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Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:47 pm
by dmpl
Hi, I am about to purchase a 2014 BMW Z4 but the plague has got in the way and it will be a week or so before I get it.
I used to have, in my youth, a whole series of sports cars including an Austin Healey frog eyed Sprite, several TRs and big Healeys culminating in an E Type Jaguar. When my wife, heavily pregnant with our first child, could no longer get in the E Type it was sold for a second hand Ford Cortina Estate!
Now, in my 76th year with 4 children and 5 grand-children, I am about to relive my youth. Until, that is, I can no longer get in the Z4.
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:48 pm
by greg81
Good luck with the new car, but if you're getting it in a week then you're doing something wrong
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:27 pm
by Mr Tidy
Welcome to the forum OP.
Some interesting cars in your history too - just a shame that collection of your Z4 couldn't have come at a worse time.
But then even if you had it you wouldn't be able to use it much!
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:52 pm
by buzyg
Welcome to the forum. Hope you don't have to wait too long for your Zed.
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:22 pm
by scootr
Great news. 2nd childhood is better than the first
In my youth I had a spitfire - in my old age I've a 3 liter Z4 with 2 more gears
Got any pics of the new car to share?
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:10 pm
by firebobby
Welcome to the forum, an E type for a Cortina Estate
I still have my baby E type...GT6
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:15 pm
by Mr Tidy
firebobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:10 pm
I still have my baby E type...GT6
I'll let you borrow my can-opener if you ask nicely!
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:16 pm
by firebobby
Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:15 pm
firebobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:10 pm
I still have my baby E type...GT6
I'll let you borrow my can-opener if you ask nicely!
Nah, you need it more than me
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:18 pm
by Mr Tidy
firebobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:16 pm
Nah, you need it more than me
That's true, my mega E-Type is on the road rather than being a project.
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:27 pm
by firebobby
Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:18 pm
firebobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:16 pm
Nah, you need it more than me
That's true, my mega E-Type is on the road rather than being a project.
To many toys
Newbie
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:39 pm
by Mr Tidy
firebobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:27 pm
To many toys
I'm quite happy with fewer toys of higher quality.
Newbie
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:52 pm
by firebobby
Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:39 pm
firebobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:27 pm
To many toys
I'm quite happy with fewer toys of higher quality.
Debatable
Newbie
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:09 pm
by Mr Tidy
firebobby wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:52 pmDebatable
Probably.
The sad reality is I've only got space for one toy and a daily, so I thought I might as well make the toy a good one!
Newbie
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:37 pm
by dmpl
Got my Z4 just now. Insured it through Chris Knott. Now I'm off "shopping"!
Newbie
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:50 pm
by enuff_zed
dmpl wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:37 pm
Got my Z4 just now. Insured it through Chris Knott. Now I'm off "shopping"!
Hope you disinfected the interior.