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Old 1st May 2019, 16:55   #11
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As I said it looks like a Transformer has dropped one, but by the cringe it went well........as it should at 316 BHP

At 27 grand it's better fun than a 260 though

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not bad power, but £27k for a Honda

Was at Turbo Dave's today, and he mentioned that you were there last night

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Old 1st May 2019, 17:21   #12
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Oh I so loved my 1.8T, you know when a car just feels right and fits

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Old 1st May 2019, 17:23   #13
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Nothing wrong with the diesel Just not really that into diesel IF I had space I'd have 1 of each model ZT without a doubt.

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Old 1st May 2019, 17:25   #14
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I have a feeling we've just been diverted to a runway in the middle east....


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It's a diesel, smelly and slow compared to what I was testdriving today.........looked like the bottom of a Transformers toilet, but went quite well

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Old 1st May 2019, 18:05   #15
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The back looks naff - looks like the Batmobile - the triple exhaust pipes
The whole thing looks naff, however it made the ZT feel like a trolley bus with no brakes afterwards.

Styling is certainly..........well someone must like it, however to drive it.......well it drives, how do you say??

It definitely is a car which will cause headaches as it ages, but as a driving experience, it is very rewarding.

Beats the pants off any R40 variant I've ever driven, and makes me wonder what might have been, if the tie up with Honda wasn't thrown away in favaur of the BMW disaster.

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Old 1st May 2019, 18:07   #16
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I have a feeling we've just been diverted to a runway in the middle east....
So why not a diesel ZT then? they are great, and you can pick them up for buttons

I wouldn't have a V6 as a gift, but I certainly would consider an 1800T.


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not bad power, but £27k for a Honda

Was at Turbo Dave's today, and he mentioned that you were there last night

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Yes, he did say you were heading there today.

27,000?, the only new car I've ever owned in my life was bought in 1996, a 2.2 Vtec Honda Accord in Pirates Black.............22,000 on the road, and bought from Springfield Honda in Shieldfield because of the inflexibility of the Rover salesman at Buist in Heaton regarding a deal on a new 620Ti

At least both cars were made in the UK

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Not quite sure where the £27k is coming from = Autocar says 30k.

That's the same as a Focus RS, but without the 4WD and a one second slower 0 to 60 time.
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Not quite sure where the £27k is coming from = Autocar says 30k.

That's the same as a Focus RS, but without the 4WD and a one second slower 0 to 60 time.
The one I drove today, was an 18 plate, one previous owner, 9000 miles, and the price was 27k.

It doesn't really matter how it compares to the Focus, whereas the Civic is currently built in the UK, the Focus is built in Germany.

Anyway, it made my ZT feel very dated, old, and slow, and the best bit, the fuel consumption was on par with a ZT diesel automatic.

I was curious, nothing more, but at some point I will be getting serious as to what I'm going to be using as a daily car, because it wears a bit thin using a fifteen year old banger to cover 1000 miles per week.


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The back looks naff - looks like the Batmobile - the triple exhaust pipes
I liked the Batmobile
This was probably a young designers apprentice project
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