..on my decision to sell the Zed.

 

my old zed looked the part imo, it looked clean and ran ok. however, underneath it was rotten, the sills were rotting through, the tub seals were shot, there were annoying little patches of rust coming through on the bodywork, it squeaked and rattled were interior trim had broken etc... and most of all, it was an auto. i originally decided i would blow a load of money rectifying these problems (somewhere in the region of 5k). instead i sold it for 1600 notes... :smash: :cry:

 

the 1600 notes together with the 5k then gave me a particularly sizable pot to buy a new zed with. Lee of Import-ance had 1 that he had freshly imported and met nearly all my criteria... so i bought it... less than a week after i sold my other 1! :dance:

 

its only done 59k miles which has more than halved the mileage of my old 1, underneath it is absolutely spotless, its a manual, all the trim is still very tight and solid, its boosting normal pressure (feels a hell of alot faster) and its so much nicer to drive. :cool:

 

it has cost me a few tanks of fuel over 4k and is a tenfold improvement on my 1st zed. so i have saved nearly 3 thousand quid by selling up and buying a manual tt without the 15yrs of uk roads damage, the bonus of lower miles and a summer of driving a fully serviceable zed rather than limping along!

 

this is an individual case for me but for all those people contemplating a manual conversion and have or suspect more problems that would cost alot of muller, this is definately the way to go. no doubt the saved 3k will get zapped fairly quickly on maintenace and servicing over a period of time but i now believe i have a great base model to re-start my zedding furture with.

 

Joel :duffer:

Pics or STFU

..on my decision to sell the Zed.

 

my old zed looked the part imo, it looked clean and ran ok. however, underneath it was rotten, the sills were rotting through, the tub seals were shot, there were annoying little patches of rust coming through on the bodywork, it squeaked and rattled were interior trim had broken etc... and most of all, it was an auto. i originally decided i would blow a load of money rectifying these problems (somewhere in the region of 5k). instead i sold it for 1600 notes... :smash: :cry:

 

the 1600 notes together with the 5k then gave me a particularly sizable pot to buy a new zed with. Lee of Import-ance had 1 that he had freshly imported and met nearly all my criteria... so i bought it... less than a week after i sold my other 1! :dance:

 

its only done 59k miles which has more than halved the mileage of my old 1, underneath it is absolutely spotless, its a manual, all the trim is still very tight and solid, its boosting normal pressure (feels a hell of alot faster) and its so much nicer to drive. :cool:

 

it has cost me a few tanks of fuel over 4k and is a tenfold improvement on my 1st zed. so i have saved nearly 3 thousand quid by selling up and buying a manual tt without the 15yrs of uk roads damage, the bonus of lower miles and a summer of driving a fully serviceable zed rather than limping along!

 

this is an individual case for me but for all those people contemplating a manual conversion and have or suspect more problems that would cost alot of muller, this is definately the way to go. no doubt the saved 3k will get zapped fairly quickly on maintenace and servicing over a period of time but i now believe i have a great base model to re-start my zedding furture with.

 

Joel :duffer:

good on you joel! :dance:

makes a refreshing change to see someone thinking with there head instead of there heart and we all know how much this can cost if it goes tits up, well done mate sounds like a wise move to me :)

nice one bud, but sometimes its better the devil you know, but not in your case though lol

Looks like you done very well Joely :duffer:

nice one! you will have to bring it down one day n show us lot!

 

are you sticking your sexy wheels on? :cry:

hhmmmmmm do you sell second hand cars for a living then?

:smw: cause I recalled this

 

 

Overall, this is a very clean and solid UK example that has been very well looked after.

 

 

now its away its

 

my old zed looked the part imo, it looked clean and ran ok. however, underneath it was rotten, the sills were rotting through, the tub seals were shot, there were annoying little patches of rust coming through on the bodywork, it squeaked and rattled were interior trim had broken etc... and most of all, it was an auto. i originally decided i would blow a load of money rectifying these problems (somewhere in the region of 5k).

 

;)

Nice one m8, thats exactly what I did as well and funnily enough i got mine from Lee as well :rofl:

hhmmmmmm do you sell second hand cars for a living then?

:smw: cause I recalled this

 

 

 

 

 

now its away its

 

 

 

;)

 

LOLness! :rofl: :rofl:

 

for a uk model (overall :p ) it was! i didnt think it was too bad for a 15yr old car tbh but this new one proved that wrong... it does make what i thought was a reasonable car look like a mess. the guy who bought my car was a trader and apparently knew what he was looking for.

 

im also using it to convince myself that it was the right thing to do as it was a hard thing to do watching some1 else drive away in your pride and joy, so i convince myself that my old one was the worst car money can buy and it makes me feel better. :rolleyes:

 

have i escaped from my hole or am i still diggin ;)

nice one! you will have to bring it down one day n show us lot!

 

are you sticking your sexy wheels on? :cry:

 

probably not athene, it already has r34 skyline wheels on it which suit the car and the colour well. so i think il sell my 18s and get some 19s when i get a colour change.

Pics or STFU

 

il take some snaps 2moro in the sun, though i can show you a little snippet photo of a little gadget it has now its dark...

 

 

its on the rear quarter glass at the bottom!

As the old saying goes 'You can't polish a turd' so spending 5K on a tatty Zed would have been daft. Glad you've got a nice clean example sorted for yourself, well done fella.

LOLness!

 

for a uk model (overall ) it was! i didnt think it was too bad for a 15yr old car tbh but this new one proved that wrong... it does make what i thought was a reasonable car look like a mess. the guy who bought my car was a trader and apparently knew what he was looking for.

 

im also using it to convince myself that it was the right thing to do as it was a hard thing to do watching some1 else drive away in your pride and joy, so i convince myself that my old one was the worst car money can buy and it makes me feel better.

 

have i escaped from my hole or am i still diggin

 

 

:D just winding you up :D, good decision to replace... me Im going the other way and fixing mine up but then I knew it needed work done when id bought it, and it was bought as a project (big boys meccano :) ).

 

all the best with the new Z

pics pics pics :dance: :dance: :xxx:

Amen

Amen

 

you still got your zed mate?

 

Nick

..............it has cost me a few tanks of fuel over 4k and is a tenfold improvement on my 1st zed. so i have saved nearly 3 thousand quid by selling up and buying a manual tt without the 15yrs of uk roads damage, the bonus of lower miles and a summer of driving a fully serviceable zed rather than limping along!

 

this is an individual case for me but for all those people contemplating a manual conversion and have or suspect more problems that would cost alot of muller, this is definately the way to go. no doubt the saved 3k will get zapped fairly quickly on maintenace and servicing over a period of time but i now believe i have a great base model to re-start my zedding furture with.

 

Joel :duffer:

 

Nice one Joel! :dance:

 

And I do agree wholly with your last paragraph...........

 

Richard :cool:

its not just the side windows that illuminate... it has an illuminating rear centre panel!

Nice one Joel! :dance:

 

And I do agree wholly with your last paragraph...........

 

Richard :cool:

 

thinking of selling up again bud? sorry, didnt mean to shake up your awkward situation!

thinking of selling up again bud? sorry, didnt mean to shake up your awkward situation!

 

Heh heh, you didn't really mate!!

 

I'm always looking out for another ZX but after driving mine around all day yesterday I still love it to bits, so who knows??

 

I may just replace the SLK instead - convertible 350z in black looks nice....ARGH!!!

 

Richard :wack: