Hi all,
Brand new to this forum.
My first car was a 2.5 V6 Ford Probe, as was my last. Due to this and my heavy right foot I now have a licence thats got more points on it than Sir Alan Sugars nectar card.
I've been searching for a solid, newish car which I wont have to sell my grannys soul to insure.
After much deliberation I have come to a decision and I'm looking to purchase an early ZR in red/black with lowish miles in good condition.
It's a decent looking motor with everything on it that a young guy could want like alloys, spoiler, twin lights etc and it's got a lot of potential as a base for my latest project.
I'll be using this car as a daily runaround which I'll be modifying slowly until I eventually fit a 2.0 turbo to it once the first lot of points come off.
I'm looking for advice on what to look out for when buying a ZR and any issues that other people on this forum have come across when buying theirs?
I have a budget of about £1500 to buy the car which judging by the ones I've seen advertised on Ebay and Autotrader seems to be quite adequate.
I don't believe in buying a car that has already been modified by someone else as the way I see it you just end up buying someone elses problems and I'd rather put my own stamp on it (then sell it to some other unsuspecting boy racer).
I have a good knowledge of cars so I don't need Stepdad advice just ZR specific stuff that you wish you knew when you bought your own cars.
Make sense?
Brand new to this forum.
My first car was a 2.5 V6 Ford Probe, as was my last. Due to this and my heavy right foot I now have a licence thats got more points on it than Sir Alan Sugars nectar card.
I've been searching for a solid, newish car which I wont have to sell my grannys soul to insure.
After much deliberation I have come to a decision and I'm looking to purchase an early ZR in red/black with lowish miles in good condition.
It's a decent looking motor with everything on it that a young guy could want like alloys, spoiler, twin lights etc and it's got a lot of potential as a base for my latest project.
I'll be using this car as a daily runaround which I'll be modifying slowly until I eventually fit a 2.0 turbo to it once the first lot of points come off.
I'm looking for advice on what to look out for when buying a ZR and any issues that other people on this forum have come across when buying theirs?
I have a budget of about £1500 to buy the car which judging by the ones I've seen advertised on Ebay and Autotrader seems to be quite adequate.
I don't believe in buying a car that has already been modified by someone else as the way I see it you just end up buying someone elses problems and I'd rather put my own stamp on it (then sell it to some other unsuspecting boy racer).
I have a good knowledge of cars so I don't need Stepdad advice just ZR specific stuff that you wish you knew when you bought your own cars.
Make sense?