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Today is a sad day, I'm selling my beloved Z4m Coupe. It is also a happy day, I'm selling it to an enthusiast and a Z4 member! I've had a brilliant time owning this car, kept it longer than most other cars I've owned: Sat in a new Imola Red Coupe at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2006...

2006 Z4m Coupe for Sale Imola Red 29k miles '56 plate in excellent condition. £17,500 29666 current mileage (may rise slightly, used every now and again) 14925 or 2 years to next service (oil) 3 owners, then me. Full BMW service history: First reg: 28.12.2006 pre del check: Ryedale BMW...

Balls. My better half has decided that the M Coupe must go. I'm too tired of arguing. I normally pick the cars, but this time the new parameters are too hard and she can choose one. She wants something: As fast Shorter bonnet As good looking Doesn't depreciate Costs a pittance to service...

I find it incredibly annoying that the same warning beep is used for flat tyres, speed and child er I mean cold, temperature outside. Every time it gets to 3deg I think I have a puncture! Is there any way to stop the cold warning beep?

I was lucky enough to have a quick go of a friend's Evora S at the weekend, and I'm bloody impressed. It's plenty quick enough, 270bhp/ton versus 228 for the Z4MC. It shot up to 140 on a private road near me pretty quickly and with a gear left. :driving: What really got me was the ride...

This is quite impressive. A drag race with: BMW 1M Mustang Boss 302 911 GT3 RS Corvette Z06 458 Italia GT-R R8 GT SLS AMG Lexus LFA Cayman R Evora S http://youtu.be/uDP7Pty8Qnw

For a non-mechanic? I was bored last night and jacked up my car to have a look (25k miles ish 56 plate) I couldn't see anything obvious, but is it something that only an expert can spot?

It's probably about a year since PVR kindly helped me install the Intravee in my car, and I finally got around to updating it! A failed attempt a while ago left me fuming, but I think I had the wrong cable.... Anyway, I've finally got the new firmware. What cool stuff can I do with it...

I'm pretty sure my sub is blown (item 4 here: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BT52&mospid=47797&btnr=65_1219&hg=65&fg=20 ) Does anyone know if there's a replacement speaker that's any good / will fit? I asked BMW who quoted something between £150 and £200 for an OEM replacement...

I was idly perusing an American magazine and spotted this: 5.4 Supercharged V8 550 bhp 510lb-ft 0-60 = 4.2 But the most amazing stat is the price: $55,000 :o Which at today's exchange is £34,591. Obviously there would be taxes, import duty and VAT on top but still, that's an amazing price.

Does anyone here have any experience of DMS's re-mapping? I just spoke to them about the Z4m and they basically do the same re-map as the M3 (about 20bhp, 28ft/lb throttle re-map and a de-limit) for £595 + vat... A friend had a great result with his 535d, just wondering if anyone has any...

Last few pictures, promise! Before I washed it, I took a shot of the makeshift ring sticker: and the permanent one:

Just found this picture whilst tidying up my photobucket album: It was the only production car that I queued up to sit in, it just looked so awesome! I thought, mmmmm this is nice... It must have been about 3 years later that I bought one, and it was in the same colour!

I found a more interesting video of a later lap. It's got the crashed S2000, me screwing up miss-hit-miss, overtaking the Ruf looking Porsche and keeping up with a black CSL (for a bit): part one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mQmqqiMWTc part two -...

It's a Conn 20m, bought in approx '92 and played for about a year. I learnt Summertime by Gershwin then gave up! Not sure if that's a good one or not. It's been loved, cleaned and everything works. All the movements are good and all the seals work. The only damage is a tiny bit of cork...