High Mileage Z4s!!

[3djam]

Hi,

My car has now done 32k miles. I was wondering how these cars cope with high mileage.

Has anyone done over 100k yet? Have you had any issues?

Thanks in advance.

[gannet]

some US member have done, coolz4 almost 200k if not more...

[RustyZ4]

dont worry 32k is not high milage well maintained should easily do 150k, some members have done over 100k and one over 200k

[Tref]

Look at some of the other BMWs the same drivetrain is fitted to. They last forever, the 2.0L engine is a repmobile special engine for the 320.

[Darren M]

Rear springs seem to be consumables - one of my rears has just gone and this seems quite a common problem. Also my car has a leaking propshaft seal that`s causing a ticking noise, it has 31400miles on it. I`m not disappointed though, some problems are to be expected. I think drivetrain wise these cars are easily good for 150,000-200,000 miles or more. The cars are setup stiff though so some issues might appear if you frequent bad roads. Recently I`ve been having a very fun commute but have occassional hit some real potholes - not surprise a spring has broken

[Dreamer]

Its not the car that will suffer from high mileage its the resale value

Thats the dilema i have, keep it or buy another with half the mileage while mines still worth something.

I think im more or less set on keeping it as i cant see my smile getting much bigger just because the speedo says 20k instead of 60k.
Mathematically which would be the better option? Say if i were to sell in 2 years which option would loose me the most cash? Mine will probably have close to 80k by then and worth 5/6 grand say.
I would have to sell my current car and spend about another 5 grand to buy a low miler, which in 2 years i guess might sell for 8/9 grand if it had 40k on the clock.
So i would probably be 2 grand down or thereabouts over the 2 years by buying another car with lower miles once resale is factored. Seems more sense to keep the old girl i think Anyone think of a counter theory?

[Darren M]

I would say keep the old girl. I consdered the same thing - getting a late 2008/early 2009 3.0 Coupe with <5k miles but with trade-in and then forecourt price for the new car you`ll use a lot of money there (unless you sell yours privately and buy privately). Personally I would only consider it if I wanted to upgrade to an ///M. If not, just keep the Si and get you`re monies worth out of it and sod the resale. I really like the Z4 and can`t see me being without one for quite a while yet.

Currently I`m doing about 350 miles a week through winding country roads but my milage can be as high as 28k a year. The depreciation will now be less on my car than if I were to buy a nearly new 2000 mile car and put the same milage on it.

[shabba]

I'm on 71k. I did a thread and it showed loads on much higher miles.

[klarky]

mines on 68k, its a daily drive but i only do around 8k a year, plan on keeping the car for 5 years, so when its 11 years old it will have 100k ish on it, i think this is a car ill maintain and if it gets pricey buy a 2nd car and keep the z for summers, but thats years off yet, having too much fun

[rob davey]

Also my car has a leaking propshaft seal that`s causing a ticking noise, it has 31400miles on it.

this is a bit of a highjack but i have exactly the same noise and miles on mine. Does it tick with every rotation? how can you check or how did you know it was a propshaft seal?

thanks

[Jeff_Seymour]

I have over 72,000 miles on my 3.0 Z4. It's a 2003 and still looks great and runs great. No major problems with it yet. I had some smaller things but the extended warranty I paid for with the dealership took care of those.

[Darren M]

Also my car has a leaking propshaft seal that`s causing a ticking noise, it has 31400miles on it.

this is a bit of a highjack but i have exactly the same noise and miles on mine. Does it tick with every rotation? how can you check or how did you know it was a propshaft seal?

thanks

To be honest I wasn`t aware of the problem. I noticed the ticking once but over the years I`ve owned quite a few BMW`s and some made various noises that were just normal (E30`s for example didn`t have the quiestest of engines). As the milage is creeping up, any noises I jsut put down to that. When I took the car in to get my suspension looked at 5 weeks ago due to a creaking noise, that`s when they noticed the leaking propshaft seal. I think the creaking I was hearing eventually ended as a broken spring - at the time 5 weeks ago the suspension was deemed to be okay but 4 weeks later the spring broke.

[IMZ4N]

I have over 72,000 miles on my 3.0 Z4. It's a 2003 and still looks great and runs great. No major problems with it yet. I had some smaller things but the extended warranty I paid for with the dealership took care of those.

We have 141K 04/04 3.0 Roadster. Sorta looks like yours. Above

[DrakeZZ]

We have 141K 04/04 3.0 Roadster. Sorta looks like yours. Above

Bob, you need to get out more.....

[Niro777]

Late to the discussion but I have an almost 102k m roadster. Miles are put on daily