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2007 Black with some funky black/blue leather
80k £20000
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80k £20000
2007 Black BMW Z4 M for sale for £20,000 in UTTOXETER, STAFFORDSHIRE
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Probably wants that modded money back! No mention of rod bearings being done.
I prefer this one with 10k less miles
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I prefer this one with 10k less miles
2007 BMW Z4M Black Manual, 6 speed Right Hand Drive in Ch...
2007 BMW Z4M Black Manual, 6 speed Right Hand Drive in Chipping Campden, United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £19,995 2007 BMW Z4M...
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I wonder how many cars for sale have had their rod bearings done. I very rarely see it mentioned in the ads except on the forum so probably 1 in 10.Probably wants that modded money back! No mention of rod bearings being done.
I prefer this one with 10k less miles
2007 BMW Z4M Black Manual, 6 speed Right Hand Drive in Ch...
2007 BMW Z4M Black Manual, 6 speed Right Hand Drive in Chipping Campden, United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £19,995 2007 BMW Z4M...
I got an E-mail from Ebay earlier to tell me this one had been reduced by £4,001!
It still doesn't look like a bargain though.
It still doesn't look like a bargain though.
This has just come available for anyone searching for a rare beast
Still an advocate of bearings being overblown.
From seeing people replacing them on here over the last 15 years the bearings that come out of worried garage queen owners at 40k look identical to those coming out at 120k. Seemingly, most wear is being done early on in life. I think ive seen 3 Z4Ms go with engine failure on here, 2 were heavy track cars, one wasnt a bearing issue but the car overheating. Granted not the biggest pool but it is overblown.
When it is a big cost item and roadsters are trading at realistically 12k for 80k cars. Add "Vanos" which is another must-do but again, I can't remember one being replaced on here.
Then people use it as a bargaining tool, ah ye spend 2k to sort it and the cars still a 12k car 10k if its not been done.
Granted its not to say its not an issue but at the same time you just dont see it.
From seeing people replacing them on here over the last 15 years the bearings that come out of worried garage queen owners at 40k look identical to those coming out at 120k. Seemingly, most wear is being done early on in life. I think ive seen 3 Z4Ms go with engine failure on here, 2 were heavy track cars, one wasnt a bearing issue but the car overheating. Granted not the biggest pool but it is overblown.
When it is a big cost item and roadsters are trading at realistically 12k for 80k cars. Add "Vanos" which is another must-do but again, I can't remember one being replaced on here.
Then people use it as a bargaining tool, ah ye spend 2k to sort it and the cars still a 12k car 10k if its not been done.
Granted its not to say its not an issue but at the same time you just dont see it.
I ran in the previous M and had it from 23k miles and that was never ragged and always properly warmed up for 10 miles before driving it harder. I am convinced that is why Bing didn't need to do the bearings until 110k miles or thereabouts.
Problem buying used is that you don't know how the car has been treated. I have been on plenty of overnight meets where the cars were not being treated sympathetically when having cold engines.
Problem buying used is that you don't know how the car has been treated. I have been on plenty of overnight meets where the cars were not being treated sympathetically when having cold engines.
Probably, there does seem to be internet driven paranoia but as some people quite correctly say, you cannot know the history of a car.
We've had a few people make offers on the wife's MC when she's toyed with selling it. We've had it a decade, before that another forum member. Most enquiries immediately asked about VANOS and Bearings (and one about the clutch?) , and some offers have effectively wanted us to pay towards them to rebuild the engine on a sub 50,000 mile road car. I can guess what a dealer would say to that.
Maybe we're just lucky - our Z4 hasn't exploded, we ran a Maserati Gransport for over a decade and 30k on the same clutch and never needed a breakdown lorry, we even put 100k on an MR2 roadster without it eating its pre-cats and I've got a diesel outside with a 125k old dual mass flywheel that hasn't exploded.
I should take some photos and sort an advert out, but she's actually started using it and has just gone up to Preston in it. Admittedly this is because it is the only car we have with working aircon. I suspect when the 530e arrives next month it will be back in the garage.
It's all tinterweb stories...... 1000 M Cars with 0 problems ........ 3 with Rod bearing issues.... OMG they're all done for.... 
Then again my M6 has 34k miles on it and I want to get the rod bearings etc done because I want the piece of mind as I don't know how those 33k miles have done to the engine....
Then again my M6 has 34k miles on it and I want to get the rod bearings etc done because I want the piece of mind as I don't know how those 33k miles have done to the engine....
Even so they aren't fragile and being the last iteration of bearing installed into S54 they are obviously showing they are better than the ones in the E46.
For what they are the Z4M is incredible reliable in the two I've had over 50k neither gave me a big bill outside of routine maintenance. Testament to these cars.
For what they are the Z4M is incredible reliable in the two I've had over 50k neither gave me a big bill outside of routine maintenance. Testament to these cars.