nickz32

nice bit of small mindedness their chap! And as for the CPS being the mouth piece of the police, you seriously need to get your facts straight before saying such utter *****cks! Ill be the first to say im not a fan of some of the work that traffic police have to do, BUT they have to work with some of the most outdated bits of kit on the market and have to make do with it. We (the police) dont decided who gets charged for what, CPS DECIDE EVERYTHING! and dont even get me started on magistrates, in fact dont get me started on ANY of the criminal justice system, i have to put up with them everyday. Why do you think the prisons are full of some many 'lifers'? Because when the police decided who to charge, because when we had the evidence to say someone raped someones child, we put it infront of a court for them to decide, THATS WHAT THERE FOR. Now i have to go and present the evidence to some jumped up, pen pushing, statistic obsessed civi who decides whether we charge or not based LIKELYHOOD OF SUCCESSFULL PROSECUTION, rather than the merits of the evidence available. The fact is we get incorrectly trained to use out of date equipment and are expected to pass our results onto a CPSite in an office far far away. and before anyone bring up the old "it pains me to see POLICE on my council tax bill", do you really think that goes anywhere street level police. GET REAL IT GOES IN A POLITICIANS BACK POCKET. rant temporarily over :rant: P.S if you know you werent speeding, fight the ticket all the way bud. if you were, just bite the bullet, its not exactly the biggest crime in the world PC nick

how do the costs balance out between buying a car already in the uk and importing one inc all costs involved?

Oh something i forgot to add :headvswal The reason ive said "exculding the traders" is because im going to guess that they have contacts and sources in the importing industry. This is something that I dont have and would like to know peoples experiences without these contacts. But any input from the traders is more than welcome! :D

Chaps and Chapettes As some will know im looking for another zed. Looking at the market there dont seem to be that many that match the criteria that ive set myself. Im not in a huge rush to get one, i just want to be as sensible as possible and find the illusive "right one" Im going to guess that a few peeps, exculding the traders, have found a car in jap land and imported it themself, loosely speaking. TBH i know sweet F A about what is involved in importing a car and the overall costs are, and was hoping someone would be able to give me an quick education in what is involved in importing a car, from the auction room to my arse being in the drivers seat. Also for the peeps who have imported a car, which companies would you recommend ie shipping companies/"importers" and auction houses. Advice and opinions all welcome cheerZ Nick

ill agree with alot of what has been said. I wish i'd never sold my zed and just kept it in storeage until i could have afforded to fix it, and never sold it. I suppose you could always say that you could get another one, but when youve put so much time into the one youve already got, the next one wont feel "the same" until youve hadto put the same amount of work into it. Without that work you will never be able to happily say, thats my car and i know every wingley qerk and obscurity that it has all the best what ever you decide, but id keep it!

where did you manage to find that,series 2 balck TT's seem to be rare as rocking horse at the moment.... and I WANT ONE!!!!! nice car mate congrats nick

you know what i mean! smart arse :rofl:

This is getting more and more common on ebay, virtually any car you search for, there are about 2 fake ads for every 10 cars listed They really should be doing something about this!

Sorry to sound confused, but my old import didnt have a date of first registration in Jap Land, but it had a date of manufacture. Surely they mean that its going to be based on the year of manufacture not year of registration!?! If it is the case of "year of registration" then i prob wont buy a zed again, there is no way that i can afford to pay the same in tax as i would insurance. :rant: :( Is anyone able to clear this point up at all? :confused:

a very close friend of mine has had this done, his bro is a neuro surgeon in london. hes very very happy with it and has 20/20 vision again

have you checked your injector connectors and coilpacks yet but? they were always my first port of call when i got a missfire nick

not yet mate, my hotmail account has been playing about since i installed IE7, spent most of the day trying to sort it out tho. Ill let you know when ive sorted it bud, but cheers anyway

It wouldnt suprise me, they probably have the same contact in Jap Land. Speak to Karlosg, hell be able to tell you how much KTC and Torque of Kieghley are thoroughly hated on the MLR. My personal opinion of the MLR on the other hand i shall save for another day

Chap have you got a website that i can look at to see what zeds you've got, or the sort of cars youve sold or anything like that Cheers Bud Nick

No, but they are only down the road from each other

stay well away from torque of kieghley, went to have a look at a couple of evo's there, Every car there was a dog, 99% were obviously clocked, wouldnt trust them WHAT SO EVER

ive not seen it yet, im guessing its his blue one with LSD doors on it?

no, hold on a second, it was only a year ago i sold it, man does time fly or what!

Dont have one anymore, sold mine 2 years ago today. Im riding around on a honda Fireblade nowadays, but am back in the market for a zed again, just trying to find the right one now

i think is saw your car in baisingstoke the other day when i was in town, cant remember for the life of me when tho, nut i only live in hook so ive probably seen it a few times!

Yeah if you could mate. could you also put in the email how much she is looking for it My email is Torque0fthedevil@hotmail.co.uk By any chance was it on pistonheads for a while???? cheers again nick

Cheers bud, i just dont want a nasty suprise like the last zed when i found out what year the car really was. you probably remember. I just want to make sure that im buying what i think im buying. I suppose the only way around that is to buy a UK model

i used to have one on my old 205gti. My understanding is that they are supposed to up fuel pressure. I came with a set of throttle bodies that i bought of someone and was supposed to be part of the kit TBH i never really noticed that difference with it on

Greg, not that i dont belive you bud, but if you look at picture 6 the back seats look velour to me. Something i have noticed on that photo, If you look at the door where the plastic cap is missing on the door trim. If i remember correctly thats where the bolt for the seatbelt is hidden on the series 1. Did the series 2 still have this little cap??

Cheers bud. Did you work on that at Ztech? Shame really coz it seems like a nice motor, but im really after a series 2 black LWB TT, theyre just dont seem to be any about!