bigsigh Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Hiya Hopefully going to be a z owner very soon ( within 3 weeks) I live in Northern Ireland and currently looking for a good car there are soo many different models etc its hard to get your head round so far ive narrowed it down to these 3 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-moto ... y/89256625 http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/cars/2395647 if anyone could help with the specs of these models i would appreciate it oh - how do i know what lsd if any a car has ? is there a way to tell ? Quote
martinmac Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Hi and welcome to the forum. Nice to see the numbers from Northern Ireland increasing. Quote
ATTAK Z Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 you appear to be looking at JDM imports only ... are there any UK cars you fancy within your budget ? Quote
martinmac Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 The first and third ones are imports not that there is a problem with that. They are harder to work the spec out as there are a lot of optional extras available. The seeking one is a GT spec UK car and brembo brakes are standard on the UK car btw. Quote
bigsigh Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 are the brembos much of an improvement over the standard brakes ? a friend told me brembos would be necessary. my ideal car - gunmetal grey black leather cruise control lsd black alloys 40 - 60k miles with fsh £6-8k the gunmetal grey i linked to above is actually a european import , branded a fairladyz if that sounds right ? Quote
ATTAK Z Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 The first and third ones are imports ............ The seeking one is a GT spec UK car and brembo brakes are standard on the UK car btw. Sorry Martin but I don't see any cruise control or headlight washers so not a UK car IMHO Quote
martinmac Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 I stand corrected Hugh, in that case the Brembos are and upgrade and its an import. Off to the opticians next week. Quote
bigsigh Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 do all z's have traction control ? Quote
bigsigh Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 thanks for all the welcomes ive spent the last 12 years dabbling with supercharged and turbo mx5's. my current roadster is a 1998 200bhp supercharged 1.8 with 6 speed box , but its being sold once i get my Z with the mazdas its easy to tell what spec the car is by looking at a few pics , but these cars is a new one for me. Quote
ATTAK Z Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 my ideal car - gunmetal grey black leather cruise control lsd black alloys 40 - 60k miles with fsh £6-8k like this ? Quote
bigsigh Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 my ideal car - gunmetal grey black leather cruise control lsd black alloys 40 - 60k miles with fsh £6-8k like this ? oh ,my word! very very close to what i want I would loose the polished lip and ditch the grill but apart from that...... are you selling ? Quote
ATTAK Z Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 my ideal car - gunmetal grey black leather cruise control lsd black alloys 40 - 60k miles with fsh £6-8k like this ? ......... very very close to what i want I would loose the polished lip and ditch the grill but apart from that...... are you selling ? sold last year I'm afraid Quote
Ebized Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Welcome to the forum Think you might have just upset Hugh about his beloved babies (wheels). Never mind, he has sold them and the car for an AM, but I think he still lusts after a ZED really Quote
Railgun Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Welcome along mate. Hope you find a good example! Quote
bronzee Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 Welcome to the forum. Keep an eye on the for sales on here too. are the brembos much of an improvement over the standard brakes ? They are a bit. Moreso if you run uprated fluid, pads and rotors, which of course you can do with the non-brembo's and still get some reasonable stopping. Think you might have just upset Hugh about his beloved babies (wheels). Never mind, he has sold them and the car for an AM, but I think he still lusts after a ZED really He's still here, so he'll have another. Quote
Cragus Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 There are spec giveaways on the zed too mate. You'll become familiar soon enough. Good luck and welcome! Quote
bigsigh Posted October 10, 2011 Author Posted October 10, 2011 well , after a busy weekend of viewing , test driving and haggling , i think i have found my Zed http://i51.tinypic.com/28b8n0k.jpg its the one i found on gumtree its actually a jap import , brembo brakes , 6 speed , 43000 kms , brembos , ginger heated electric seats , bose audio, parrot bluetooth, some sort of phone adapter in the rear cubby box, subwoofer behind drivers seat, everything else is relatively standard - from what i can tell its the ST model but with no cruise control, it has VDC aswell bad points - clutch slave cylinder needs replacing - drivers window motor is stuffed - passenger side dash cupholder wont stay in - dte / average mpg computer thing is all in kms - front pads are on the lowish side - tiny trolley ding on drivers door - tiny bit of kerbing on front drivers wheel - gearknob is a bit tatty good points - hes going to mot it for me - sort the electric window and clutch slave - he put 6 months tax on it this morning the guy selling it seems really quite genuine and is actually a really nice guy. it will be mine , hopefully collect it once the private plate is transferred off it. more pics http://i53.tinypic.com/2rf4jfb.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/15qpyiw.jpg Quote
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