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Edit: Basically I'm saying 'who gives a crap if people are anal or not. You can focus on giving to charity for your starving children, but this link <link> shows that may be just as destructive. If you can't win either way and you aren't trying to sort out the problem in your free time anyway -...

You can be offended at someone being offended, but don't dress it up as 'People are starving you are indirectly contributing to it'. Unless you spend the time people wash their cars / typing on a forum on solving the underlying problems - then you're no better than what you claim to hate (dare I...

This topic always seems to be very divisive because people take comments that 'you should always have DSC on to avoid crashes' as a direct insult to their driving ability. Well it has nothing to do with attacking your ability, but it does involve some facts: - On a public road there are things...

I'm with Adamski. The Z4 would have to be in extraordinary condition for me to buy a Z4 without service stamps, when there are plenty of Z4s available with full BMW service history. Do you really save that much? I can't see you saving anywhere near the amount of depreciation added. I think...

Thanks for that, looks pretty conclusive! I found the real deal on ebay from BMW Cotswold: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120918777752?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 They're not far away, so I might call in one day.

Browsing the bay as you do, and this looks like the ZHP? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-M-TECH-6-SPEED-LEATHER-GEAR-KNOB-E36-E46-E60-E82-E87-E90-E92-E93-Z4-M1-M3-M5-/251069754660?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Model%3AZ4&hash=item3a74ec6d24#ht_500wt_1413 However, I think the genuine...

The halogen lights aren't autolevelling unfortunately. It's an expensive job to fit the autolevelling retrofit - expensive enough that you might as well go for real xenon while you're at it.

There's a few add-on boxes you can use such as Dension 300 / Intravee II that let you hook up an iPod dock to the stock HU. If you have DSP (press the button with the note on it a few times, if you can change equaliser settings [Jazz/etc.] then you have it) then only the Intravee II is plug and...

Failure with Xenon, doesn't matter with halogen. Reason is that Xenons are brighter and a dirty lens will cause the light to scatter, dazzling oncoming traffic. It's why people who put xenon bulbs behind halogen lenses blind everyone on the road.

I looked into this a teeny bit when I had a 2.0. A different air filter is the easiest / cheapest solution. The problem with all of the after-market kits is that on a 4 cylinder they make it sound like a chav mobile. The 2.0 is a remarkably smooth sounding engine for a 4cyl, so I didn't want to...

Sounds like the brakes are priming themselves. I can't find the marketing blurb, but basically if the car thinks you're going to need to brake heavily it'll prime the brakes so you can stop more quickly.

If you're after a raw experience - why not buy a car without these features from the outset? There's got to be small manufacturers in the US like we have in the UK, such as Caterham, Ariel, Westfield. Give one a call 'give me your best trackday car without any driver assists'. Or get into...

Guy caught doing 146kph in a 100kph limit in New Zealand: http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=315985 (skip to 16:48).

If you google 'Z4 retrofit sound generator' something will come up. There's a US forum with a step by step for the 2.5 engine. Sound generator parts can be bought for £30-£50 in the EU. It's meant to be pricier in the US due to the parts coming from Germany :(

True, true. If not - sound generator can be retrofitted to any 6cyl Z4.