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- Marc
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...Marc and I'm an alcho..., DUH! Wrong forum, different story. But hello everyone.
My partner was driving us back from Cornwall in her Polo last XMas, M5 and Torrential rain. Unbidden, a thought bubbled to the surface, "BMW built a really pretty car once, it looked somewhat similar to a Messerschmidt". Now I've only driven 2 wheels for decades. But post holiday google time revealed my vaguely remembered car to be a Z3, and sometime later I found myself with a wad of money going to see one. Didn't like it, my skull was pushing up the soft top, bits hung down underneath and the rear suspension looked somehow lightweight. Time passes and I'm taking some German exams (for fun) and find I'm getting stressed, so to take my mind of the grammar exam I book a visit to a car dealers, for immediately afterwards, in the snow, to see a Z4. The car looked really beautiful anyway, but then the guy opened the bonnet SOLD
So now I had to learn to drive 4 wheels again, it was a little interesting at the beginning, I discovered that you can hide a tarmac truck in an A pillar, though you probably have to live near a renowned accident black spot. I remember thinking WOW! I've never seen this road empty to the horizon before, just before the tarmac truck tried to introduce itself rather rudely. However, my insurance company and their bodyshop were very helpful and took on board that I DID NOT want the car written off.
While it was a rather flaky start, my appreciation of the Z4 has grown and grown. We toured Dartmoor and Cornwall recently, it is an absolutely amazing car to drive. The single track roads with grass down the middle have given me a better idea of the width of the car. But on another axis, I'm still at, the front is further away than you think and the back is miles closer. Oh, and that 0-60 thing for joining motorways
I'll stop preaching to the converted and maybe meet some of you at Shepshed....
My partner was driving us back from Cornwall in her Polo last XMas, M5 and Torrential rain. Unbidden, a thought bubbled to the surface, "BMW built a really pretty car once, it looked somewhat similar to a Messerschmidt". Now I've only driven 2 wheels for decades. But post holiday google time revealed my vaguely remembered car to be a Z3, and sometime later I found myself with a wad of money going to see one. Didn't like it, my skull was pushing up the soft top, bits hung down underneath and the rear suspension looked somehow lightweight. Time passes and I'm taking some German exams (for fun) and find I'm getting stressed, so to take my mind of the grammar exam I book a visit to a car dealers, for immediately afterwards, in the snow, to see a Z4. The car looked really beautiful anyway, but then the guy opened the bonnet SOLD
So now I had to learn to drive 4 wheels again, it was a little interesting at the beginning, I discovered that you can hide a tarmac truck in an A pillar, though you probably have to live near a renowned accident black spot. I remember thinking WOW! I've never seen this road empty to the horizon before, just before the tarmac truck tried to introduce itself rather rudely. However, my insurance company and their bodyshop were very helpful and took on board that I DID NOT want the car written off.
While it was a rather flaky start, my appreciation of the Z4 has grown and grown. We toured Dartmoor and Cornwall recently, it is an absolutely amazing car to drive. The single track roads with grass down the middle have given me a better idea of the width of the car. But on another axis, I'm still at, the front is further away than you think and the back is miles closer. Oh, and that 0-60 thing for joining motorways
I'll stop preaching to the converted and maybe meet some of you at Shepshed....
2003 Z4 3.0i
- markplant
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Great introduction, like you it was opening the bonnet that sold the car to me.
Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the forum
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Z4 E85 3.0, gone but now with son
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Z4 E85 3.0, gone but now with son
Growing Old is Mandatory But Growing Up is Optional
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Ah great epitaph... & welcome
Joined the dark side with a ///M Hell Bronze Sepang Coupe
Ex Aug 2005 Maldives Blue 3 litre cruizer, lots of toyz,
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Ex Aug 2005 Maldives Blue 3 litre cruizer, lots of toyz,
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Hello and welcome to the forum from Mansfield
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Alpine White, 2014 e89 20i M Sport (It's my wife's really )
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Loved the intro. Welcome aboard!!
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3.0i Z3 sport,sapphire black,3.0i Z4 roadster Sterling grey,auto,Z4 3.0si Coupe Titanium silver,Stubby &B06 Plus some other German beauties!!
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Don't forget your badge and newbie hat for Zedfest, I will look out for the zed with a bright yellow rear number plate.
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Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
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Great intro. Try those same Dartmoor tracks with a little ice on them and then you'll really know how wide the car is.
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Welcome to the forum Marc - a brilliant introduction.
It's good to hear you are still enjoying your car too!
It's good to hear you are still enjoying your car too!
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
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- Marc
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Thanks, but I think that means that I'm dead Possibly to spend eternity wandering the highways and byways of limbo, bemoaning the iniquities of pitch hauliers. That may well be true, as everyone I've meet of recent seems so damn odd! I have lost several lives to the same junction, one previous encounter saw my motorcycle's clutch cable snapping as I was half way across and idling for a gap, that was a sharp intake of breath moment. Flint Cross junction, A505
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Z less again
14 E89 Z4 2.0 msport grey gone now
10 E89 Z4 3.0 Black auto now. Very sadly gone
Gone 04 E85 z4 3.0 Maldives blue smg
14 E89 Z4 2.0 msport grey gone now
10 E89 Z4 3.0 Black auto now. Very sadly gone
Gone 04 E85 z4 3.0 Maldives blue smg