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Daily or Boys Toy?
- patriot66
- Lifer
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- Location: Mawdesley, Lancashire
Daily or Boys Toy?
2003 E85 2.5i supercharged, 101k miles. May not be driven every single day but certainly gets used 4 or 5 days out of 7, all year in all weathers. Hardtop on through the winter. Puts a smile on my face every time
Sterling Grey '03 2.5i SE / Infinitas Supercharger / S.M.G / Hardtop / Gloss Black 162s / Bilstein B4s / 3.0i Brakes / DLV De-Cat & Silencer / Rebuilt VANOS / Sonar 2Xcite Lights / Carbon & Alcantara Trim / M-Sport Seats / ...& Side Covers !
- Rocket
- Member
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- Location: Midhurst area
Daily or Boys Toy?
F55 Cooper S as main car. E 85 for fun on sunny days, about 2 k a year always with the roof down.
- Mr Tidy
- Legend
- Posts: 23789
- Joined: Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:18 pm
- Location: North West Surrey
Daily or Boys Toy?
I wouldn't want to run my MC as a daily - probably couldn't afford to either.
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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- Newbie
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:10 pm
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Daily or Boys Toy?
E85 3.0si, 131k miles and run as a daily. I have covered over 13,000 miles since buying the car 18 months ago and it has proved extremely reliable. Planning to get the water pump done as preventative maintenance as part of the annual service next month.
At an average of 36.8mpg it has been surprisingly economical too!
At an average of 36.8mpg it has been surprisingly economical too!
2006 E85 3.0si manual - Monaco blue
- tomoz4white
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Daily or Boys Toy?
Wow.... 50 results in an its 70/30 Boys Toy....
Only UK OEM White Manual
E85 3.0i SE Still Rolling!
Mileage 36,000 Miles
4 x White 3.0i OEM UK E85's Made...
= 2 UK Pre-Facelift / 2 UK Facelift
E85 3.0i SE Still Rolling!
Mileage 36,000 Miles
4 x White 3.0i OEM UK E85's Made...
= 2 UK Pre-Facelift / 2 UK Facelift
- MikeyH
- Lifer
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- Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:57 pm
- Location: Devon
Daily or Boys Toy?
We use the zed 4 as a weekend drive somewhere car for coffee and fun. It gets used top down everyday if possible but not for daily type runs i.e. work. Again fun drive and coffee and cake trips out to the moors. Only gets about 4000 miles a year and as it is only a 2.2 I'm not worried about it losing resale value if the mileage does increase as it probably will never be a sort after classic like the 3 litres will be.
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
- smorris_12
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- Location: Somerset
Daily or Boys Toy?
I feel the categories are too narrow. Can I have "Works Van"?
(Somewhere I've got a picture with tools plus a set of ramps in the boot. Very capacious car.)
(Somewhere I've got a picture with tools plus a set of ramps in the boot. Very capacious car.)
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Scott
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
2006 Z4 2.5si Silbergrau und rot
Scott
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
2006 Z4 2.5si Silbergrau und rot
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Daily or Boys Toy?
Girls toys too OH drives it just as much as I do
- Z4Mariner
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Daily or Boys Toy?
Driven 'daily' when I don't need my pickup truck and when we don't have snow
Z4Mariner
Minnesota, USA
2006 Z4 Coupe 3.0Si, Montego Blue, MT
Minnesota, USA
2006 Z4 Coupe 3.0Si, Montego Blue, MT
- TOMGREEN413
- Senior Member
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- Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:41 pm
- Location: Somewhere in deep darkest Wales
Daily or Boys Toy?
The wife's E89 is her work car and our daily driver with 55k on the clock
My E86 COUPE is my Boys Toy so just used at weekends or special events with 102k on the clock
My E86 COUPE is my Boys Toy so just used at weekends or special events with 102k on the clock
White e89 Red leather interior (But that's the wife's and don't I know it :/ )
Montego Blue Coupe manual si sport (Faster than the above....much faster
Montego Blue Coupe manual si sport (Faster than the above....much faster
- DMike
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- Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:15 pm
Daily or Boys Toy?
Voted for boys toy. I drive mine as a daily, weather permitting, during those four nice summer months we get, but have a daily as a backup. With the zed aging (as well as myself), tend to use the daily, which is a more relaxing cruiser, for longer trips as well. Sigh…
2005 Z4 3.0i Sterling grey
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Daily or Boys Toy?
When I bought mine it was to be used as a daily; I sold my 6 series and switched to an E85. Then I bought a V60 in 2019 and daily duties were split in half, and the Z got a lot more use in the summer compared to the winter as you’d expect. Now the V60 is gone but I’m working overseas so the Z is in storage, so not being used at all coming back to the UK for a few weeks in July however so my dad is busy servicing and mot’img it for me so I can get a few uses out of it.
- MikeyH
- Lifer
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Daily or Boys Toy?
That’ll be nice,
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
- enuff_zed
- Lifer
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- Location: Attleborough, Norfolk
Daily or Boys Toy?
Can I vote both? Always have at least one E85 I use as a daily, plus wifey’s daily E85, but have a low mileage VO E89 which is very much a summer weekend car.
- sars
- Lifer
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- Location: East Yorkshire
Daily or Boys Toy?
But you are quite a special case, in a positive way I might add
Mines a daily driver, about 16,000 miles a year, in another two years I’m contemplating getting a manual e85 3.0si for the fun and UK holidays and get a more practical car/SUV to do the daily miles in as my 88 yr old mum finds ingress/egress rather difficult in a two seater convertible
Gorgeous SFR Z4 M40i
Gone 2017 Iridium SL400, 2015 435d xDrive Convertible, 2012 E350 CDi Convertible, 2010 DSB Z4 sdrive30i, 2008 Audi A4 Cabriolet, 2006 Phoenix Yellow Z4 2.5Si, 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible
Gone 2017 Iridium SL400, 2015 435d xDrive Convertible, 2012 E350 CDi Convertible, 2010 DSB Z4 sdrive30i, 2008 Audi A4 Cabriolet, 2006 Phoenix Yellow Z4 2.5Si, 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible