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Post by Keet » Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:33 am

Hello and welcome to the forum :thumbsup:
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Post by JackTup » Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:40 am

Congrats and Welcome! :thumbsup:

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Post by AveZ4coop » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:27 am

RustyZ4 wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:50 pm I bet you can’t wait, let’s hope the weather is good,,
Sounds like you love it, and that is all that matters, if it puts a smile on your face, worth every penny
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Post by z4pilot » Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:25 am

idej_z4 wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:28 pm Silver grey...my favourite. Looks like its had a headlight conversion though as im pretty sure those lights are not standard.
I always thought the smaller engine variants got the black inners and the 3 litres and xenon equipped cars got the silver inners as a differentiator? Shame really, as I'd prefer black inners on mine.
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Post by RickRob » Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:35 pm

Hi and welcome.

One dark night to go! Hope you have already plotted the longest possible way home from collecting it. :)

Enjoy :driving:
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Post by z4too4 » Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:52 pm

Nice! Enjoy :driving:
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Post by Z4Tuga » Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:17 pm

Hi all,

Once again thanks for all the "welcomes"!
Quick update,
picked it up and everything works as it should and what a joy it is to be back in a sports car (even though it's just a 2.0). Only bad surprise was the door of the glove compartment which seems have a damaged hinge it doesn't open or closed smoothly, but should be an easy fix.

Only thing I noticed was, starting the car that this morning felt more of a struggle than the first two times I started at the dealership. Car was kept indoors at the dealership. This could just be me as I can't really tell what the "normal" start is and coming from a diesel car, but could this be the symptom of just a cold morning or maybe the starter motor is going? Spark plugs have been replaced in a big service in May this year.
Other thing I would like to ask is, would you advise to let the car warm up in a cold morning before driving it? I've noticed the idle to go up to 1100 rpms after turning engine on, and then gradually going down to 900, in a space of maybe two minutes. Is this how it is supposed to be?

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Post by Mr Tidy » Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:58 pm

Glad you are enjoying it. :thumbsup:

Your starting problem may be down to the battery - my 06 plate one had it's original in it when I bought it in May 2016 and often seemed a bit unwilling to start, more so when warmed up for some reason. :?

A new battery in December 2016 fixed that so I'd have a look for any date stickers on your battery and go from there. As yours is an 07 it may be due one!

I've no experience of a 2.0 but my Z4 does have a higher idle speed for the first minute or two, so yours doesn't sound unusual.

Even on cold days I just start mine and drive it - but I never "give it the beans" until it has warmed up - that takes 5 miles or so IME.
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Post by GBZ4 » Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:58 am

Hi and welcome :thumbsup:
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Post by Z4Tuga » Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:03 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:58 pm Glad you are enjoying it. :thumbsup:

Your starting problem may be down to the battery - my 06 plate one had it's original in it when I bought it in May 2016 and often seemed a bit unwilling to start, more so when warmed up for some reason. :?

A new battery in December 2016 fixed that so I'd have a look for any date stickers on your battery and go from there. As yours is an 07 it may be due one!

I've no experience of a 2.0 but my Z4 does have a higher idle speed for the first minute or two, so yours doesn't sound unusual.

Even on cold days I just start mine and drive it - but I never "give it the beans" until it has warmed up - that takes 5 miles or so IME.
Thanks for your feedback. I'm thinking battery as well, mostly because it just occurred me that the car has probably been sitting in the dealership for a few days/weeks without any charging. I havent driven it since Sunday so I will test the battery's voltage and take if for a long spin tonight and see if I get any improvements.
As for the the idle, after some further reading it seems like normal behaviour like you reported, thanks!

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