Hi all. Back on the forum with my newly acquired Z4 coupe si, bought today.
After many years of Zed’s, ///M’s a Breadvan and most recently, an E30 325i vert, I’m back in straight six naturally aspirated territory with a coupe. I love the coupe. The shape, rear end, interior space - it just works. So after a short look around I found this 2006 Monaco Blue, beige interior, manual car on 102k miles and a decent history.
Car has done only 400 odd miles the last few years so thanks for all previous advice on checks and changes. Some I’ll be doing myself and some I’ll be getting my go to Beemer specialists ETA Motorsport to sort out. She’s heading over there next week for a full health check, but I have to say I’m already smitten. All the old memories of my previous Z4MC came flooding back when I climbed into the car for the first time today. It’s such a great place to be and compared to the ‘temporary’ VW Scirocco I ran the last month, night and day in terms of build quality.
Going to try and keep this as a bit of a build thread. Few things to sort (such as the broken centre console door (see below)) and a few things in mind for the future (exhaust, suspension, bush refresh etc etc etc). Also want to get Bluetooth streaming via that Amazon dongle thing that plugs into the CD prep, plus I’ve just been reading a thread on subtle twin USB power cabling.
To those I already know, hello. To those I don’t, nice to meet you
After many years of Zed’s, ///M’s a Breadvan and most recently, an E30 325i vert, I’m back in straight six naturally aspirated territory with a coupe. I love the coupe. The shape, rear end, interior space - it just works. So after a short look around I found this 2006 Monaco Blue, beige interior, manual car on 102k miles and a decent history.
Car has done only 400 odd miles the last few years so thanks for all previous advice on checks and changes. Some I’ll be doing myself and some I’ll be getting my go to Beemer specialists ETA Motorsport to sort out. She’s heading over there next week for a full health check, but I have to say I’m already smitten. All the old memories of my previous Z4MC came flooding back when I climbed into the car for the first time today. It’s such a great place to be and compared to the ‘temporary’ VW Scirocco I ran the last month, night and day in terms of build quality.
Going to try and keep this as a bit of a build thread. Few things to sort (such as the broken centre console door (see below)) and a few things in mind for the future (exhaust, suspension, bush refresh etc etc etc). Also want to get Bluetooth streaming via that Amazon dongle thing that plugs into the CD prep, plus I’ve just been reading a thread on subtle twin USB power cabling.
To those I already know, hello. To those I don’t, nice to meet you
North Yorkshire
North West Surrey
