RE: MG ZT-T V8 260: Spotted
Discussion
Kermit power said:
Well this is rather lovely! 
Shame I didn't know it had been written, or I would've commented before now!
The car is still for sale, btw. I've just reposted the ad (forgot it expired after 30 days) and dropped the price to £5,995 if anyone's interested.
Shame I didn't know it had been written, or I would've commented before now!
The car is still for sale, btw. I've just reposted the ad (forgot it expired after 30 days) and dropped the price to £5,995 if anyone's interested.
I want it. Badly. These are one of a very, very small number of modern cars that I genuinely lust after, and are very firmly on my "Car Bucket List". Unfortunately right now I wouldn't have a prayer of getting insurance above anything else, which is a shame because yours looks an absolute gem and worth every penny 
Good luck with the sale
Edited by vit4 on Friday 6th September 18:27
RoverP6B said:
Just 6 grand for a low mileage V8 estate? 
if only I had six grand spare...
Looks ok until you see something like this if only I had six grand spare...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-540i-SPORT-TOUR...
hadenough! said:
RoverP6B said:
Just 6 grand for a low mileage V8 estate? if only I had six grand spare...
Looks ok until you see something like this if only I had six grand spare...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-540i-SPORT-TOUR...
Some folks prefer not to participate in the common as muck stakes ...
MGJohn said:
hadenough! said:
RoverP6B said:
Just 6 grand for a low mileage V8 estate? if only I had six grand spare...
Looks ok until you see something like this if only I had six grand spare...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-540i-SPORT-TOUR...
Some folks prefer not to participate in the common as muck stakes ...
My cayenne turbo, a year newer, lower mileage, a couple of hundred horses more and only £5k dearer.
At £6k the mg feels expensive.
When RoverP6B said "V8" I don't think he meant just a generic V8, he meant a ZT.
Yes other V8 powered cars are available and yes some of them might be better cars in many respects, but that's not the point.
Unless you think of cars as just appliances then you buy with your heart as much as your head. The ZT V8 really is worth more than the sum of it's parts - it's got a story, a personality and a thoroughly well-sorted chassis. I doubt any 5-series below an M5 has the handling balance of the ZT, V8 engine or not.
Yes other V8 powered cars are available and yes some of them might be better cars in many respects, but that's not the point.
Unless you think of cars as just appliances then you buy with your heart as much as your head. The ZT V8 really is worth more than the sum of it's parts - it's got a story, a personality and a thoroughly well-sorted chassis. I doubt any 5-series below an M5 has the handling balance of the ZT, V8 engine or not.
hadenough! said:
MGJohn said:
hadenough! said:
RoverP6B said:
Just 6 grand for a low mileage V8 estate? if only I had six grand spare...
Looks ok until you see something like this if only I had six grand spare...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-540i-SPORT-TOUR...
Some folks prefer not to participate in the common as muck stakes ...
My cayenne turbo, a year newer, lower mileage, a couple of hundred horses more and only £5k dearer.
At £6k the mg feels expensive.
The most expensive single invoice I've had for work on the ZT has been not much more than a grand, and that included a new slave cylinder, master cylinder and clutch plus associated labour, and I'm not sure there are any jobs beyond catastrophic engine failure that could cost more than that.
How much would the self-leveling suspension and various electronic driver aids and the like on the 540i cost to repair if they go wrong, or likewise on your Cayenne? Things which made cars hugely expensive when they were new can absolutely butcher their value when they get old.
I assume that even the general servicing costs on the Cayenne are pretty chunky even with an independent specialist as well?
Having said that, there's so few of these things around that I honestly don't actually know what to price it at, so we'll see what it eventually goes for when it goes!
Well, I own an E39 Touring already (albeit only a 520i 2.2) and, while I am very fond of it and suspect that, on all objective criteria, the 540i would kick the MG/Rover's arse all over the shop, the Rover's beautiful interior and the classic Yank burble (as opposed to the dare-I-say-it slightly generic Euro-8 noise of the BMW? The same criticism applies to Audi V8s too...). Manual 540is seem to make rocking-horse droppings look common, too, alas... and I hate autos with a passion.
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