Hey I haven't posted in a while but for those (two or three members) that remember me I'm still looking for a nice zed cruiser set of wheels to pick up chicks in car. Anywayssss.... I've been looking at this car in question... http://www.carsales.com.au/used-car...LastModifiedDate_DateTime|1&Cr=14&distance=25 (wonder if that worked?) Anyways bear with me I just have afew questions: 1. I know it's a 20 year old car and all but what's reliability going to be like on a vg with 200 000 kays on the clock? 2. Same question as above but for the auto gearbox? 3. Something that I've for gotten halfway through typing up this post 4. Anything else you can see from the pictures that I should watch out for or is like good stuff? 5. Is reliability really going to be that much of an issue coz this would be my daily drive :zlove:
looks like a really clean aussie delivered zed, almost exactly like mine did when I bought it. 200,000kms+ is nothing, especially in an aussie delivered NA, remember thats only 10,000km's a year. You just want to check that it has a regular service history (aus-spec should be well documented) & that all the important bits were replaced during that 200k service. Have a look at the kits Caz, TTZed or Concept Z sell & just make sure that everything they include has been done because it is all neccessary. Now my aus-spec currently has about 275,000km's on it, its been well serviced & as such issues have been minimal. Was also my daily for nearly 4 years. It's coming up to 5 years & 100k since I got it & in that time I've had 3 issues reliability wise. The AFM died ($260), clutch line split (about $100 incl labour & fluid) & I got moisture in some connections which just involved cleaning them out. Relatively issue free I think (touch wood!) This one looks completely stock & the only issue I see with it is the fact its an auto, which may be fine with you but thats just my preference. $9500 is on the high end of the scale for early NA's but there may be some wriggle room in it & at the end of the day it looks very clean & he's just spent over $5k on servicing it. Basically it looks a lot better nick than most of the cheaper ones that pop up. Perhaps get it inspected by a local zed guru or at least a mechanic thats is known for working on zeds. & the only thing I'd suggest is get a plenum pull done to replace all the under plenum coolant hoses as they're starting to cark it by now & you live in sunny qld. budget $500-$600 or d.i.y. with tech articles off the site. cheers, Tim
Hmm that's a good idea actually... if I decide to go ahead with this one any local zedders near Parkinson willing to have a look at the car? Of course I'll make it up to you somehow. Also where would be the best place to get a pre purchase inspection? RACQ?? That's the only place I can really think of unless I go to some dodgy back yard mechanic :S
There is a ZED checklist in the Tech section, go along with that or grab a mate to come with you that has a bit of knowledge of zeds.
Looks nice check all reciepts, take zed checklist with you and maybe another zedder, I think price could be dropped about 1k but it looks pretty good
