Massive, instant, jealousy fuelled car crush.
Discussion
Mate popped round with a Christmas card earlier. It wasn't his real reason for visiting. He's had a few MGs, all his family likes them. I always thought the ZR, ZS and ZT's he's had have been not bad cars for the money. To be fair - his MG-F was awful and that was one car where we agreed my MX-5 was a better buy!
Last time he came round he was in a starship mileage shagger Focus diesel estate, odd wheel-trims, boot full of grass clippings, Grimsby town number plate badges, the lot. I thought he'd given up on nice cars, which is fine - he's only a year older than me but 100x more sensibly grown up with a wife and a junior on the way.
But he's bought a new one. Very low Low mileage, 1 enthusiast owner, Phase 1, 4.6 litre Ford Modular V8 Powered ZT 260. I didn't expect that!
And oh my, I absolutely love it. Really. I've been on youtube for about an hour now listening to them. We only went for a short ride. I am totally convinced its the perfect car for me! As of now, my entire financial plan for 2012 is I have to have one.
Its so subtle. I love how its 'just a rover'. But its not. Its good looking, I think the interior was lovely. Its wonderfully British. It has a fabulous backstory and Heritage. Its very Rare. Its got that owners club style backup and community. Its insanely cheap. And I particularly love it when cars are made cheap because of the exact things that make them awesome.
Its so incredibly different to all the whizzy, tinny, highly strung, plasticy cars I've owned. Yet every aspect of it seems to be just what I'd like in my next car, and the man-logic is absolutely perfect. I've always loved the thought of owning the kind of cars that fly under the radar of everyone, other than 'those who know', the odd doffed cap from someone else lucky enough to share your faultless taste.
I'm already imagining how great it would be cruising down the N138 with the windows down, RAF Roundels on the doors and tent in the boot. Or parked outside a nice Hotel in Edinburgh. Even my missus would like it. It also would hold absolutely zero appeal to so many so called petrolheads of my age, which would only serve to make owning it so much more fun.
It was exactly like this, but with a nicer grey dash rather than wood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68NdhJyhRM&fea...
Total car crush. I love it so much!
Last time he came round he was in a starship mileage shagger Focus diesel estate, odd wheel-trims, boot full of grass clippings, Grimsby town number plate badges, the lot. I thought he'd given up on nice cars, which is fine - he's only a year older than me but 100x more sensibly grown up with a wife and a junior on the way.
But he's bought a new one. Very low Low mileage, 1 enthusiast owner, Phase 1, 4.6 litre Ford Modular V8 Powered ZT 260. I didn't expect that!
And oh my, I absolutely love it. Really. I've been on youtube for about an hour now listening to them. We only went for a short ride. I am totally convinced its the perfect car for me! As of now, my entire financial plan for 2012 is I have to have one.
Its so subtle. I love how its 'just a rover'. But its not. Its good looking, I think the interior was lovely. Its wonderfully British. It has a fabulous backstory and Heritage. Its very Rare. Its got that owners club style backup and community. Its insanely cheap. And I particularly love it when cars are made cheap because of the exact things that make them awesome.
Its so incredibly different to all the whizzy, tinny, highly strung, plasticy cars I've owned. Yet every aspect of it seems to be just what I'd like in my next car, and the man-logic is absolutely perfect. I've always loved the thought of owning the kind of cars that fly under the radar of everyone, other than 'those who know', the odd doffed cap from someone else lucky enough to share your faultless taste.
I'm already imagining how great it would be cruising down the N138 with the windows down, RAF Roundels on the doors and tent in the boot. Or parked outside a nice Hotel in Edinburgh. Even my missus would like it. It also would hold absolutely zero appeal to so many so called petrolheads of my age, which would only serve to make owning it so much more fun.
It was exactly like this, but with a nicer grey dash rather than wood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68NdhJyhRM&fea...
Total car crush. I love it so much!
:nods: I want one of these so badly. I remember first seeing them on the TG review, and thinking how much fun it looked! Definitely on my list of cars I will own, preferably an estate as well!
I remember on PH's fast estates feature earlier in the year, the MG was the only one which really took my fancy. Gorgeous
Plus, as you said, the history behind the car is brilliant! It really shouldn't exist 
I remember on PH's fast estates feature earlier in the year, the MG was the only one which really took my fancy. Gorgeous
Plus, as you said, the history behind the car is brilliant! It really shouldn't exist 
Lovely car, just a shame that (in my case) the insurance company wants far too much money, in fact way more than a much quicker Porsche. Performance
rice it may not be the best, but it ticks a lot of boxes for me. I hope you succeed in getting one OP, then I'll be jealous of you (well, until I've replaced my current car anyway).
rice it may not be the best, but it ticks a lot of boxes for me. I hope you succeed in getting one OP, then I'll be jealous of you (well, until I've replaced my current car anyway).279 said:
I genuinely do not get the love for these cars at all.
Most people (the OP included seemingly) want one just because they have a V8 engine, but then so do an awful lot of cars for this sort of money.
It's not just about the V8, it's the fact it is cheap and simple to maintain with no known issues unlike many over-complicated engines.Most people (the OP included seemingly) want one just because they have a V8 engine, but then so do an awful lot of cars for this sort of money.
The fact remains that it's still quite a heavy car and only has 260hp and a Monaro/VXR8 probably offers more in that sort of category.
bamberwell said:
as an aside, has Peter Stevens changed his name officially to Peter Stevens - designer of the McLaren F1?????I've never heard of him described any other way, change the record dude, that was 15 years ago.......
LuS1fer said:
It's not just about the V8, it's the fact it is cheap and simple to maintain with no known issues unlike many over-complicated engines.
The fact remains that it's still quite a heavy car and only has 260hp and a Monaro/VXR8 probably offers more in that sort of category.
They're not really all that cheap though, are they? The fact remains that it's still quite a heavy car and only has 260hp and a Monaro/VXR8 probably offers more in that sort of category.
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