Faults:

I bought for the ridiculous price of £600, a pure bargain, so I was well aware there would be problems with it..

First thing to go was the alternator. £150 repair bill.

Next I had to get the exhaust replaced, £180. but it's a common problem with ZX's.

The central locking is wierd to say the least. I can only unlock the car from the driver side. No other lock allows the key to turn?

I tried fixing one of the passenger doors, and now unfortunately the door refuses to lock in sync with the rest of the central locking. mildly annoying!.

Theres also a missing light on the dashboard.

General Comments:

A really good car to own. Considering its age, I'm more than happy with the build quality. Driver airbag, side impact bars and seat pretensioners as standard.

Usual single windscreen wiper is a little hard to adjust to, also considering I'm quite tall. just doesn't clear as much of the screen as I would like. Also the seats seem to be designed for the midget in mind, and the head rests would still cause my whiplash even on the highest setting.

There are a few knocking sounds going round corners? but I put these down to the wierd suspension setup.

On the plus side, the acceleration is really good. if it were legal, I would be able to drive upto/peaking at 110 mph on the motorway..

The back seat comes right off, a good feature more cars should be using.

All in all a very good car, I will be buying from citreon in the future.

Faults:

Heaters Failed - When I bought the car the heaters were working perfectly, then all of a sudden they just stopped.

Burst Shock - My front left shock burst and produces an annoying clunking noise over uneven road surfaces and speed bumps.

Dash Lights - A common problem from what I have read, there is only one dash light on, this could possible be due to the cars 'always on' lights.

Tyre Wear - Again a common problem with my zx, it eats tyres like no tomorrow, but that'll be due to my driving style.

General Comments:

Internally.

I've got to admin, the seats from the zx are as extremely comfortable, you just fall back and melt into them, this is then let down with the horrible dash features and layout. Yuck! Everything looks so bland and uninteresting.

Exterior.

To look at the car is dated, not very attractive to a young drivers (early 20's) like myself, all my fellow driver friends have expensive moddified cars, I don't however I can't complain, it's not the worse I've driven.

Performance.

Now this I can really sing and dance about. What this car lacks in looks and gadget, it really makes up in grunt! I have the 1.8l 8v which rolled out the factory at 103bhp, and I love every horse of it, off the mark it can take pretty much most things on the road, I've eaten and spat over a lot of 2L's who think it's a sheep.

The acceleration off its amazing, and top end is 120+ (darn speedo).

Reliable as hell, and amazingly flexible at corners.

Electrics.

So far they've been good, I've kitted the car with a full install. New CD player, front speakers, back speakers, 6x9's and a sub, but when I leave the face plate on it seems to drain my battery. ODD.