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30i or 35i Z4 ???

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by sp3ctre » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:28 am

Generally if you need to ask the question you want the bigger one! I made the mistake with the TT and always regretted it... Got the 3.0 Z4 and am so glad I did. Yes I do hanker after the M, but I wasn't even close to affording it at the time, so I am happy with my purchase.
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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by Breaker » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:44 am

Off topic slightly :oops:

but they do sound different! And they both sound good! :thumbsup:

3.0i

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35i

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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by ksher » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:21 pm

Different tunes. But I like sDrive35i's.
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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by siscobmw » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:22 pm

Hi!
I manage to do about 28-30mpg with my 30i ....
anyway if consumption is no object go for 35i.....
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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by AlanJ » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:41 pm

Superbow wrote:Hi, I am looking to possibly get a 30i or 35i Z4. I do quite a bit of miles.

Can any body give me an idea of real world mpg on both cars :?

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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by Breaker » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:40 pm

This is another nice vid of the 35i sound. :)

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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by Breaker » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:09 pm

It does sound good with the roof down!

When I first heard the one I was buying, I thought someone had fitted an after-market exhaust when it first fired up! :P

You can just hear the turbos winding up in that clip also! :drool:
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Re: 30i or 35i Z4 ???

Post by Breaker » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:48 am

Interstingly a few guys at work have heard me leave a few times in my Z4 and I have had a couple of them ask what engine is in it! One thought it was around a 5 litre V8!! 8)

Must get my girlfriend to do a drive-by as I haven't heard what they sound like pulling away! :)
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