2004 MG ZT260SE Saloon

[NotDave]

n_const said:

Love these ! This was my Dads, now lives in Sweden i beleive.

I'm soooo off to MGOC again this year .

[Scourge151]

n_const said:

Love these ! This was my Dads, now lives in Sweden i beleive.

Nice! Is that the colour changing paint?

[Scourge151]

Interior pics for the curious

[MG CHRIS]

Scourge151 said:

MG CHRIS said:

Looks stunning. Nice sleeper to where do you live in south wales i think ive seen it around my way im from blackwood.

I'm in Aberbargoed mate, very li
kely to see me back and forth as it's my daily driver, keep an eye out for the tramp stamp!

I got a little unit up in aberbargoed if you need anywhere to work on it out of the ran etc let me know.

[pmessling]

very understated cars. The light interior is very rare. Personally not my cup of tea, prefer the black leather

heres the one i used to own, was number 860

[Scourge151]

pmessling said:

very understated cars. The light interior is very rare. Personally not my cup of tea, prefer the black leather

heres the one i used to own, was number 860

I'd have gone for black normally, but not having light door cards and carpets makes the colour work better for me.

Xpowers/Zeros on your old one? Mine's #418

Chris, I'll keep that in mind, cheers!

Edited by Scourge151 on Sunday 23 December 17:03

[pmessling]

i had both, started with zero's then swapped to x powers. preferred the x powers.

[Scourge151]

pmessling said:

i had both, started with zero's then swapped to x powers. preferred the x powers.

Pity Xpowers are so expensive to get now, in person they do sound epic.
I've got Zeros in mind for if I ever need to change the back boxes, I forget if stock ones are easy to get hold of or not, may make aftermarket ones essential.

Pipster1969 said:

Here's mine, 70000 miles, FSH, stainless steel exhaust, cambelt done and pretty much faultless. It's a 190 + tourer so has all the built in sat nav etc and It's a very solid car and surprisingly well built, all for £1500.

Bargain!! Lovely blue as well, very nearly held out for an estate myself.
Riding in mine makes me sad that MG/Rover went tits up when they did, if they could put out something as good as the 75 and ZT then imagine what else they could have come up with if they'd had some decent finances and management. Let alone they managed to make the RWD V8 version for barely any budget and yet it rides and drives as well as it does. Car isn't perfect, there's bits where a few more quid could have been spent to tighten things up but still a very good starting point to improve.

Sigh.

Edited by Scourge151 on Sunday 23 December 17:22

[n_const]

Scourge151 said:

Nice! Is that the colour changing paint?

It sure is , real oddball of a car that was left hand drive, no sat Nav and half leather half alcantara.

[joncon]

some more photos of my old motor here ..
http://www9.mgcars.org.uk/mgoc260/cotm/archive/cot...

the most fun car i have owned, and theres been a lot !
wish i never sold her !

[BriC175]

For some reason, I love these... Which is odd, because I'm not usually a fan of Rovers.

Very nice

[TwigtheWonderkid]

n_const said:

Love these ! This was my Dads, now lives in Sweden i beleive.

He's your dad.....and you're not sure where he lives???? Did he run off with another woman or something?

[joncon]

pmsl......
after 3 years ownership ,sold the car to sweden ....
although another guy has bought it over there now .

[Remagel2507]

Massive fan of the 75/ZT, especially the V8 ones, OP I understand its not that hard to upgrade the Sat Nav, to the widescreen one used in many BMWs.

[Chimune]

Very nice - id love one - 80 mile commute each day would not be nice on the wallet !
Does it have the same clutch issues as the cdti ?
Are the brakes the same ?

[Scourge151]

Remagel2507 said:

Massive fan of the 75/ZT, especially the V8 ones, OP I understand its not that hard to upgrade the Sat Nav, to the widescreen one used in many BMWs.

Yes, I'm told it is pretty easy to do, not too hard to put a newer satnav computer in and have a better BMW system all around as well. Not on my agenda just yet. Did see a white 75 V8 on autotrader not long ago for about £9k, probably won't see another there for a while!

Chimune said:

Very nice - id love one - 80 mile commute each day would not be nice on the wallet !
Does it have the same clutch issues as the cdti ?
Are the brakes the same ?

Clutch issue I wouldn't imagine as the whole drivetrain is different, uses a Mustang engine and box. Front brakes are the same as on the ZT V6, rears are bigger discs and have AP racing callipers.

Edited by Scourge151 on Monday 24th December 16:11

[billzeebub]

Love that car, sensational V8 power. I remember Clarkson reviewing it doing donuts making smoke whilst puffing on a Pipe!..

[northandy]

A red one of these passes my house quite a lot, it sounds fantastic it looks to have some kind of stainless exhaust as well. Anyway sounds like something off a nascar circuit.

[Scourge151]

Last run of the year done! Only down to Tesco and back but still a bit of bypass to open the taps a touch. Gotta love third gear

[NotDave]

Scourge151 said:

Last run of the year done! Only down to Tesco and back but still a bit of bypass to open the taps a touch. Gotta love third gear

Was in my mates v6er the other evening... Similar short run.. But 4500rpm+ on a nice hot engine gave me a semi!

There's a v6er estate for £1k with 60,000 miles on at a bankrupt stock place around the corner from here, so tempted