BMW Z4 3L in Australia!

[Mitch89]

Reckon we should start the " whirlies and whip " club - very exclusive !!!!! Then again sounds a bit like " Walnut Whips " ( showing my age - can you still buy them ? )

Sounds like a strip club

Welcome -im sooo jealous of the weather you get over there,must be hardly worth putting the top up!

I'm already paying for it with the first lot of sunburn!

 

[sars]

He bought the new 2L turbo with the 8 speed auto, M Sport pack and 326M wheels.

Mine cost more new that his did

and yours will be quicker too, just see the conversation going too, ah but mine has to be electronically limited to 155 mph, not just run out of puff

 

[Stuart Truman]

He bought the new 2L turbo with the 8 speed auto, M Sport pack and 326M wheels.

Mine cost more new that his did

and yours will be quicker too, just see the conversation going too, ah but mine has to be electronically limited to 155 mph, not just run out of puff

Sars seems familiar with the ways of "man conversation". Have you been eavedropping?

 

[Mitch89]

Plated up!



And discovered that my roof worked from my key fob out of the box after all!

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[Marco]

Hey Mitch - Welcome! Awesome car and I love the Roof Down action with the Key fob! I did the drive from Sydney to Melbourne when I was out there a few years back and I can't think of a better first drive for the Zed! I also can't think of a better place to own one....... I can just picture that beauty driving down past Bondi! Enjoy.....

 

[RidgyDidge]

Welcome. Lovely looking car, and good to see the number of Aussie forum members on the increase too.


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[Mitch89]

Hey Mitch - Welcome! Awesome car and I love the Roof Down action with the Key fob! I did the drive from Sydney to Melbourne when I was out there a few years back and I can't think of a better first drive for the Zed! I also can't think of a better place to own one....... I can just picture that beauty driving down past Bondi! Enjoy.....

Funny you should say that, took this at Dee Why this afternoon:

 

[andysat]

Nice to see a bit of hot sun pics when its sooo cold here at the mo

 

[Mitch89]

The weather here is screwed at the moment! Yesterday my Z4 was subjected to the best roof leak test possible, courtesy of mother nature. At least it fined up for the afternoon

 

[Marco]

Hey Mitch - Welcome! Awesome car and I love the Roof Down action with the Key fob! I did the drive from Sydney to Melbourne when I was out there a few years back and I can't think of a better first drive for the Zed! I also can't think of a better place to own one....... I can just picture that beauty driving down past Bondi! Enjoy.....

Funny you should say that, took this at Dee Why this afternoon:

Damn I miss that place! The Zed was born for weather like that!

 

[Mitch89]

Dad's white E89 has arrived, some photos of the pair to come!

(side note: the E89 in white with the 326M wheels looks freaking amazing, though it has the same awful whip antenna as the E85 )

 

[sars]

Those wheels are indeed gorgeous, but recession white is not for me

He bought the new 2L turbo with the 8 speed auto, M Sport pack and 326M wheels.

Mine cost more new that his did

and yours will be quicker too, just see the conversation going too, ah but mine has to be electronically limited to 155 mph, not just run out of puff

Sars seems familiar with the ways of "man conversation". Have you been eavedropping?

No, but boys will be boys, no matter how old they are.....spending 4 years at uni doing Engineering, with 60 guys for company is some kinda education plus 20 years in engineering manufacturing too.

 

[Mitch89]

 

[Anonymous]

Great looking car, and with 54K miles, it looks as new!!!

What does the auto shifter look like on the new E89's? Is it like the old ones (ie crap) or are they like the ones on the DCT boxes now?

Sounds crazy but I bought mine for the way the shifter looked and not because it was a DCT!!!

 

[Mitch89]

The new 8-speed E89s get the nice shifter and individual up and down paddles. I agree, much better. I'll take a bunch of photos of the E89 when I have time. Need to take some good ones of mine when it's clean now it has my plates on it!

 

[Anonymous]

You guys have great weather for some nice detailing work!! Grey is one of the best colours for a good detail!!

 

[Stuart Truman]

No, but boys will be boys, no matter how old they are.....spending 4 years at uni doing Engineering, with 60 guys for company is some kinda education plus 20 years in engineering manufacturing too.

When I was at BA there was one female engineer...

Tapatalking...

 

[Anonymous]

I couldn't agree more, Alpine white looks amazing!!

 

[Mitch89]

 

[Mitch89]

Car is booked in with BMW to take a look at the surging above 3000rpm (research online suggests a reflash may sort the issue, fingers crossed it's that easy).

In the meantime my DICE Mediabridge arrived!!

Honestly every E85/E86 Z4 owner should buy one of these, it works so well, and adds so much functionality for such a small amount of money!! Simply disconnect the CD changer (just peeled back the boot carpet to access the two cables), connected them to the Mediabridge harness, and it was ready to go. My only complaint would be the bluetooth audio streaming is a little on the flat side, it doesn't pump the bass nearly as good as connecting via USB, and it seems to clip the highs as well.

As it stands, I connect the iPhone with the USB cable (which also charges it) and listen to music that way, while calls come through over Bluetooth.

My iPhone connecting:

USB/iPod mode. Works great with music and TuneIn on the iPhone. Shows track names on the screen, and next/previous track from the steering wheel.

I'm told phone call quality is excellent, even with the roof down.

All in all for AU$300 I'm stoked!