History of BJ05 HFC - red ZT260?

[Tim]

Congrats and welcome to all that is green Stephen

[colintf]

I began to think I'd never see the day....

I've just driven back from Co Durham today with this (my new car!!!).

The recent owner (MGCC member) has done lots of works tidying up any little imperfections (even bought a new airbag warning sticker to replace a marked one!), fitted all the standard mods, upgraded all the nav / screen / tv tuner components and had a major service done at Austin Garages. Just when it's back to almost perfect condition, he's now decided he wants an SL500, so was looking to sell this (and an RV8 he's had for a few years).

Although it's got a little more mileage than I really wanted (55K), it's got a full (every 5K) main dealer service history and otherwise it's my perfect car (Rio Red, Mk2, SE). I was also thinking the mileage wasn't that important, since I won't be doing that many miles in it, but after driving it back today, I'm not sure about that anymore

The only thing that didn't live up to expectations was the ... fuel economy - I got 27.8 mpg on the way back (averaging just over 70mph), which is more than I was expecting and not really any different to my previous ZT190.

Now to work out which exhaust to buy...

(I've already emailed Tim my questionnaire)

Stephen

thats the sort of mpg I normally see on a long run.

29mpg coming back from LeMans last week, fully laden as well!

congrats and well done

[jonvon999]

Hi Stephen - just noticed your post! I'm really pleased you're enjoying the car...27.8 mpg must be due to the service, don't think I ever got that...
Still looking for an SL500, lots of poor ones viewed so far.
Happy 260-ing!