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by Starman » Sat Jun 26, 2021 6:57 pm
Thanks again all, I bought a Carly and it should arrive from Germany in a week. Ill clear out the check engine light and have the Carly take a deep look.
The car runs perfectly and I can feel the added power. I like the throttle response a hell of a lot better. The stock throttle response felt extremely slow, press the peddle at a stop and it felt like there was a 2 second lag to start moving before. But then again, Im used to driving Honda's and Acuras, this is my first BMW.
I've owned over 20 Honda (mostly new) in my life and this is my first German car. This includes 3 Honda S2000's and sportier cars like the CRX, del Sol (VTEC, 160 hp model in 95), MDX, TL Type S (v6), TLX (v6), RDX (300 hp V6), etc... and others like a Lexus IS350 and Subaru WRX Sti.
I really love the performance aspects of the BMW (feels a lot like the Sti),. this is obvilously their strong point, but a lot of people sell the idea of "German Engineering" and the BMW has a lot of annoyances that I never had in a Honda like fit and finish issues (squeaking hard plastic interior pieces, lower then expected quality all around), subpar ergonomics of controls and terrible infotainment (although arguably, a lot of people bitch about Hondas but I'm an IT guy and I find them amazingly functional). There are times I wish the $70,000 (new price) Z4 was built as well as one of the several Honda Accords I owned at $30,000 (or the Lexus IS350), it feels more like my 2005 WRX Sti in build quality.
2013 Z4 35i "M sport"
Roadsters: 2006 Honda S2000, 2001 Honda S2000, 2000 Honda S2000, 1995 Honda del Sol DOHC VTEC, 1993 Honda del Sol Si