To be honest Matt, I wouldn't have even considered a ZX until I bought a normal 1.9D Aura for my mother in law around 10 years ago, I bought it as it was cheap, from a friend at work and had a full MOT.
The MIL abused it tbh, never serviced it, washed it, mis-fuelled it and it always bounced back and ran great.
I reluctantly scrapped it this summer as it failed its mot spectacularly on welding, burnt out clutch, axle mounts, brake pipes etc! (robbed its sunroof mech for the Vulcan though!)
I was so impressed with the abuse it took, minimal running costs and how well it drove etc when my Volcane came up for sale I couldn't resist it, at least I look after cars!
The MIL abused it tbh, never serviced it, washed it, mis-fuelled it and it always bounced back and ran great.
I reluctantly scrapped it this summer as it failed its mot spectacularly on welding, burnt out clutch, axle mounts, brake pipes etc! (robbed its sunroof mech for the Vulcan though!)
I was so impressed with the abuse it took, minimal running costs and how well it drove etc when my Volcane came up for sale I couldn't resist it, at least I look after cars!