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moribund
Original Poster
1,627 posts
83 months
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Worst "I've just bought an MG ZT 260" thread ever. That is all 
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Bill
26,400 posts
124 months
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spats
316 posts
24 months
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How random, I've just been looking at these after having to prove they existed and were RWD to a non petrol head.
They make great noise dont they!!
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moribund
Original Poster
1,627 posts
83 months
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Mine is on quiet pipes so actually sounds a bit disappointing from outside compared to most, but it still sounds like thunder inside
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Bill
26,400 posts
124 months
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I preferred mine standard, as it was hard to appreciate the noise from inside the car and the drone on long journeys was wearing with the XPower back boxes.
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moribund
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1,627 posts
83 months
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Cheers for that info, that reinforces my decision. I test drove another example on Zero pipes which sounded am-az-ing from outside, but droned at high m-way speeds. I do a fair few m-way miles and the 260 is my daily driver so it had to be usable.
Still loads of character coming from the engine and although it's no ball of fire I love the way it delivers its power (and spins its wheels if provoked!)
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Kermit power
14,867 posts
82 months
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moribund said: Cheers for that info, that reinforces my decision. I test drove another example on Zero pipes which sounded am-az-ing from outside, but droned at high m-way speeds. I do a fair few m-way miles and the 260 is my daily driver so it had to be usable. There was a retro-fit fix of some sort available to stop the resonance on the Zeros which I suspect might not have been fitted to the one you test drove. It's not fitted to mine either! There's one very narrow rev band at around 2,000 rpm where you do get bad resonance, but I very rarely find myself in it, so I'm quite happy covering ample miles at ample speeds enjoying radio 4 without needing it on ear-bleeding volume settings. Mine is, however, a tourer, so this may be somewhat different to the saloon.
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Bill
26,400 posts
124 months
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I found mpg improved when I took them off, presumably because I wasn't driving to avoid the resonance.
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Bill
26,400 posts
124 months
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I found mpg improved when I took them off, presumably because I wasn't driving to avoid the resonance.
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moribund
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83 months
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