:cry: Gutted

 

I'm afraid it's the end of the road for me and my Zed.

 

I've spent quite a chunk of money that I had set aside over the past year sorting out niggles on the car and maintaining it etc. In November I spent over £1700 getting shocks (2nd hand), brakes (new front pads, 2nd hand rear discs), hicas arms (new) fitted to get it through the MOT.

 

The other day it started to overheat, and I feared the worst. A chemical test at my local yokel garage confirmed my fears... head gasket, or possibly worse.

 

I would go ahead, but the cash reserves have now dried up, so it's got to go.

 

It'd probably make sense to break it, but I don't have the mechanical knowledge to do that, so I may have to sell it as is. For someone who knows what they're doing it could be a nice investment, or for someone who would just like to break it themselves.

 

Any advice on what I should do?

 

Anyone know of anyone that may be interested?

 

It's a stock 91 Jap spec TT in silver,

leather seats

momo steering wheel

Stern 17" alloys with Pirelli P-Zero Rossos all round (fitted last June)

clear indicators all round

carbon fibre replica spoiler (fitted last March)

 

The bodywork needs some attention - an 'enonomy' respray before I got it last Jan is microblistering, and the rear bumber has a couple of scuffs

 

I also have a carbon fibre dash kit (never fitted it) ,a silver grounding kit from Smithy (also never got fitted), and a full scuttle panel I bought from a breaking Zed.

 

All help and advice would be appreciated, as always.

 

Christian

sorry about that ...... best thing IMO - break it :D (you will prob get more ;) )

how much woukld you want to sell her as a complete car?

Sorry to hear all that mate.

 

Hope you get reasonable money for it.

crap, another one bites the dust :(

sorry about that ...... best thing IMO - break it :D (you will prob get more ;) )

 

I would break it - but I'm hopeless with mechanics/electrics/spanners, so it's not really an option!

 

And to be honest, I'm not sure what would be reasonable to ask for the complete car - I posted about 20 mins ago and I've already had some interest tho!

 

I spent £3000 on it last May, and it's been very well cared for (new water pump, replaced heater matrix hoses, major service 2,000 miles ago, 4 new tires... (£3000+ spent total)) and the garage quoted me £1600 for the head gasket (£900 labour in that quote!).

 

I'm not sure what I'd let it go for as a complete car, as I'm still in the middle stages of greiving/denial!

 

Sensible offers will be considered

I'm sure that at the right place you could get the head gasket done for much less than that. Just buy Duffer a weeks beer and fags (say £800 ;) ) and I'm sure he'd do it for you ....

Sorry to hear all that mate.

 

Hope you get reasonable money for it.

 

Thanks mate, I'm going to miss it like mad. After all this I've got to search for a car that strikes some kind of balance between the Zed and my Mondeo!

Hi mate sorry to here its dead how much do you want for the whole car as it is as you know im on colchester.

Hi mate sorry to here its dead how much do you want for the whole car as it is as you know im on colchester.

 

Hi Taff,

 

I'm honestly not sure what I would be asking for her. Initially I'm asking people to make sensible offers - I've got a rough idea in my head, but I'd rather see what people are prepared to pay first.

 

Would you be interested for parts or to fix it mate? Bearing in mind it does have MOT 'til November!

 

Cheers

Get it fixed, shop around for a better quote. It sounds like a pampered Z, hold out till the summer and it will go for £3,000. Or keep it! :hyper:

 

If you sell it now you will get next to nothing. A breaker would get about 3k from splitting it up. If you could break it yourself I would advise breaking it, but you cant so I wont.

 

Even if you fix it for £1k you will still get more back from selling a fixed zed than if you sell it like it is.

Hi mate im thinking i might go halfs with a freind and break if the price is right if not i wouldnt mind first offers on the wheels and rear spoiler .Is the spoiler fitted to the car and is it fibreglass.Thanks taff.

Ive been in your situation once or twice before, with previous cars Ive owned. Always a difficult call; whether to cut your losses or throw even more money at it.

 

But in your case, if the cash really has dried up, then your hand is forced and you will have to resign yourself to selling a non-runner at the worst time of the year. You will take a hit. As has been said already, its always better to sell a car as a runner, and ideally in spring or summer.

 

In hindsight, you will have probably wished you had begged/borrowed/stolen the money to get it fixed, and either kept it a little longer to get your investment back, or at least sold it for a reasonable (if thats not a contradition in 300zx terms!) price.

 

Good luck with whichever decision you take.

First Dibs On Your Leather Seats And I Will Pay Good Money For Them

Is the spoiler fitted to the car and is it fibreglass.Thanks taff.

It's a stock 91 Jap spec TT in silver,

leather seats

momo steering wheel

Stern 17" alloys with Pirelli P-Zero Rossos all round (fitted last June)

clear indicators all round

carbon fibre replica spoiler (fitted last March)

 

CF I Imagine

how much for the dash kit ;)

 

 

thats the other vultures circling

CF I Imagine

 

Nice sarcasm there, but actually it turns out that my head was up my bum when I wrote that. It is fibreglass, purchased from ZCentre just before I bought it for £150 (got the receipt somewhere) and fitted to the car.

 

It's sprayed silver, but has been a victim of the cheap spray job that the car was given last Jan and has microblisters all over it. having said that, you'd be rubbing it down and spraying it anyway I'd have thought!

 

Thanks for everyone's thoughts and advice so far - in truth I could get the car repaired with one of my many flexible friends, but I'd be putting another brick in the heavy rucksack on my back!

 

Just to let you know, I'd be looking for OIRO £1400 for the car as it is. If you think that's a bit rich then feel free to make me an offer.

 

For those looking for first dibs on my leather seats/wheels etc, you'd best hope that someone buys her off me to break her at a profit (which they would definately make!) as I really can't break the car on my drive! And I should say that the Stern alloys - rare and lovely as they are, need a refurb as someone either in Japan or over here obviously couldn't park to save their life...

 

I've never figured out quite how to put pics up on here, but if you want any, then I'm happy to take and e mail.

and the dash kit you never fitted?? ;)

and the dash kit you never fitted?? ;)

 

Ha ha! That's an exception, along with the grounding kit and scuttle panel I guess!

 

£35 delivered mate, I think I paid £50 for it.

 

It's not got instructions with it - but then it's pretty straightforward to fit I should think!

 

Cheers,

 

Christian

sold.. to me

 

 

can you hold it for me til next week pls?

 

 

 

 

 

 

pm me;)

sold.. to me

 

 

can you hold it for me til next week pls?

 

 

 

 

 

 

pm me;)

 

 

No worries, held.

 

I'll PM in a min, just going for a cigarette (even tho I've given up) as all this Zed selling talk is getting to me!

lol.. cool oh perhaps should have checked is yours an auto or manual

lol.. cool oh perhaps should have checked is yours an auto or manual

 

auto mate... is that the right answer? ;)

yes.. cool

FFS vultures!!!!! :rolleyes: Everyone in it for a quick bargain. Who the hell quoted that much to do the headgaskets??? £500 for parts and service items? Sorry but thats just plain rediculous! Secondly, although close, £900 labour is a bit steep!!! Please please please don't break another (potentially) working car! And the only reason people say break it, is, like I say, to grab a quick bargain, or to make a quick profit breaking it themselves. IE they don't have YOUR best intentions at heart ;)

FFS vultures!!!!! :rolleyes: Everyone in it for a quick bargain. Who the hell quoted that much to do the headgaskets??? £500 for parts and service items? Sorry but thats just plain rediculous! Secondly, although close, £900 labour is a bit steep!!! Please please please don't break another (potentially) working car! And the only reason people say break it, is, like I say, to grab a quick bargain, or to make a quick profit breaking it themselves. IE they don't have YOUR best intentions at heart ;)

 

I appreciate what you're saying there mate. She's a nice car, no rot anywhere and pretty clean (apart from the microblisters on the bodywork, a couple of scuffs and some kerbed alloys). Given the cash I've spent on upkeep, it'd be a real shame to break it given that it's got quite a long MOT, and wouldn't take too much to get up and running properly again.

 

Personally, I'm resigned to the fact that I have to sell her, one way or another. I'd be much happier to sell to someone who wanted to fix her up and enjoy though.

 

I'd also like to point out that almost all the work done on the car was down at Redline in Southend, and they know what they're doing. They said it was a sound example (apart from the shocks, brake and Hicas arms at the time!) and I also had the electronics rewired to incorporate the fogs into the rear light clusters, which is pretty classy for a J spec.