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Post by Joop! » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:55 am

Good day to you all on Christmas day (or Boxing Day)...

...I’m Joop and from the Netherlands. In daily life I’m a project manager at an architectural firm and in my spare time among other things a moderator at one of the bigger BMW forums in The Netherlands.

I’ve been driving BMW all my driving career. I recently bought a Z4 M40i, my tenth BMW so far, and traded in my F32 440i for it. It was a great car as a daily drive but for a long time I didn’t enjoyed it so much as a drivers car, like so many modern cars. After test driving the G22 M440iX recently I got handed over the keys of my current Z4 for a drive. The message was clear from the salesman at the dealership: “I don’t want to see back in a hour time, I see you back in the afternoon”. No bad words to hear I think... :wink: I spent a few hours with the car on some lovely driving roads around here. It really is fun to drive, although I basicaly am a coupe driver (I’ve had 8 coupes in the past). Driving with the top down enhances the driving experience so much that you don’t have to drive very fast the whole time. :driving:

Time for some pictures I think...

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"Well we have a straight six at the front, a manual gearbox in the middle, and drive goes to the back. That is page one, chapter one of the petrolsexual handbook." / "Page two is of course a LSD mounted between the rear axle" JC
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Post by Swiftly » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:39 am

Hi and welcome to the forum Joop :thumbsup: . Thats a lovely looking zed you have there, enjoy :driving:
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Replacement, G29 Z4 M40i Lci in Alpine White :wub:
Gone G29 Z4 M40i in San Francisco Red
Gone F22 M240i auto coupe in Estoril Blue
Gone 2007 E85 3.0si Sport in Silver Grey,
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Post by biZ4rreMids » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:57 am

Hi and welcome. Great looking car and the colour really highlights the body lines. :thumbsup:
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Post by buzyg » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:17 am

Welcome Hoop. That colour really suites the G29. 8) :thumbsup:

Nice house too? :wink:
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Post by Chippie » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:20 am

Hi and welcome to the forum, she certainly looks a beauty :thumbsup:
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Post by Argyll Andy » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:44 am

Hello and welcome, exactly the same colour combo I want when I move into a G29 :thumbsup:

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    Post by Joop! » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:51 am

    Thanx guys... Actually the car has everything I normally dislike on a car: matte paint, black wheels and a drop top. :wink: But combined it actually works for me. The combination of the ‘frozen’ paint, the black accents and the silver lined hood pushed my across the line to buy one, and it’s still turning heads. :)
    buzyg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:17 am Nice house too?
    :D Not mine... Just a country estate I drove by and one of many around here in the neighbourhood.
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    Post by Jollyjoiner » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:28 pm

    Hello and welcome and nice pictures to start off with :thumbsup:
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    Post by Jembo » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:35 pm

    Hello fella & welcome ... nice ride... if you get flashed by a grey U.K. plated XC60 with similarly black wheels early Jan in Holland, you’ll know who it is

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    Post by jabber » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:07 pm

    Hi and welcome very nice indeed :thumbsup:
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    Post by sars » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:37 pm

    Hello and welcome, I’m not usually a fan of black alloys but with the frozen grey they do look rather good :thumbsup:
    Gorgeous SFR Z4 M40i 8)
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    Post by Ole gits rule » Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:54 pm

    Hi Joop, welcome to the forum - nice car like the colour combo :)
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    Post by Joop! » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:41 pm

    Thank you guys... :thumbsup:
    Jembo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:35 pm ... if you get flashed by a grey U.K. plated XC60 with similarly black wheels early Jan in Holland, you’ll know who it is...
    I’ll keep that in mind... :)

    Scotland, the South West of the UK and Wales are still one the list for driving around... Hopefully next year it’ll be possible. :driving:
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    Post by Ole gits rule » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:29 pm

    Scotland is on my list for next year as well :)
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