MG ZS 180....Am I mad?

[MissChief]

£1200 would get you a nice Pug Gti-6 for something different?

[carinaman]

KieronGSi said:

That price will be for cars built after March 2006.

I thought it was cars registered after on or 23rd March 2006.

[5paul5]

HeatonNorris said:

Surely if you're not doing the miles, then an X300 shape Jag. XJ is the car you need, not some silly shopping trolley with awful build quality and less performance than the complexity suggests it should have?

Well said by someone who drives a passat !

[shaun442k]

I really liked my ZS 180 when I had it. I averaged 33mpg over the year I had it.
It made a great sound, especially with a decent cold air feed(which did improve the speed and economy for me).

I took it on track once with my mate in his Integra, there really was very very little in it.

As for reliability. Well, I had to call the RAC out twice. Both for the same clutch slave cylinder issues. After the second time, I bought an upgraded "Sheddists kit" and never had any issues after that.

I replaced the VIS motors in mine also- these control the inlet plenum at various RPM(if I remember correctly), and can cause a lack of power(It will be obvious on a test drive as there will be no "shove" at 3k rpm and then at 4.5k rpm).I think I paid £60 each brand new for them off one of the forums.

For the money they are great. Not much difference in speed to the Clio 182 I replaced it with.

[5paul5]

Try a You Tube search....Dream car garage MG ZS 180... Should put all the doubters to bed.

[missing the VR6]

Brilliant cars really, especially for the money, remember having a Trophy Blue one as a demonstrator when I was 24 thought I was the nuts, they NEED the big rear sppoiler though!