spursmaddave Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Absolutely! It was more of a side dig at these ridiculous claims put out there by K&N and the like who state that you will get up to 20bhp increase and all that bobbins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveparkin Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Have you got a link to this product, I'm seriously interested.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1221 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 and the response i got back was.... hi dave this car has been remaped to 400 bhp you are more than welcome to come and test drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffyjason Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 im glad you guys are around to keep us noobs safe from people like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 yer righteo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBoy Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 This sort of thing really gets under my skin I know it's not my problem, but the thought that some unwitting enthusiast might actually hand over £4k more than it's worth because of his blatant lies really does bother me. In fact just for that I hope that a Chinese satellite lands on the car and destroys it before he can sell it DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 This sort of thing really gets under my skin I know it's not my problem, but the thought that some unwitting enthusiast might actually hand over £4k more than it's worth because of his blatant lies really does bother me. In fact just for that I hope that a Chinese satellite lands on the car and destroys it before he can sell it DB Yeah that's the point of threads like this, if it stops some poor fool handing over his hard earned for something that isn't what it claims to be then it is all worthwhile... Can you imagine some poor soul knocking him down a grand thinking they got a cracking deal and then joining up here and posting about their fantastic 400bhp 2003 import N/A tuned Zed.... Some of the bits of the car are decent enough, not to my taste but look fairly well executed at least it is just the blatant lies or at the very least total lack of knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffyjason Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 probably believes all the manufacturers claims about 'adds 20bhp' for every new exhaust part when i added my high flow cats, stillen Y pipe, japspeed k2 rear, i got 4bhp more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 and the response i got back was.... hi dave this car has been remaped to 400 bhp you are more than welcome to come and test drive ...and your response should be "great! send me the dyno and I will come test drive!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffyjason Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 that's some re-map, ask him which one, i want it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 and the response i got back was.... hi dave this car has been remaped to 400 bhp you are more than welcome to come and test drive I sure hope you didn't just leave this potentially highly entertaining conversation there? I hope you continued to ask for details of the remap etc before tearing him a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanageDave Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I emailed him asking where he got it remapped as it was a big jump in bhp. this was his reply "hi previous owner had it done thats why i paid £15000 2 years ago i had the nismo exhaust and clutch/flywheel fitted" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Poor guy got robbed then. This is why you need to do your research before buying. If he'd have spent one day on this forum he'd have known that without FI or a different engine, 400bhp isn't possible. The previous owner much of had some balls on him though, to advertise a N/A import for ridiculous money with ridiculous HP claims. Poor guy just lost about £7k when buying and is about to lose another few grand on selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBoy Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Poor guy got robbed then. This is why you need to do your research before buying. If he'd have spent one day on this forum he'd have known that without FI or a different engine, 400bhp isn't possible. The previous owner much of had some balls on him though, to advertise a N/A import for ridiculous money with ridiculous HP claims. Poor guy just lost about £7k when buying and is about to lose another few grand on selling Assuming that's not just more lies. You know: 'I bought it for 15,000 2 years ago so you're getting an awesome deal.' DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Even 2 years ago £15k would have bought a seriously nice well looked after Zed, I doubt the one in question would have been worth much more than £10k even then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Poor guy got robbed then. This is why you need to do your research before buying. If he'd have spent one day on this forum he'd have known that without FI or a different engine, 400bhp isn't possible. The previous owner much of had some balls on him though, to advertise a N/A import for ridiculous money with ridiculous HP claims. Poor guy just lost about £7k when buying and is about to lose another few grand on selling Assuming that's not just more lies. You know: 'I bought it for 15,000 2 years ago so you're getting an awesome deal.' DB That's a good point. Hopefully whoever is ignorant enough to even go look at it will ask for the previous receipt. Anyone live close that could go have some fun with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Anyone live close that could go have some fun with him? +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 It would be hilarious if someone with a 400bhp FI Zed were to call round for a test drive and put him straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Dave, can you just respond to him with a link to this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootg Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Wow. Just reading through this.. Yeah, he might be totally ignorant. He might genuinely believe he has a 400bhp Z. The ICE looks decent, but it doesn't drag the car up to THAT price! Maybe we should get in touch with the before mentioned link.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Looks a bargain to me 400 hp Stock brakes saggy leather banging sound system 2002 model Well worth the £11.5k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ht3ZvSwyg His for sale video really sells it to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffyjason Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 his choice in music says sums it all up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanageDave Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Dave, can you just respond to him with a link to this thread... I already have done, and told him that the people on here know what they are talking about.. really feel sorry for the poor bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanageDave Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Looks a bargain to me 400 hp Stock brakes saggy leather banging sound system 2002 model Well worth the £11.5k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ht3ZvSwyg His for sale video really sells it to me Its not even a gt model is it? and sounds rough as a bears A**e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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