I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging
both the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice.
Really rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one
with all the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the
grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well
from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end,
but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls
are *firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it
feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered.
Interior isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but
driving the thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I
looked at the dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG,
they're not meant to be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8
they built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made
out of an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.


--
Pete M - OMF#9
Range Rover V8 Turbo
Range Rover 4.6 HSE
"Professional Petrolhead"

"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging both
the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice. Really
rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one with all
the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the brakes
are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the grip is
excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well from low
revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end, but the
soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls are
*firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it feels
absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered. Interior isn't
that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but driving the thing
I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I looked at the dash and
thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG, they're not meant to be this
good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8 they
built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made out of an
old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.


Awesome And they only cost a few penneth as well.

--
Dan
Clio V6

"DanB" wrote in message
...
"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging both
the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice. Really
rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one with all
the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the
grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well
from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end,
but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls are
*firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it
feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered. Interior
isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but driving the
thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I looked at the
dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG, they're not meant to
be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8 they
built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made out of
an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.


Awesome And they only cost a few penneth as well.


P.s. - **** easy engine to supercharge by all accounts.

--
Dan
Clio V6

"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging both
the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice. Really
rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one with all
the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the brakes
are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the grip is
excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well from low
revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end, but the
soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls are
*firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it feels
absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered. Interior isn't
that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but driving the thing
I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I looked at the dash and
thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG, they're not meant to be this
good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8 they
built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made out of an
old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.

Damn, now I want one even more. Reckon it'll look good on my drive with the
SD1!!!

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to wait a
few years too.

"Carl Gibbs" gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to wait
a few years too.

I can't decide if I'm surprised at how well the values are holding up, or
how cheap they are.

14 ZTs, one ZT-T and 3 Rover v8s on Autotrader at the mo - from
£8,500ish. Why the Rovers seem to be a couple of grand (or more - but I
suspect the £16k one is going to be unlucky...) pricier than the MGs,
though, is beyond me.

"Carl Gibbs" wrote in message
...

"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging both
the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice. Really
rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one with all
the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the
grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well
from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end,
but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls are
*firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it
feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered. Interior
isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but driving the
thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I looked at the
dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG, they're not meant to
be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8 they
built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made out of
an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.

Damn, now I want one even more. Reckon it'll look good on my drive with
the SD1!!!

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to wait a
few years too.


http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/492526.htm ;-)

--
Dan
Clio V6

"DanB" wrote in message
...
"Carl Gibbs" wrote in message
...

"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging
both the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice.
Really rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one
with all the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the
grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well
from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end,
but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls
are *firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it
feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered.
Interior isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but
driving the thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I
looked at the dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG,
they're not meant to be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8
they built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made
out of an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.

Damn, now I want one even more. Reckon it'll look good on my drive with
the SD1!!!

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to wait
a few years too.


http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/492526.htm ;-)

--
Dan
Clio V6


It's still an ugly Rover 75 after all is said!

"Slider" wrote in message ...

"DanB" wrote in message
...
"Carl Gibbs" wrote in message
...

"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging
both the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice.
Really rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one
with all the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped,
the grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls
well from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the
top end, but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls
are *firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but
it feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered.
Interior isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but
driving the thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I
looked at the dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG,
they're not meant to be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8
they built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made
out of an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.

Damn, now I want one even more. Reckon it'll look good on my drive with
the SD1!!!

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to wait
a few years too.


http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/492526.htm ;-)

--
Dan
Clio V6


It's still an ugly Rover 75 after all is said!


An Impreza is still a boring Japanese saloon, as is an Evo 10 though.... ;-)

Mike P

"Mike P" wrote in message
...

"Slider" wrote in message ...

"DanB" wrote in message
...
"Carl Gibbs" wrote in message
...

"Pete M" wrote in message
...
I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging
both the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice.
Really rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift
one with all the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped,
the grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls
well from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the
top end, but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls
are *firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but
it feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered.
Interior isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but
driving the thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I
looked at the dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG,
they're not meant to be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8
they built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made
out of an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.

Damn, now I want one even more. Reckon it'll look good on my drive
with the SD1!!!

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to
wait a few years too.


http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/492526.htm ;-)

--
Dan
Clio V6


It's still an ugly Rover 75 after all is said!


An Impreza is still a boring Japanese saloon, as is an Evo 10 though....
;-)



Whoever you replied to, was blocked at my end heh, perhaps a serial
offender.

--
Dan
Clio V6

Adrian wrote:
"Carl Gibbs" gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to
wait a few years too.

I can't decide if I'm surprised at how well the values are holding
up, or how cheap they are.

14 ZTs, one ZT-T and 3 Rover v8s on Autotrader at the mo - from
£8,500ish. Why the Rovers seem to be a couple of grand (or more -
but I suspect the £16k one is going to be unlucky...) pricier than
the MGs, though, is beyond me.

The transmission tunnel is wider at the firewall, this is due to the bigger
engine and gearbox. This means that on manuals there's not much space for
your feet and the pedals are a bit close together, ISTR no footrest either.
The Rover versions had everything in them as standard and were mostly autos,
which suits the V8 well.

Must admit for me it'd be a manual ZT saloon, and shares in a tyre fitter.