It must be difficult for dealers these days. We all try to keep good paper history files on our cars as it is key to the cars providence and part of its value. Most of those pieces of paper (service records, tyre purchases, etc) have names, addresses etc on them and could be deemed covered by data protection. If a car is sold privately I wager we all just pass on the history file without a second thought (or consequence) while I assume the dealer either has to bin anything vaguely sensitive or go through the file with a black marker pen and block out names, addresses, etc etc.
30i v 28i
- Thread starter Big Bad Boris
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ronk said:
This one seems to have stopped giving VIN numbers today, instead gives an engine number?? Anybody know of an alternative solution for getting VINs from ref numbers?
After a couple of days of searching found this one, if anyone wants to get a VIN from a reg number try this....
https://www.checkmyreg.com/
https://www.checkmyreg.com/
Big Bad Boris said:
A good link. Thanks.
The MOT mileages given for my car was interesting. It was first registered on 1st January 2010 and in January 2013 had done 26,338 miles. By January 2018 it had done 30,447 a grand total of 4,109 miles. When I bought it in October 2018 it had done 35,925. Hardly surprising it was in good nick!
GoSteve said:
I have driven the 28i in standard form without any remap and it didn't feel anymore quicker then my 30i, although the official figurers suggest the 28i to be just a bit quicker.
I have driven the 28i Auto, and its definately quicker than my 2.5 23i 204hp Manual.
But I haven't driven a 30i. I would seriously miss the exhaust note of my 6 cylinder.
But 280hp, over 254hp. Can you tell the difference. Does the torque make the 4 pot better.
Sadly, I have been known to hold onto the gears, just to wring out a little more music.
But the 28i didnt sound too bad either. Just not spectacular.
SOUND OF AN ALFA
In 85', I used to have an 84 Alfa GTV6. Nothing on earth sounds like that though. Nothing will ever compare to the staggering sound the engine made.
I remember bringing it home, and my neighbor came out of his house asking what the hell was under the bonnet.
Once you have heard and owned an Alfa Busso engine, EVERYTHING is slightly disappointing in comparison. So much so, I have genuinely toyed with getting another one. (Saw my original one at Auto Italia show at Brooklands a few years ago, and it still sounded amazing).
But I haven't driven a 30i. I would seriously miss the exhaust note of my 6 cylinder.
But 280hp, over 254hp. Can you tell the difference. Does the torque make the 4 pot better.
Sadly, I have been known to hold onto the gears, just to wring out a little more music.
But the 28i didnt sound too bad either. Just not spectacular.
SOUND OF AN ALFA
In 85', I used to have an 84 Alfa GTV6. Nothing on earth sounds like that though. Nothing will ever compare to the staggering sound the engine made.
I remember bringing it home, and my neighbor came out of his house asking what the hell was under the bonnet.
Once you have heard and owned an Alfa Busso engine, EVERYTHING is slightly disappointing in comparison. So much so, I have genuinely toyed with getting another one. (Saw my original one at Auto Italia show at Brooklands a few years ago, and it still sounded amazing).
The GTV6 is a stunning design too. Sound is extremely important to me hence the reason why I chose the 6 pot older car (that and the silky smoothness of the 6) over the later 4 pot turbo. Sounds makes up half the driving experience in a performance car especially in a convertible when you have the roof down, this is one of the main reasons why people buy AMG, soon thanks to all the stupid legislations we are going to have cars that sound crap or in case of EVs not at all, so I am hanging on to my 6 pot, maybe I should go out and get a V8 and V12 whilst I can too. 
Silverstar said:The GTV6 is a stunning design too. Sound is extremely important to me hence the reason why I chose the 6 pot older car (that and the silky smoothness of the 6) over the later 4 pot turbo. Sounds makes up half the driving experience in a performance car especially in a convertible when you have the roof down, this is one of the main reasons why people buy AMG, soon thanks to all the stupid legislations we are going to have cars that sound crap or in case of EVs not at all, so I am hanging on to my 6 pot, maybe I should go out and get a V8 and V12 whilst I can too.
The main reason I went for 6 cylinders is that my previous sports car was a TVR Chimaera 450 with a 4.5 litres V8. The noise that thing makes is music to your ears.
There was just no way I could have gone from that to a four pot. The 6 makes a decent enough noise particularly at high revs but it doesn’t compare to a V8.Attachments
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GoSteve said:
The 28i just shades out the 30i on the 0-62 dash...the later 8 speed auto does far better than the 30i 6 speed auto..
Of course with a trivial re-map it’s quite a bit quicker than the 30i..
Not that the 0-62 dash is everything...the 4 digit number is the unladen weight
23i 6 Speed Manual 204 1480 6.6
23i 6 Speed Auto 204 1480 7.3
30i 6 Speed Manual 258 1470 5.8
30i 6 Speed Auto 258 1505 6.1
28i 6 Speed Manual 245 1480 5.7
28i 8 Speed Auto 245 1500 5.5
280 6 Speed Manual 280 1480 5.4
280 8 Speed Auto 280 1500 5.1
Tinker15 said:Silverstar said:The GTV6 is a stunning design too. Sound is extremely important to me hence the reason why I chose the 6 pot older car (that and the silky smoothness of the 6) over the later 4 pot turbo. Sounds makes up half the driving experience in a performance car especially in a convertible when you have the roof down, this is one of the main reasons why people buy AMG, soon thanks to all the stupid legislations we are going to have cars that sound crap or in case of EVs not at all, so I am hanging on to my 6 pot, maybe I should go out and get a V8 and V12 whilst I can too.
The main reason I went for 6 cylinders is that my previous sports car was a TVR Chimaera 450 with a 4.5 litres V8. The noise that thing makes is music to your ears.
Sadly we can't get a V8 in the Z4 but yes the TVRs always sounded so good!
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Silverstar said:Tinker15 said:Silverstar said:The GTV6 is a stunning design too. Sound is extremely important to me hence the reason why I chose the 6 pot older car (that and the silky smoothness of the 6) over the later 4 pot turbo. Sounds makes up half the driving experience in a performance car especially in a convertible when you have the roof down, this is one of the main reasons why people buy AMG, soon thanks to all the stupid legislations we are going to have cars that sound crap or in case of EVs not at all, so I am hanging on to my 6 pot, maybe I should go out and get a V8 and V12 whilst I can too.
The main reason I went for 6 cylinders is that my previous sports car was a TVR Chimaera 450 with a 4.5 litres V8. The noise that thing makes is music to your ears.
Sadly we can't get a V8 in the Z4 but yes the TVRs always sounded so good!
There was a guy who a BMW V8 in a Z4..it was an E85...came on one of our runs..
Massive feat of engineering...but needed more fettling ..plus physics yet again...way too heavy a lump..
So didn’t handle even remotely... :thumbsdown:
Great effort though..