zilspeed
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 06:17 PM |
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My Name's still Zil and I'm still a hairdresser.
And it doesn't even have a failed headgasket !
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Lovely tart's handbag interior.
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The eagle eyed amongst you will spot the hard top it came with. Rest assured that even with 6 month's MOT and tax, it was still at a Zil price.
Drive's like a dream.
Now.
Where are all you MX5 nancy boys ?
(Actually, I think we have more in common than anyone would care to admit.)
[Edited on 18/3/13 by zilspeed]
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BigLee
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 06:41 PM |
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I think you have more in common with this!
 
MGF
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loggyboy
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 06:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
And it doesn't even have a failed headgasket !
Give it 5 mins
Mistral Motorsport
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bashracing
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 07:09 PM |
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my mate was one of the engineers that designed the mgf back in the early 90's, i'll see if he has drawings of the early prototypes
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bashracing
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 07:13 PM |
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This was what they finally went with!
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zilspeed
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 07:24 PM |
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That's nearly right, but wrong.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 07:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
And it doesn't even have a failed headgasket !
Give it 5 mins
It's had 136,000 miles so far, so...
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 08:14 PM |
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Let me start the Zilprice speculation.......... £12.98 + packet of black currant chewits? And maybe you had to do timing belt and give it a super
whopping £31.52 full service.
Looks like good fun car. Well done.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 08:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Let me start the Zilprice speculation.......... £12.98 + packet of black currant chewits? And maybe you had to do timing belt and give it a super
whopping £31.52 full service.
Looks like good fun car. Well done.
Darren.
You misjudge me Sir.
I paid good money for this.
6 months T&T, MLS headgasket, leather interior, hard top, VVC engine.
£600 of your earth quids.
On a more Zil like planet, I got a quote of £404 from a VW dealer to repair my Passat last week.
I did it for precisely zero pounds, some of my time, and some servisol nicked from my mate's toolbox.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 08:41 PM |
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My word! Did England just get stuffed at Rugby, prompting a Scot celebration?,!!!!!
Still a bargain in anyone's books. Very well done.
Is it fair to assume you may have been distracted by a shiny new 10 bob piece hidden behind the drivers side seat runner? Their wise you might have
stuck out for a deal at £575?
600 is an unbelievable bargain, I'm jealous of that.
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steve m
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 08:55 PM |
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"You misjudge me Sir.
I paid good money for this.
6 months T&T, MLS headgasket, leather interior, hard top, VVC engine.
£600 of your earth quids. "
If it does not have a head gasket problem, then why the MLS gasket ? as it was changed at some point, and probaly two weeks ago
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zilspeed
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 09:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
"You misjudge me Sir.
I paid good money for this.
6 months T&T, MLS headgasket, leather interior, hard top, VVC engine.
£600 of your earth quids. "
If it does not have a head gasket problem, then why the MLS gasket ? as it was changed at some point, and probaly two weeks ago
Steve
17 year old car, 136,000 miles, 3 owners. Hardly the type of thing that's been such a basket case that everyone moved it on to the next mug who
then sat it in his garage to he got over the trauma.
Head gasket done 2 years ago. I'm not unhappy about that.
The seller was an MGOC member in his 60s, bloke with an MGB and a beard.
He sold it with decent MOT, decent tax and insisted on pointing out the defects.
The type of bloke you'd like to buy a car from.
By the time I'd sold the hard top for £250, the remaining car looks a fair deal at £350 (with 6 months t&t).
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whitestu
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 09:30 PM |
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You can't exactly lose much at that price!
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bi22le
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 10:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
You can't exactly lose much at that price!
exactly my thoughts!
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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morcus
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 10:33 PM |
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Sounds great. People are always asking me why I prefer to buy my cars at that price level (I don't have to I had a brand new car from 09 till
last year) then the next thing they're telling me is they're paying out for work that cost more than my car. Enjoy it, I really wanted one
but after the hassle I had with the Eunos, I doubt I will any time soon.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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inkafone
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| posted on 18/3/13 at 11:32 PM |
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Turn it into this -
[Edited on 18/3/13 by inkafone]
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JC
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 06:18 AM |
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^^^^^^^^. What he said!!!
The interior is a bit, errr, bright, but for the money, I like it !!
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mcerd1
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 08:17 AM |
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maybe I should get you to find me my next car.... 
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 12:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JC
^^^^^^^^. What he said!!!
The interior is a bit, errr, bright, but for the money, I like it !!
Hence my description of the interior.
Personally, I feel it would be churlish to complain.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 12:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
maybe I should get you to find me my next car....
you can let me know whether that's a compliment or tongue in cheek
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zilspeed
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 09:00 PM |
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Major update !!!
Err, nothing to report.
I drive it whenever I can, usually top down,and so far it has suffered precisely zero mechanical failures.
I give it the beans whenever I can. 7,250rpm in 2nd gear is a hoot.
As we speak, it could do with an OSF drop link.
£15 on eBay.
Other than that, I scored a free set of alloys with good tyres a couple of weeks ago,
It's a white knuckle ride, I tell you,
Another non update in 6 months time
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nick205
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 10:45 PM |
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Nice, that's good motoring in anyone's book
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zilspeed
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| posted on 24/8/13 at 12:49 PM |
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Another major update.
Put it in for an MOT yesterday.
It passed.
Total spend to date, £10.95 for a drop link. (Found it cheaper)
But, I was given a tonneau cover which I sold for £46, so total spend is actually -£35.
It's a drama every day, I'll tell you.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 11:27 AM |
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And it's gone.
Sold last week for £580.
The head gasket was still fine, nothing had broken.
It's been replaced by a 2003 TF135.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 01:16 PM |
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can I join 
I didn't get the chance to do Cadwell in the 7 so .....
My new interim toy after I told the wife no more toys until we move house
And all for less than the price of the Iva..........
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