Mike-350Z Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Welcome aboard Mike. I'd say 16mpg-24mpg when having fun is a more realistic set of figures, ...but that's a lot of fun. Love my Zed ~ came from an EP3 Type R myself before so I know what you mean about watching the oil level. Even still, i cant argue with that from a 3.5 V6... that must of been quite a jump!! The biggest decider for me is £650 insurance with 3 points (silly 36mph in a 30 :-( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GMballistic Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Welcome aboard Mike. I'd say 16mpg-24mpg when having fun is a more realistic set of figures, ...but that's a lot of fun. Love my Zed ~ came from an EP3 Type R myself before so I know what you mean about watching the oil level. Even still, i cant argue with that from a 3.5 V6... that must of been quite a jump!! The biggest decider for me is £650 insurance with 3 points (silly 36mph in a 30 :-( ) Depends what you're used to I guess. To get the best from the Type R you really need to rev the nuts off it & keep it in VTEC as you know I'll bet. Before the Type R I had a modified JDM Impreza WRX that was running 295bhp+ on a high boost map (SimTek ECU) so that was even quicker than the Type R but not as high revving. The Zed has much more torque than the Type R ever had and being RWD you do have to adjust your driving style. A much better car overall than the Type R though imo as it's more of a luxury sports car whereas the Type R is a hot hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-350Z Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Welcome aboard Mike. I'd say 16mpg-24mpg when having fun is a more realistic set of figures, ...but that's a lot of fun. Love my Zed ~ came from an EP3 Type R myself before so I know what you mean about watching the oil level. Even still, i cant argue with that from a 3.5 V6... that must of been quite a jump!! The biggest decider for me is £650 insurance with 3 points (silly 36mph in a 30 :-( ) Depends what you're used to I guess. To get the best from the Type R you really need to rev the nuts off it & keep it in VTEC as you know I'll bet. Before the Type R I had a modified JDM Impreza WRX that was running 295bhp+ on a high boost map (SimTek ECU) so that was even quicker than the Type R but not as high revving. The Zed has much more torque than the Type R ever had and being RWD you do have to adjust your driving style. A much better car overall than the Type R though imo as it's more of a luxury sports car whereas the Type R is a hot hatch. I loved my type R, great car but yes you do have to wring its neck to make progress. Im not a fan of turbos tbh, i like naturally aspirated engines and the idea of a V6 makes me feel like a kid at christmas, i just need to save a little more to reach my budget...absolute torture!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rabbitstew Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Welcome aboard Mike. I'd say 16mpg-24mpg when having fun is a more realistic set of figures, ...but that's a lot of fun. Love my Zed ~ came from an EP3 Type R myself before so I know what you mean about watching the oil level. Even still, i cant argue with that from a 3.5 V6... that must of been quite a jump!! The biggest decider for me is £650 insurance with 3 points (silly 36mph in a 30 :-( ) Thats a really good price. When I got my zed it cost me over £900 to insure, even though i had 20 years NCB gained driving high performance cars and motorbikes. I was totally amazed as I was quoted something like £450 for an M3 and £500 for a porsche boxster 3.2s and yet the insurance companies regarded the zed as a much higher risk for me. God knows why. Even a brand new Nissan GTR came in at about £400 on the insurance quotes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-350Z Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Welcome aboard Mike. I'd say 16mpg-24mpg when having fun is a more realistic set of figures, ...but that's a lot of fun. Love my Zed ~ came from an EP3 Type R myself before so I know what you mean about watching the oil level. Even still, i cant argue with that from a 3.5 V6... that must of been quite a jump!! The biggest decider for me is £650 insurance with 3 points (silly 36mph in a 30 :-( ) Thats a really good price. When I got my zed it cost me over £900 to insure, even though i had 20 years NCB gained driving high performance cars and motorbikes. I was totally amazed as I was quoted something like £450 for an M3 and £500 for a porsche boxster 3.2s and yet the insurance companies regarded the zed as a much higher risk for me. God knows why. Even a brand new Nissan GTR came in at about £400 on the insurance quotes! I'd love an M3 at £450 a year, it is very strange how insurance companies look at cars...I had three options in mind... > Nissan 350Z > BMW M3 (E46) > BMW 645i I looked at the M3 for insurance and got a minimum of £1900 absolutely no chance! So it was a toss up between the BMW and the Z as the 645 is only £100 more on insurance than the Z.... so a 4.4 V8 is cheaper than an M3 in the end I went with what I prefer and have always wanted to own plus.. I have read that if something goes wrong with the 645 you might as well just hand your credit card to the stealers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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