Well, finally managed to settle down after a bit of a long and not particularly productive day. Four days ago I was more than happy but then got taken over by 'mods eyes' whilst looking at the white zed on ebay. I was going to go up yesterday but the owner wasn't about so went up today , quietly hoping I'd win the auction and drive back in it.

It was certainly one hell of a zed. So much money and engineering gone into it. To be honest though the extra 100 odd bhp didn't feel a huge amount faster than my zed, but you could certainly feel how much work the engine had had. It was missing a bit though and running a little rough so maybe that was why. My car, despite having 400odd bhp at the crank is still very civilised and enjoyable to drive but the whole experience of being in this car was completely different though: the roll cage, the point racing harness and seats, and the NOISE was like a bloody race car. It really makes a difference having it all stripped out on top of the engine work. I think you'd get a bit sick of it if you had to do anything practical in it but it would make a great track car. I do want to get a little more extreme with them.

It was interesting talking to the owner about why he was getting rid. He had his eye on a vauxhaul vxr(?)220. He said that no matter how many tens of thousands he put into the zed, the vxr220 would still corner quicker and drive better. A fair point I suppose as they are like little go-karts, as per the lotus elise. I personally like having the grunt of the Zed myself.

I've been looking at what the alternatives are now that I havn't got this one and it really is amazing how much value for money a zed is. I mean 540bhp for 8.6k!!!!! the guy had 25k odd of receipts there. You can't get much more than a slightly tuned skyline or rx7 or whatever for that money. Maybe another bargain will come along, havn't seen one like that in the time I've been on here though.

Dave

At least you tried mate. sounds like you had a busy day though.

Yeah, still glad I went, not tooooo bitter!! The new owner has one of the best zeds I've been in thats for sure. It was very raw, feel the power baby!

Bad luck you missed it Dave, Hope you find another one.

bad luck mate. i'll suppose your just have to throw some more money at yours :rofl:

Yeah, thats what I'm considering now. I only really had a go at getting it because it was such a steal I wasn't even considering selling mine until then. Going to leave mine far sale for the moment while I consider my options. Need to give it some lovin though to make it feel better!