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What on earth can replace my beloved 3.0si Z4 coupe?

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What on earth can replace my beloved 3.0si Z4 coupe?

Post by reddrive » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:06 pm

Hey all,

I've had my amazing 2008 ruby red tinted, black 3.0si Z4 coupe for 4.5 years now, and she's racked up a lovely 95,000 miles. She's a delight, but I'm going to be doing more long journeys, and I don't want to just add silly amounts of miles onto her. The time has come to very sadly, get a new car.

Life has also meant that a two seater no longer fits the bill.

But I ADORE driving my Z4, and I very much want something that can be close to as much fun.

I've been looking at mercedes A45's, CLA's, range rover evoques... Aiming for £25k max

Does any one have any suggestions of something that will be loads of fun, is essentially my Z4 but with 4 seats and a quarter of the amount of miles... Does that even exist?? All thoughts and suggestions seriously welcome!

Thanks in advance,

RD

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Post by Tyreman » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:10 pm

BMW M140 or M135I..................very fast cars which are practical and don't cost the earth to run.

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Post by Havard » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:12 pm

Scirocco R. Golf R. Audi TTS (may be adding 3k to the budget). GT86. New Hyundia i30N looks fun if you aren't a badge snob.

Ford Focus ST??

There must be loads of BM's in the 4 seat and fun catagory. I would keep away from Mercedes.

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Post by Crazy Harry » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:13 pm

Hi. welcome to the forum but its a bit odd that you've joined us just to ask us what you should buy instead of the Z4 :? - most people come here before they get a Zed or because they have one - or was it more about passing yours on? :evil:

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Post by mmm-five » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:17 pm

Keep the Z4 as a 2nd car, and get a 3 year old BMW for the daily.

No need to spend £25k on a new car that you’re simply going to pile miles on.

My 2nd car preference would be a 640d (although most definitely not a chuckable), but one of the more powerful M-Sport 1/2/3/4 series should suffice (diesel or petrol).
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Post by Tbone » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:26 pm

Keep the Zed and buy a cheaper 'other car' to rack the miles onto.
Thats what I do. I have a 10 yr old Mercedes CLK, its comfortable and perfect for ferrying the kids about and doing the family donkey work. even if its not that much fun to drive.

and I have the Zed just for me. :)

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Post by reddrive » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:54 pm

Great responses. Thanks very much all.

Crazy Harry; I tick the second box you mentioned, I currently own a Z4. I imagined that I would find a group of like minded Z4 owners on this group who would be helpful and welcoming, and be able to offer comparisons of similar style drives because you can understand how the Z4 handles. As you'll see, I haven't mentioned about selling it as I didn't come on here to do that, just ask for friendly advice.

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Post by R60BBA » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:13 pm

For £25,000 I would recommend the following:

BMW E9X M3 Comp Pack
BMW 850CSi (bit of a long shot but a bad boy car nevertheless, can keep up with today’s cars [circa 400bhp] and will only go up in value)
BMW M135i LCI
BMW 235i
Older but low mileage Porsche 911
Newish Porsche Cayman
Audi TTRS
Audi RS3
Mercedes C63
Golf R

There’s more but those are some ideas.

P.s. not all of those cars cost £25,000, many are less and thus you would have spare cash for mods, holidays or that new 4K TV!
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Post by GAZA62 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:13 pm

As above if you have 25k to spend you could easily buy something a lot cheaper and use the left over cash to fund running 2 cars as for the RR Evoque I cannot imagine that would be a fun car to drive nothing like a Z.
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Post by markalp » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:23 pm

reddrive wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:06 pm Hey all,

I've had my amazing 2008 ruby red tinted, black 3.0si Z4 coupe for 4.5 years now, and she's racked up a lovely 95,000 miles. She's a delight, but I'm going to be doing more long journeys, and I don't want to just add silly amounts of miles onto her. The time has come to very sadly, get a new car.

Life has also meant that a two seater no longer fits the bill.

But I ADORE driving my Z4, and I very much want something that can be close to as much fun.

I've been looking at mercedes A45's, CLA's, range rover evoques... Aiming for £25k max

Does any one have any suggestions of something that will be loads of fun, is essentially my Z4 but with 4 seats and a quarter of the amount of miles... Does that even exist?? All thoughts and suggestions seriously welcome!

Thanks in advance,

RD
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Post by pvr » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:25 pm

Do you have those as a shortcut on your browser Mark? :lol:
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X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
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Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
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Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
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Post by pvr » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:26 pm

To the OP - a second car is the real option here. Slippery slope though as I ended up with 4 second cars this way :lol:
Current:
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Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
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Post by Kierandc5 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:52 pm

If I was looking to just have 1 car and racking up miles I would be looking 430d or 435d. I test drove a 435d x drive and they are hugely fast and very tail happy

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Post by Marlon » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:56 pm

As mentioned by others - surely its a second car question really? You're never going to replace the feel of a 2 seater Z4 where you're sitting low down over the rear wheels with a straight six singing to you :driving:

Hope you find the right balance and can keep the Zed
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Post by markalp » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:16 pm

pvr wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:25 pm Do you have those as a shortcut on your browser Mark? :lol:
Yes :dance2:
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