z4um Big Wales Meet 2004

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:35 am

The Wales runs were followed by 3 highlander trips, with DVDs as well, and a few more Welsh ones after that. Also the first German and Swiss runs, there were about 70 cars then

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:15 am

This looks great. Will watch the videos over the weekend. Box fresh Z4s out in the wild,
Wish I’d been to more meets since joining here in 2010. Only one I can remember attending was a run down to Battle/Hastings in my Z3MC. No photos but must have been around 2013-ish.

chanlon1 · Post by **chanlon1** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:20 am

Forums were still in their infancy back then, so there wasn't too many keyboard warriors who liked to troll and stay anonymous.

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:00 am

chanlon1 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:20 am Forums were still in their infancy back then, so there wasn't too many keyboard warriors who liked to troll and stay anonymous.

True. Everyone in those photos look happy

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:08 am

They were good times - the cars where all new and first owners, and 95% worked in IT so it was basically one big nerd fest

chanlon1 · Post by **chanlon1** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:22 am

pvr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:08 am They were good times - the cars where all new and first owners, and 95% worked in IT so it was basically one big nerd fest

You never did set me up with that COBOL CICS contract

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:22 am

inkey$ wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:15 am This looks great. Will watch the videos over the weekend. Box fresh Z4s out in the wild,
Wish I’d been to more meets since joining here in 2010. Only one I can remember attending was a run down to Battle/Hastings in my Z3MC. No photos but must have been around 2013-ish.

You also came along to Duxford David...

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Cindy organised the picnic....

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and Bing discovered that his ///M had built-in beer storage capability...

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pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:47 am

“His” ???

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:09 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:47 am“His” ???

Those therapy sessions don't appear to be working... You have to learn to let go of the past and move on...

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:10 pm

PerryGunn wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:09 pm
pvr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:47 am“His” ???
Those therapy sessions don't appear to be working... You have to learn to let go of the past and move on...

I don't know - I am aware now that I an not a non binary or anything else from the long list. Perhaps I signed up for the wrong therapy when I selection "conversion" as I moved from a convertible to a coupe?

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:08 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:10 pmselection

selected

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:00 pm

Thanks for reminding me, Perry!
I think I came to 2 x Duxfords, but the second was a massive wash out IIRC.
Good days

Z4paul · Post by **Z4paul** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:11 pm

Brilliant post, thanks for sharing the video and the music

chanlon1 · Post by **chanlon1** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:00 pm

No worries all, I reckon watching some of these E85's not long after they rolled off the production line 18-19 years may be of interest.

For those that aren't familiar with z4um, there was a bunch of us that were members of an earlier Z4 sites and I can't recall the name (PVR, can you recall?), then for some reason there was a mass exodus and we joined z4um.

I believe the site had a catastrophic database failure and the owner/admin was no where to be found, and the site literally vanished overnight.
I had sold my Z4 by that stage and wasn't using the forum any more, so it was a number of years before I actually heard about it.

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:08 pm

It's great to see early Z4 owners seemed just as enthusiastic as we are now.

I loved the photo with Lake Vyrnwy in the background, because I went there in May 2021 with some other petrolheads!

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