MG ZR: Cams & Maps

[lolsteve]

1st thing is to sort insurance....

Sorting it today, havent enjoyed driving around knowing it's incorrect but having just moved into a place and being the only one with a job (ladysteve has one now though) all the immediate costs have fallen on me and I've been worried about them hiking the price up dramaticly

I think a lot of your frustation with the car stems from the fact you don't have any money to spend on it at the moment...

It is, cheap tyres, crappy springs and sloppy gear linkage all wind me up now it's a daily but totalling up the cost to fix that will an extra £600-800 money I feel could be put towards a better car from standard. Although better cars normally means ones too advanced/cramped for me to work on (clio 182)

Yeh Steve its still a fast car. Easily comparable to the 1.8....

I'm halfway through the year though so if i switch I'll loose my NCB, wouldnt mind if it was a month but April is renewal date

if you want to sell the heavy thing on I can try and ask a few metro cup lads if they have any info on anyone wanting a posh rover for the ZR160 cup.

If it comes to it I'd appreciate it Would rather it go to someone who'd use it for what I wanted it to be rather than someone who will stick a big MG sticker on the side

I know how you feel, I worked it out last night that I spend £2000~ on tax/mot/insurance/fuel for my Nissan a year and £3300~ on my Punto tax/mot/insurance/fuel a year.

After number crunching I'm not particularly feeling too happy about an £5,300 out going..

The DERV-Bus needs reviving.

Get a DTub, sack off the Rover, smile away.

Never liked it anyway being perfectly honest (the Rover, not your particular one, just the model, shape, etc).

Your wallet will thank you.

That is a fair bit of money to be forking out a year. I switch between liking it because its a bit loud etc and hating it because it gives people a bad impression of me

As for potentially selling it though, I actually like your ZR, best colour imo and not been chavved (any more than standard lol), and I dont usually like ZRs lol.

Just gotta work out whether its worth spending the money on to you, or if you'd be happier with a different car... The fact you say it stands out to you in a car park and couldn't post the for sale thread seem to show you'd prefer to keep it... What I would say is don't get caught up on costs...no point saving a relatively small amount of money per year but driving something you hate (from my own experience with the 107!).

Thank you, in terms of costs in its defence it has been very low. only the headgasket and even then with belts etc that was ~£200 but insurance will tell I suppose

Steve. Man up, and let's make it the car it could be. We have skills and every tool under the sun at my place. With a few light chassis tweaks and some engine work it will be a beast.

I really want to It deserves to be what it should be

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-ROVER-200...27ecd63231

Do eeeeeett. Then you'd be a connoisseur and not a boy racer It'd be sat outside my road if I wasn't getting wed!

Haha annoyingly it's probably faster than mine too

Steve youll be f*cked off with whatever you buy, the FZS is 40 BHP less than the rover and if you go for a mk6/7 the same weight as a 306 and the CTR is an awesome car but do you really want to swap just to find the same problems that you've already fixed?

Check online and see what the difference in postcode risks are between your parents and your new place and I take it you've gone from driveway parking to street parking so expect an increase. I think when I moved here on what was a £600ish premium it was a £30-40 saving and that was changing form a D to a C and driveway to private car park but also from parents house to homeowner

If I got a tdci though I could remap and get it to stage 1 power and £30 road tax. But like you say I could just end up finding new problems
postcode wise im going from B to F. its not on street its like off street parking in a housing complex