rtbiscuit

only need to drop the tyre pressure if it snows.

what about boo yakka shar! me Bredrin!

i have a soft spot for evo's, my mate has a scooby and i love the sound of the flat four. and if i was to ever take up amatuer rallying the evo would be at the top of the list. but i'd never own one as a daily driver. the interiors are even more plastic than the zed, and as a place to be everyday its the biggest let down. take all the spoilers and bodykits off an evo or scooby and you have a very dull looking japanese saloon. especially the old scooby's they look like old hyundai lantra's

@AMT250 the zed is great for people to pub number quote. its got a V6 its got 309 bhp it does 0-60 in 5.7 sec etc etc. these are the factory figures. but you'd be hard put to actually get it to do a 0-60 in 5.7 its more like a dead on 6. you'd need to be a pro racer with a perfect gear change to get the acclaimed 5.7 sec. what your also have to consider is the more real world facts that mean more like power to weight ratio. for instance the zed has about 180 bhp per ton as she's a heavy car. then compare it to say an old shape civic type R at just over 1.2 ton has 167 bhp per ton, thats just a difference of 13 bhp between the 2 cars, which is not alot. and why many owners have been suprised when they've kept up. do the states again for an early zed and its bhp per ton is 173 only a 6 bhp difference. thats just 1 car. then take into account some of the faster hot hatches.which are turbo'd etc, the difference becomes not alot. now what the zed has over alot of these hot hatches is style, rear wheel drive, great poise and balance, the V6 gives great 60-100 acceleration, in gear torque. comfort and something that hasn't been an upgraded shopping cart with some new shiney bits and a better exhaust. the zed is a great car, and a brilliant starting place for those moving from FWD to RWD its a very forgiving car in that respect; and while its weight is a disadvantage for some, its an advantage for others. the cars V6 is its advantage and disadvantage. its power delivery is very linear, which is deceptive. you don;t feel like your going that fast or getting to the correct speed that quickly, but actually it does it very well. its this deceptiveness that i think leads to disappointment for some people, it takes some of the thrill/drama out of the acceleration. people should love the car for what it is. a great japanese GT car with curvacious styling and something you'd want to be seen in.

vw toureg volvo xc90

love the XK SS even more than the E type.

so much want for that jag

good news is both you and your passenger are ok, sorry to hear about the car, its always worse when you've invested alot of time into a vehicle.

buckfast carnage tonight then!

I'm actually wearing my flat cap today (for school) but now i wear it in salute to you sir.

its japanese, what else would you expect.

have to say thats a cracking piece of advice.

i'd just with the nothing, its a cleaner look. i don't like most of the aftermarket badges apart from the tommy k stuff

thats not just a luxo barge, thats an uber luxo barge with hell hounds under the bonnet

much love

Mines permanently off on the jag at the moment due to a fault. And it has a bag load more torque and bhp than the zed and its fine. At the end of the day you have ultimate control.....its called your right foot. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

longest thread was the one about marriage as it kept being shut down and re started in a new thread, think it went over 3 threads each about 30 pages long. that was back in the day when tarmac and I would banter alot with vik, nixy, husky and a couple of others. we are the reason the green room now exists.

and on UK roads it would take all of about 30 seconds before that bumper got ripped off and those skirts got caught on a lowered curb.

i have to say i was one of those who bought the zed and sold in the end due to overall disappointment. to start with it was great, but as i grew to know the car i found its limitations. i think i had such high expectations of the zed that it could never live up to them ending up in an unfulfilled purchase that in the end saw me falling out of love and selling the car. its the only car i;ve ever owned that i haven't been sad to sell. all my other cars brought a little lump in my throat at the thought of sale. with the zed if i'd seen it on fire i would have waited a good 10 minutes before going out, just to make sure it wasn;t salvagable. sad to say really as they are good cars. just for me we were never fully compatible.

the new jaguar stuff is superb styling, would choose it all over the german rivals at the moment.

from what i've seen build quality is much improved over the old ford days, there have been very good reviews about the new jags. i know chesterfield had an XF and so did his brother and had issues, but i think it was more to do with dealer service than just the car. as i think they both got a friday afternoon car. general consensus from new owners is its a very good car.

With you on that one Rich Awesome cars, no denying that, but they don't tickle my pickle if it were a woman i'd have to thumb it in