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Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: Nellybear] #720947
04/12/2008 15:05
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Originally Posted by Nellybear
Be very careful... parts are VERY VERY expensive and hard to come by.

A mate of mine smashed his main front grille on a P plate 216..£197+vat - 3-5 weeks shocked

I wouldn't swop a Yoga Sarna for a MG

he must be some sort of muppet then! whats up with one from a scrap yard for a fiver or ebay?

Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: ] #720973
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Der... he didn't buy it... I'm mearly pointing out the insane price of the parts rolleyes laugh


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Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: Nellybear] #722761
07/12/2008 11:54
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We've had a ZS120 hatch, TF135 and currently have the BMW diesel engined ZT CDTI, the build quality on the ZS was average at best not suprising considering its a Honda Civic with a body on basically.

Parts arent expensive or that hard to come by IF u know where to look place in Lincoln called rimmer bros ordered from them plenty of times, cheap excellent service and everything we've ordered has been in stock.

Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: ] #722764
07/12/2008 12:21
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Rimmer Bros stock loads of parts for all the old British Leyland stuff like Triumph, Jaguar, Land Rover, Austin, Morris, etc.

Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: Trappy] #722846
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Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: ] #724447
09/12/2008 19:05
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Originally Posted by k9huff
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well slow n thirsty


They aren't slow, but they certainly aren't as quick as a 20VT in a straight line. The handling however is excellent, much better than the coupe IMO.

Timing belt changes are a real PITA and consequently expensive if you use a dealer, but that shouldn't be such a worry if you are coming from a coupe! Slightly more worrying is that conrod failure is not unheard of in high mileage engines, though it's not a common problem. The KV6 doesn't tend to suffer from head gasket problems like like the 4 cylinder variant does.

Personally I think they are good value cars at the moment, I wouldn't hesitate to own one.

Originally Posted by Cappo

As JimO said, I have also heard that the V6 ZS is very well sorted. Aren't they RWD?? Look a bit boring (IMO) but apparently a hoot to drive and very involving, bit of a sleeper.


The only RWD Rover/MG is the 75 V8/ZT 260 and I'd swap my coupe for at ZT 260 in a heartbeat, though might need to re-mortgage the house to pay for fuel. This is a video clip of a friends ZT 260 with a Dreadnaught garages supercharger conversion which ups the power to around 400bhp. The rather battered looking Pug is also an interesting car, just shy of 270bhp from a normally aspirated 2.0 liter engine, and it only weighs about 650kg.


They are slow compared to any good hot hatch these days or any other fast saloon so in my opinion its slow for what it is.

Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: ] #724483
09/12/2008 20:13
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Doesnt matter now! Ive bought a .....................


Proton Satria GTI and its ace for the money!


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Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: chrissy] #724821
10/12/2008 12:00
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Well, after this post http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=709893&fpart=1

News on the new Dacia Sandero has cheered me up no end laugh

Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: ] #724827
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so you chrissy you rant about image of your coop and how it looks rubbish and you then bought a proton and think its great lol
that really is funny lol

Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: ] #725359
10/12/2008 22:52
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Because the coops are old, And they look IMO like they are trying to be an expensive sports car..

And they are not!

Protons a cheap on fuel hatch that is believe it or not alot alot alot more rare than the coop,.

I know of dozens of coops in my tiny City,

And not 1 Satria GTI


Alas regardless of my negativity towards the coops..... Ive had 8 and will probably own more..


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Re: Been offered a swap on my 20vt [Re: chrissy] #725381
10/12/2008 23:23
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Not aimed at anyone in particular.

Let's not have this thread degenerate into a bunfight please ladies and gentlemen.

Thanks.

Pete


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I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
I even unplugged my own.
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