Poll: Which colour? - Poll please!

What colour?

  • Blue

    Votes: 70 57.9%
  • Grey

    Votes: 36 29.8%
  • Other (please state in post)

    Votes: 15 12.4%

  • Total voters
    121
Just keep it the same colour. Ridiculous amount of effort to go to doing anything but, frankly.

The amount of turd polishing thats gone on in the last year is ridiculous, surely buying a good one in the first place would have been far more prudent? You just seem to sink time and money into it for no real return. Every month something else major is replaced/bodged/whatever.

Bung it on Autotrader and buy a minter with the money you get. Stop sinking cash into this one.
 
[TW]Fox;14893729 said:
Just keep it the same colour. Ridiculous amount of effort to go to doing anything but, frankly.

The amount of turd polishing thats gone on in the last year is ridiculous, surely buying a good one in the first place would have been far more prudent? You just seem to sink time and money into it for no real return. Every month something else major is replaced/bodged/whatever.

Bung it on Autotrader and buy a minter with the money you get. Stop sinking cash into this one.

What was the actual point in that post?
 
[TW]Fox;14893809 said:
The point is in the last sentance is an abundantly clear. Give up with this car, palm it off on somebody else and buy yourself a nice mint MG ZS instead.

But theres nothing wrong with it. :confused:

I don't 'sink' any cash into it. Infact the last big spend out was £50 for an MOT - wow, money pit eh.

It's a car that will never ever be finished, I'll always be tinkering, fiddling, playing with it. Right now the main stuff has stopped because of money and a slight employment issue :p

The car runs very well indeed, it keeps me smiling, there is no need to get rid of it :)
 
But theres nothing wrong with it. :confused:

Are you joking? You post your entire life on OcUK you can't pretend its the perfect car. It was completley bent, you've had to have it rejigged, half the suspension was so damaged it wouldnt even run on a rolling road, the panel gaps were beyond hilarious, bits fell off every time you touched them at the last meet, you've had the entire front off to replace something in the engine (Infact didnt you have the entire engine out at one point) and now the paintwork is so shabby you are contemplating a complete stripdown to sort it out!!

Just buy a decent example in the first place and none of this hassle is neccesary! I'm amazed it passed the MOT :p

Nothing wrong with loving the ZS (I guess :p) but labour your love on a nice example.
 
Ok let's see...

[TW]Fox;14893845 said:
It was completley bent, you've had to have it rejigged

half the suspension was so damaged it wouldnt even run on a rolling road

the panel gaps were beyond hilarious

Was due to an accident it was in 3 weeks after buying it.

bits fell off every time you touched them at the last meet

The splitter was due to clipping a kerb and breaking 2 of the bolts holding it on. The door handle has been broken for ages, its a common weakspot on this car.

you've had the entire front off to replace something in the engine (Infact didnt you have the entire engine out at one point)

Me and Dad took the engine out to do the cambelts, clutch and gearbox (turns out the gearbox didn't need changing but hey ho). The cambelts were in desperate need of doing and I wasn't going to give someone £500-£700 to do it :p

and now the paintwork is so shabby you are contemplating a complete stripdown to sort it out!!

The paintwork when I bought it was fine, but I've done 23k in just over a year of owning the car, so it's got lots of stone chips, and a massive scratch from where the car slide when it was mega icey and the car scuffed a wall (which sucks). But it's always had the swirls etc.

Just buy a decent example in the first place and none of this hassle is neccesary! I'm amazed it passed the MOT :p

The car was a decent example when I bought it, a rough year of ownership has taken its toll

As far as reliability the car has been pretty solid since I've bought it, the main problem I had was the inlet plenum + vis valves, but I knew about this being a likely issue when I bought it. Nothing has ever 'broken' due to bodging brummies :p
 
The paintwork when I bought it was fine, but I've done 23k in just over a year of owning the car, so it's got lots of stone chips, and a massive scratch from where the car slide when it was mega icey and the car scuffed a wall (which sucks). But it's always had the swirls etc.



The car was a decent example when I bought it, a rough year of ownership has taken its toll

A whole 23k miles and you've turned a car with good paintwork into one thats shabby enough to justify a respray? If you are that 'rough' with it why bother, you'll have wrecked it again in another year!
 
Ok let's see...







Was due to an accident it was in 3 weeks after buying it.



The splitter was due to clipping a kerb and breaking 2 of the bolts holding it on. The door handle has been broken for ages, its a common weakspot on this car.



Me and Dad took the engine out to do the cambelts, clutch and gearbox (turns out the gearbox didn't need changing but hey ho). The cambelts were in desperate need of doing and I wasn't going to give someone £500-£700 to do it :p



The paintwork when I bought it was fine, but I've done 23k in just over a year of owning the car, so it's got lots of stone chips, and a massive scratch from where the car slide when it was mega icey and the car scuffed a wall (which sucks). But it's always had the swirls etc.



The car was a decent example when I bought it, a rough year of ownership has taken its toll

As far as reliability the car has been pretty solid since I've bought it, the main problem I had was the inlet plenum + vis valves, but I knew about this being a likely issue when I bought it. Nothing has ever 'broken' due to bodging brummies :p

The above + paint job = Trigger's Broom TBH. :p
 
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[TW]Fox;14895359 said:
A whole 23k miles and you've turned a car with good paintwork into one thats shabby enough to justify a respray? If you are that 'rough' with it why bother, you'll have wrecked it again in another year!

Gives me something to do next year :D
 
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