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Z4 35is
- Thread starter Smallboatman
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I personally think the best deal is buying a s35i with m-sport and then just spend $300 on the Dinan stage flash and you have the 35is for much cheaper without the s35is badge rare tax. I dont think I have ever even seen a S35i in the USA without the M-sport installed. The M-sport has the adaptive handling.
The one thing that the 35is has, and was a stand out feature for me, is the fantastic sport exhaust - the burbles and bangs on the overrun and when lifting off was addictive.
This and many other parameters can be changed using an app like the MHD, which I did myself (+ a Wagner intercooler) - the results were excellent.
In short, a 35is is a very special car!
This and many other parameters can be changed using an app like the MHD, which I did myself (+ a Wagner intercooler) - the results were excellent.
In short, a 35is is a very special car!
On my Dec 2009 35i adaptive is listed as 2VF Adaptive M suspension
An expensive option if you've not got a warranty- mines had control unit replaced at 3.5 years old and15k miles and both front shockers at 7years old and 57k miles.
On 74k miles now and expecting that both rears may need replacing soon
An expensive option if you've not got a warranty- mines had control unit replaced at 3.5 years old and15k miles and both front shockers at 7years old and 57k miles.
On 74k miles now and expecting that both rears may need replacing soon
Sounds like you got a great car! Extended warranty makes sense for me, because I know the max I'll be paying out each year (in theory).
Mine had the suspension replaced under warranty a year or two ago and I believe the bill would have been around £4k. That's 7/8 years of warranty payments, and the HPFP and oil pump are by all accounts liable to go in the next 10/20k miles. DCT gearboxes are also notoriously expensive to repair...
Unless you're going to heavily modify the car, I can't think of a reason not to continue the warranty. It might even help your car retain more of it's value or at least be easier to sell.
EDIT: Was only £2k for the suspension work.
Mine had the suspension replaced under warranty a year or two ago and I believe the bill would have been around £4k. That's 7/8 years of warranty payments, and the HPFP and oil pump are by all accounts liable to go in the next 10/20k miles. DCT gearboxes are also notoriously expensive to repair...
Unless you're going to heavily modify the car, I can't think of a reason not to continue the warranty. It might even help your car retain more of it's value or at least be easier to sell.
EDIT: Was only £2k for the suspension work.
Smallboatman
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Very nice, love the colour combo 
Smallboatman
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It’s been a while , all great except for a cracked alloy ! Pot holes eh ! So thinking of binning the run flats and go for normal tyres and a can of foam , what’s the general consensus, only really drive it in the dry although we do live in Devon so it does rain a lot 
You're right, it has been a while! :lol:
Good to know you are still enjoying it - apart from that cracked alloy.
I left the run-flats on my first two Z4s because they had plenty of tread and I was too mean to replace them. But my MC came with non run-flats, a can of foam and a compressor from the factory.
A few years ago I did a driving trip around Wales with a mate and we agreed a puncture was the most likely cause of a "show-stopper" so I found a spare front wheel, had a tyre fitted and chucked it in the boot with a jack, breaker bar and torque wrench. It does leave vey little boot space but as it's normally a 1 person car I can live with that, especially as I did a few road trips last year. But a wheel in the boot of an E89 may mean no roof-down driving so wouldn't really work.
Some people rate repair plugs, often called "rats tails" but I've never tried them. My disaster plan is the RAC!
Assuming you've got 19" wheels keeping the run-flats probably makes another cracked alloy more a case of "when" than "if" by all accounts so swapping tyres might save you that aggravation.
Good to know you are still enjoying it - apart from that cracked alloy.
I left the run-flats on my first two Z4s because they had plenty of tread and I was too mean to replace them. But my MC came with non run-flats, a can of foam and a compressor from the factory.
A few years ago I did a driving trip around Wales with a mate and we agreed a puncture was the most likely cause of a "show-stopper" so I found a spare front wheel, had a tyre fitted and chucked it in the boot with a jack, breaker bar and torque wrench. It does leave vey little boot space but as it's normally a 1 person car I can live with that, especially as I did a few road trips last year. But a wheel in the boot of an E89 may mean no roof-down driving so wouldn't really work.
Some people rate repair plugs, often called "rats tails" but I've never tried them. My disaster plan is the RAC!
Assuming you've got 19" wheels keeping the run-flats probably makes another cracked alloy more a case of "when" than "if" by all accounts so swapping tyres might save you that aggravation.
Smallboatman
Member
That’s for that. All the tyres are good , but £1000 for 2 alloys is more expensive than 4 tyres !
Dave 2 dogs
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Well done. It’s should keep you happy for a while
Well done. It’s should keep you happy for a while
1 year of the 7 I've had a 35iS, BMW Insured Warranty paid £5,000+ for work on the car.
In the other 6, there've been only 2 in which I didn't make a claim. The total paid by the insurers outnumbers the policy costs by a lot.
The insurers have never questioned any claim and the work, by Sytner BMW Leicester, has always been well & promptly done.
Surprise, surprise, I wouldn't have a 35iS without this insurance. That said, it's an excellent car and I still have it.
In the other 6, there've been only 2 in which I didn't make a claim. The total paid by the insurers outnumbers the policy costs by a lot.
The insurers have never questioned any claim and the work, by Sytner BMW Leicester, has always been well & promptly done.
Surprise, surprise, I wouldn't have a 35iS without this insurance. That said, it's an excellent car and I still have it.
