35is, boats and blue skys

Stuart Truman said:
Test drive booked for 14:30. Wish me luck! :)
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Good Luck! :D

Hope it's dried up a bit by then so you can wring its neck (and see what you'd be giving up :poke: )
 
Nah, it is just a stop - go gearbox so he will be bored soon :poke:

Nice pics of the car / boat combo :thumbsup:
 
Stuart Truman said:
Test drive booked for 14:30. Wish me luck! :)
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Good luck. Hope the weather is kind to you Stuart. Rather damp up here again so far today! I've never driven a 35iS but I've driven both a DCT and Manual 35i and I liked them, but it is definitely a different kind of car than the E85, I think aimed at a different user. I'd be interested to see what you think. :thumbsup:
 
It's pissing down so it's not going to be a very fair comparison. Some nice roads around here though so I'll try and take it on a good selection to see what I think.

Will try not to be too dazzled by gadgets 8)
 
It's such a pity alpine have not been able to fettle the 35 is.... Are you looking at the DSB one .

Sorry OP we are thread hijacking :oops:
 
Stuart Truman said:
It's pissing down so it's not going to be a very fair comparison. Some nice roads around here though so I'll try and take it on a good selection to see what I think.

Will try not to be too dazzled by gadgets 8)
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Review snippet from Top Gear so that you know what you're in for... :fuelfire:

"In this Z4, you can only get the dual-clutch gearbox, but that's no bad thing. Changes are smooth and predictable and whether you're in auto or manual, it's effortless.

Driving fast, though, is not at all relaxing. BMW has a sorry history with the way its Z cars handle and this one is no different. Drive Dynamic Control and Adaptive M Sport suspension come as standard in the 35is. You get three settings for the dampers - Normal, Sport and Sport +. Worryingly, the Z4 doesn't feel right in any of them.

In Normal, the rear end is too soft so the car rolls around too much. It feels quite squirmy and is unnerving, to be brutally honest. Whereas in something like an M3 there's an honest and predictable way it lets you know there's an awful lot of power going through the rear wheels, this Z4 doesn't feel as connected to the tarmac or you.

Sport and Sport + do lessen this effect, but the flipside is they make the ride so hard you're in danger of popping your haemorrhoids.

The revised steering doesn't help matters, because it's too vague around the dead centre. When you turn in, the nose doesn't react quickly enough and the back end moves around at the same time. Very disorientating because you're not sure whether to react to the front or the rear."
 
Good luck Stuart :thumbsup: hope it all goes well, OP they are cracking photos, you have a cracking car to be proud of there! :thumbsup:
 
Let's wait for Stu's 'My 35is Test Drive' thread to pop up at about 4:30pm and stop taking this thread off at a tangent

Nice pics though Vidge 8)
 
Nice! Love shots. Thought it was Berthon. The walkway behind the boats for sale and the train gave it away for me.

I'm down there a lot, I sell boats in Lymington! Where are you based?
 
Based in Sussex but my old man keeps his boat there. You can actually (sort of) see it in the last pic. It's the powerboat with the RIB on the fly bridge, can only see part of the stern.
 
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