hawker1986

Hi all, Just after some advice, driving the Zed today as I got to the end of my journey ive noticed an odd noise when pulling away as the clutch engages - sounds like a scratchy/rattly noise. Only seems to happen in 1st/reverse gear. It happens as you finish engaging the clutch, so you can get the car rolling with the clutch partly engaged before it happens. Any ideas what the cause might be? Cars on 69500 miles Thoughts much appreciated. Thanks Ed

Sorry didn't see this till now. I think the milltek is probably similar volume to the stock exhaust ?a bit quieter but about the same. Tone is slightly nicer than stock to my ear. Ive toyed with the idea of putting in some HFC for a bit more noise but in the end we enjoy the car as it is so haven't ever bothered

We had a Cobra on our Zed for about 4 weeks, drone at cruising speed was terrible, changed it out for a Miltek. Not sure how people live with them.

Ours is currently on 68k and no issues, hoping to get it pre-emptively dealt with later in the year when it gets serviced assuming doesn't cause any issues sooner!

This is exactly what I was thinking

Im loving the car, hugely split personality quiet, comfortable, understated place to be when pottering around but at the touch of a button it’s a howling monster and it just chews up the miles. I guess the cons are the potential for serious bills, no way I will run it without a warranty and fuel consumption but I guess coming from the M3 it won’t be much different and let’s be fair no one buys one and worries about the fuel cost :). I’ve never been in an e46 M3 but I would think the M5 has a slightly more detached driving feel, you would need to drive one and see - we still have our Zed so when I want a more...analogue driving experience it’s still there for me. What would you like to know?

Lol ok fair enough, I will take some more pics...but I warn you it ain’t clean anymore! Thanks, i was hoping for something a bit understated, absolute first choice would have been grey but the spec was right otherwise. They also almost all seem to come with white interior which I didn’t want

Hi all, Figured I would post something for you all, picked this bad boy up 3 weeks ago: Amazing car, massive step up in terms of well...everything from the zed and the civic, interior quality, tech and brute power are all amazing. Hope you like Ed

Im always amazed how smooth paint is after a clay bar, like glass. Im a big fan of the touring alloys too, those ones are in serious need of a refurb, corroded like mad inside but feels difficult to justify given theyre on winter duty!

Hi all, Not posted in here for some time, mainly because I haven't had the car fully cleaned for some time but thought I'd share a quick photo from a couple of weeks ago. No before or during but: Please ignore the wheels, didn't do them at the time as still had the winters on and they came off later in the week and got cleaned then before getting stored up. Full clean was: Hoovered out, glass cleaned inside, leather cleaned the seats steering wheel etc, interior trim cleaned Megs Gold Class Shampoo Clean Iron X all over Tardis all over Fully clayed Machine polish with Megs 80 Black hole Collonite 476 to finish (2 layers) Sealant on the glass metal polish on the exhaust tips and sealed with 2x layers of chemical guys wheel sealant Megs Tyre Gel (when the Rays went on :)) Thanks Ed

I think if we lost ours we would definitely both miss it. When the Mrs had our previous Zed written off there was nothing else she wanted to replace it with but another one, and after 5 years it still puts a smile on both our faces whenever we drive it. At some point it duties as daily driver will no doubt be finished but I don't think we will sell it for a very long time barring some catastrophic failure. In a time of flappy paddles, turbos and electronic steering the Zed will always offer an interesting and enjoyable drive for me

As others have said, clutch should be good unless its been abused :), ours is on 63k with no worries

Something doesn't sound right, as others have said get your suspension and geo checked over. Ive had the Zed at considerably above UK legal limits on derestricted autobahn with no stability worries going round bends etc. Ive even had a rear tyre blow out on the motorway at the speed limit and managed to keep it in the same lane till I could pull over safely - the car should be very stable... Ed

I was under the impression they were only available on midnight blue cars here in the U.K. When we were looking I saw one for sale with them but the car including the seats was in fairly patchy condition. Much prefer black leather anyhow so all worked out. That said would have bought a midnight blue with the frost seats if it was in good nick.

Much as everyone else has said behind the mirror and run the cable down round the headlining and to the socket, personally I had a second socket wired in so I could still use the front one, gets used to charge the phone etc at times so didn't want to lose it Ed

Winter tyres - no drama in the snow. Terrible without them though!

Ours is the wifes daily so it gets used all year round, always has done and doesn't seem any the worse for wear for being out in the nasty conditions day to day. Cant see the point in having a car you enjoy driving and leaving it at home . Winter tyres get swapped on in November and even the snow doesn't stop it! Ed

Just as the man says the Zed is my wife's daily so it needs to keep going in the winter!

The Zed is my Mrs' car...apparently I'm the one who has to have a sensible car

Sounds like a total nightmare hope you get this resolved without too much hassle Ed

TBH I don't really get why people get all out of shape about this, with the sort of bills a zed can throw up if you cant afford an extra £200 in tax then you cant really afford to run the car...

Yeah I contributed to it too came out very positively , did not mention Avons though!!!

Ive never had MOT anxiety, only thing that ever comes up is consumables. If you look after the car appropriately service/get it serviced as it should be then very unlikely anything is going to come up at the MOT. Ed

I would imagine no one ever bothers to unregister once they've left the forum so surely the numbers are going to go up as Zeds change hands and people find the place? Or does the forum have an inactivity script that removes people after a certain period of time

Connor, without going into my thoughts on these people again, they are well recorded on the forum! I am sorry you are in this position. If that's the case surely the warranty company shouldn't offer the policy without the option or did they not tell you about the OEM cover option when it was sold to you, sorry not had a lot of sleep and my brain cant work it out from the thread atm. Ed