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Post by hnygt4 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:59 pm

hi, picked up my zed about a week ago so thought I'd stop by and say hello
i used this forum alot while researching so thanks for the valuable info.
So far the zed has proven to be a much better car than i thought it would be, on the way home from picking her up she averaged 48mpg on the motorway!!! 48!!!

shes a 3.0si sport roadster, some pics....

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hopefully the pics work, not had the weather yet to get any other good pics

sure I'll be asking questions soon enough about some minor issues
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Post by Lynchy » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:06 pm

Welcome, your car looks great and in the best colour, apart from Imola :wink:
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Post by hnygt4 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:12 pm

thanks :D yes that colour looks awesome!! M only?
my other car is silver so was a bit sad and had them matching!!
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Post by RickRob » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:24 pm

Hi and welcome.

Thanks for the pics - looks great.

Enjoy :driving:
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Post by WLH » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:30 pm

hnygt4, welcome to the forum... :driving:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:33 pm

Welcome to the forum OP. :thumbsup:

Weather may not be too good, but your car looks great!

Bonus points as well for putting photos in your first post! :lol:

And if you keep getting 48 mpg you aren't driving it right!
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Post by paulgs1000 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:35 pm

Great Zed the 3.0si - welcome to the Forum :thumbsup:

48mpg - what speed were you doing?
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Post by Marlon » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:45 pm

Welcome to the forum, great 3.0si you've got yourself :thumbsup:
That average mpg is staggering! How did you manage it? Best I've achieved was 44 mpg travelling over 550 miles in two days.
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Post by buzyg » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:46 pm

Looking good OP. 8) Welcome on board.
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Post by hnygt4 » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:08 am

Haha that mpg was on the M5 last week, through some 50mph sections, good traffic flow and me just seeing what it could do....its now saying 24mpg, chasing economy got boring fast, much better to ingore it and listen to the engine sing!!
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:14 am

That's more like it - the 3.0Si does sing quite nicely!
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Post by Stuartt » Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:42 am

Welcome along, pics look great :thumbsup:

I thought I was doing well getting 38 mpg on my first long trip but yours was phenomenal. I hope you took a photo as I doubt you'll ever see it again now you've found the enjoyment in 24mpg :rofl:

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Post by hnygt4 » Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:00 pm

Sadly no photo, I was going to then switched sport mode on and well, you get the idea :driving: 8)
I think the car had been stood a while because its taken a bit of time to 'free up' and this engine is a gem now!! Not the fastest thing around but just so responsive and revvy.
Finding the gearbox to be a bit of a pain though, obviously i had read all about its notchyness but getting it into 1st and 2nd can be annoying at times and its started making the release bearing/input shaft bearing noise I've seen alot of people get.
I'm not sure if I should persue this with the garage I got the car from as I have a few weeks warranty with the car, any input from you guys would be great.
The cars just rolled over 75k so maybe new oil would help?
Do these boxes have brass syncros? My volvo does and fancy gbox oil eats them and kills the box.
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Post by jabber » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:08 pm

Hi and welcome
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Post by hnygt4 » Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:20 pm

poor Zelda was stinking dirty today so planned a quick wash, only to find there was absolutely no wax under the dirt, which not only looks crap, but isnt good for the paint, especially this time of year so she had her first proper bath, meguires polish and canuba wax, she smells as good as she looks now. Did start to de-old the headlights but ran out of daylight, patience, 2000 grit and spine so at the moment they are caked in wax to hide it

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pics straight from my phone camera on my drive as it started to get dark, i think she cleans up well
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