Hi, my girlfriend is after a Z and was wondering what these things cost to run, does the turbo drink much more than the na version.She is idealy after a post 94 manual model.Any usefull info will be well appresiated.

Thanks Simon. :)

Hi and welcome. The important thing in buying a zed is to buy the best model you can afford and NOT to rush in take your time in looking, also a post 94 model may not always be a better car than a pre 94, many members have pre 94 cars that are well looked after.

 

They are not cheap cars to own and run to be honest, and because they are a specialist vehicle will require specialist maintainence by someone who is experienced on working on these cars as they are so complex, and are prowned to the odd problem from time to time, thankfully not to many major problems, the usuel problems are covered in the"Help and advise" forum flick through there and have a read of the posts. But with the proper maintainence and servicing they are a very good well built car and will return you with hours of driving pleasure.

 

Do your home work and learn as much as you can about these cars as you may find its not the car for you.

 

Also decide what model you want and look at and drive as many examples as you can you will notice a difference in each one you drive.

 

Fuel wise the TT is more economical on long motorway runs than the N/A due to the gearing but not so good if you put your foot down, but that is a small price to pay for the raw power you have at your disposel

 

good luck

Cheers, some usefull info.What is the fuel consumption on these and what are the different models. :)

Fuel consumption will be the same as any powerfull car it drinks heavily and it doesn't drink normal unleaded either.

 

There are uk and jap spec

 

NA's or the twin turbo, manual's or auto's, Long Wheel Base ie 2+2 or Short Wheel Base only 2 seats. Most are targa top, there are a few Slick Top (hard roof) and very rare convertable's they come only as NA's although there is one out there somewhere that's been converted.

 

Have a look in the for sale section.

 

As Carl says don't just buy the first that you see. There are some real lemons out there.

 

All the best and we girls would love to see more women driving Zed's :)

 

Eileen

Cheers, some usefull info.What is the fuel consumption on these and what are the different models. :)

 

My car is very good on the run better then my gsi zafira believe or not!

 

what you dont want to do is drive a tt b4 you drive a na .................you will be disapointed [soory guys/girls with a na :tongue: ]

 

Dave

n/a 25 mpg-ish. tt 14-18 ish!

Welcome. :cool:

 

I have had my TT down to 8 MPG. But I have also had it up to 22MPG. Once you start to use the car to its full potential then it will be very juicey even the N/A. But the N/A is overall better on fuel (Obviously) but unless you just want brutal power get the N/A. (Which isnt slow by no means).

Thanks for the help guys.I think it will be an NA we will try 1st then as i already have a brutal car and the Z will be a daily car. :)