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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
If anyone is thinking about moving to the mercedes SLK (especially the diesel one) then dont! Interior Build quality is much worse, and you have much less space, and lets be honest it doesn't look as good.
I moved to a z4 from one 3 years ago and it was the best car-decision I've made!
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Excellent consumer advice. Thanks!
Don't know about anyone else but set my mind at ease now.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
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F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
I am not old enough for a Merc
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Coming from a line of older merc wagons i thought it would be a good move, but in fact no. The z4 saved my 2 seater dreams!
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Sound advice there!
I really can't figure out why anyone would want a 2 seater convertible with a diesel engine.
I really can't figure out why anyone would want a 2 seater convertible with a diesel engine.
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Well, you say that but for a while my daily was a 335d. Now that engine in my E89 would have been a hoot!
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So much so that you are selling yours?
Strange thread as your first post was a 'for sale' ad of your 35is.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Maybe, but I'd still have preferred a 335i engine - BMW obviously thought that too.enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:25 pm Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:15 pm
Sound advice there!
I really can't figure out why anyone would want a 2 seater convertible with a diesel engine.
Well, you say that but for a while my daily was a 335d. Now that engine in my E89 would have been a hoot!
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
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I see how you arrived at that, and what an engine the 335d has BUT, there’s just something less enjoyable about a rattly diesel in a non-sound proofed, smaller chassis.
It also ruined the tyres way quicker than you’d like too!
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Depends on so many things. How you drive and the type of roads. I don’t need a high horsepower motorway blaster in this neck of the woods. Maximum and huge amounts of torque at very low rpm is ideal here for getting past tractors, beet lorries and Sunday drivers in the very short straight bits.Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:42 pmMaybe, but I'd still have preferred a 335i engine - BMW obviously thought that too.enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:25 pm Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:15 pm
Sound advice there!
I really can't figure out why anyone would want a 2 seater convertible with a diesel engine.
Well, you say that but for a while my daily was a 335d. Now that engine in my E89 would have been a hoot!
However, the sound it makes does not suit a roadster
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Drove it for 35k in three years. Never heard a rattleRhysoZ4 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:52 pmI see how you arrived at that, and what an engine the 335d has BUT, there’s just something less enjoyable about a rattly diesel in a non-sound proofed, smaller chassis.
It also ruined the tyres way quicker than you’d like too!
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It would certainly light uo the rear tyres with all that torque and 2wd!
Agree about the non rattle. The 335D with the auto box and x Drive is a hoot at any traffic light Grand Prix and especially when its wet
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
I do want an R107 though
Current:
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
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Hello folks! Z4 beats SLK all day
Call me shallow, but I bought our Z4 on it’s looks. Didn’t even know what a Z4 was… had owned M3 and (much newer) 325i before. Never contemplated an SLK. Always looks a bit, hmm, safe? Did do a bit of research to move up from a 20i to a 23i packed with toys. And black. Had to be black. I probably am old enough for a Mercedes but the inner child won’t let me (yet). Put Jag in that equation too. A