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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
Me and my wife and the three kids are all Spartacus
E85 3.oi titan silver,Maldives blue E85 3.0i gone but not forgotten
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
Would that make you a clan of Spartici (pr SPAR-TIK-EYE)??
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
. . . just when you thought it couldn't get more obscure - the thread that keeps on giving
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
I think my e89 is pretty rare, maybe I should contact the BMW useless information department?
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
... only just!!
... thankfully my defibrillator (one of only 4 in the world I believe) is about to kick in any minute now ....
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
The tread is deep in this one ...... loads of life in it .....
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Wife: Just the one.
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
Yes, I hope BMW will give exact information. They have stated there are zero in Europe. Nice and exact.sunnydays wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:13 amCan you explain how you got the number 4 of your combinaton cars world wide?Valor1 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:47 amAccording to BMW, there are zero cars like mine in Europe. I.e., a Crimson red E89 with an N54 motor and a manual six speed gearbox and the extended ivory leather interior.
For the world, including paddle shift cars and stick shift cars, a total of 28 crimson red cars were made with the N54 motor and the extended ivory interior.
BMW states they can only run three factors at a time.
Based on the relevant ratio of N54 Steptronic Sport transmission cars to manual gearbox cars, 86 percent of the cars were steptronic and 14 were manual.
So, BMW's best estimate is, of the total run of all E89 Z4s produced there are total of four cars like mine, including mine. Of course, there could be only 2 or there could be 5, but the best mathematical calculation is a grand total of three other cars.
So, I am thankful to BMW for providing this information. Zero cars like mine in all of Europe, a total of four, including mine, globally.
I'm holding out hope BMW may yet come up with an exact figure.
I also found this information BMW provided interesting:
BMW Z4 sDrive35i E89, Engine N54B30O0 worldwide 18.864 pcs
BMW Z4 sDrive35i E89, Engine N54B30O0 USA 6.988 pcs
Given that BMW state 28, disregarding transmission type. It is a big assumption to assume that 86% of these cars in your specific combo are auto. Even though the ratio is 86:14 real world scaling is not always linear and has other factors. IE the 35is falls under N54 and are all DCT. Yet the 35i has the manual option. I know many people bought the 35i for the manual box.
So while the 35is is 100% automatic figures
The 35i would be around 72% auto assuming they both sold equal amounts.
This would make 10 of your cars world wide.
The amount of 35i and 35is cars world wide would be helpful.
Hopefully BMW give further information
You ask where I get my number of 4 including mine? It's statistical probability. It is mathematically the most likely conclusion, plus or minus a couple. So it is possible there is only one car like mine. In fact, it is more likely, mathematically, that mine is the only one as opposed to there being ten of the 28 as manual gearbox cars.
The fact is BMW states 86 percent of the N54 motored cars sold in the relevant market were automatic / non-manual gearbox cars. Applying that same ratio here there are 3.92 cars including mine.
However, you've raised an interesting thought.
To have this, at the time, most expensive configuration possible, the fact is the paddle shift was an option, which logically would tend to indicate people buying a fully loaded car would tick the box for the paddles. That's how it works in the North American market more often than not.
So it is logically and statistically speaking, it is likely there are fewer than four in total. I suspect there are three in this configuration I really do hope BMW can filter out the last bit of information.
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Im starting to hope that BMW come back and say that your car used to be black but was resprayed red and is now worth half as much
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
Usually a z4 with cloth seating is also much much rarer.
Doesnt say anything really, unless you need a rare car to feel special.
Doesnt say anything really, unless you need a rare car to feel special.
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It's only rare because of the bear in it maybe you should contact the RSPCA
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Anyone else there with a car configured like mine, BMW won't tell me :(
OP have you considered if yours is truly rare its because the original owner picked all the wrong colours/options!
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