sell like others have otherwise the new owner benefits from all your hard earned cash.

 

 

Jeff TT

 

 

 

Timski at this rate I can see you using your Sinclair to get to work ,how long would it take you?ROFL fancy a tow in the Stillen beast .

 

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Hey now come on lads, u want a 'how fucked off am I that I bought a lemon story then you need to come to my house, and bring a solicitor!

I have been the proud owner of an Alpine for over two years- £9,500 price tag.

 

Drove it for NEARLY two months, engine blows and then a two year legal battle whilst the car has sat in storage, which I have paid for.

 

Total cost for two months motoring with legal expenses - £15,000 approx. Have some of that and remember that all these cars are a pile of shit when they go wrong. And to think I was gonna buy a Z!

 

Fucking wish I had! At least I wouldnt have to reply to dodgy French men via emails to get rid of the bloody thing.

 

And to top it off, the legal battle is still rolling on, even though I won!

All points taken BUT.... there are also alot of Zeds out there in very good condition. Even though mine has had its problems (such as a 60k maint done by the fairys ) it has still been a very reliable car. A lot of people forget that the car is now around 10 years old and for all those years has been putting out as close to 300BHP as it can - you show me another car that lasts that well!!!!

 

At the end of the day a Z is far more reliable than ANY 10 year old car on the roads today Nuff said - timmy I'll sort this with you on sunday

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Andy mate I agree, had various german performance cars, mostly Audis, how about 1200 quid for a rear silencer for a 20V Audi Quattro Turbo! The Z is reliable, has character and looks good even 10 years later and I repeat is relaible, Oh shit now I done it!

Originally posted by andyduff:

All points taken BUT.... there are also alot of Zeds out there in very good condition. Even though mine has had its problems (such as a 60k maint done by the fairys ) it has still been a very reliable car. A lot of people forget that the car is now around 10 years old and for all those years has been putting out as close to 300BHP as it can - you show me another car that lasts that well!!!!

 

At the end of the day a Z is far more reliable than ANY 10 year old car on the roads today Nuff said - timmy I'll sort this with you on sunday

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

 

Cheers mate, you can assess my crash damage while you're at it!

 

Oi you lot! Don't get me started! If I didn't swear allegiance to the Z marque I would've got shot a long fucking time ago.

 

Define the word 'lemon' would you please all you experts? I bought a car with a dicky idle...nothing more, nothing less! FSH, few owners, all manuals etc. etc.

 

How many people post on the tech forum about "my car has a vibration problem"..."my car is idling badly"..."my car is bouncing around on the road when I hit a man hole cover"..."my car keeps cutting out on me"..."my HICAS light keeps coming on"..."am I getting enough boost for a Twin Turbo?"..."I've just found out my engine is fucked"..."my lights are shite"..."what's this strange smell and green fluid leaking into my passenger footwell?"...

 

Shall I go on all night then? Coz believe me, a quick search on TT.net, here and all the other Z forums will produce the same fucking questions!

 

Yep, there are some reliable Z's out there but just take a look at Matty, Glen and plenty of others who have very nearly ended up with sheds. FFS, mine didn't even show half the symptoms that their potential first purchases gave up!

 

Not gonna go off on one too much about this as I've already had a bad fucking day already!

 

 

My heated screen dont work , and one of my cruising lights on front n/s was out last night, and of course quoting Tim's PC Bacon decided to give me a ticket for it as he said it looked like i could be indicating, i was gona go into BUT ITS NOT FLASHING (blue light post if ya remember) but i said how about if i take bulb out from the other side would that make you happy?? just been to nick to show my docs!! WANKERS!!

 

I think its coZ they only drive about in astra's as a company car and the fastest thing they to go in that accelarates as a Z is when there off to Costa Del Pig.