I thought after I had my first full month of Z4 ownership, I would put up my thoughts and feelings. What were your first thoughts when you picked up your first?
1st September I picked up my 09 23i with 57k on the clock, not really a huge amount of options and that didn't really bother me. Although the wife has wanted one for herself for a while, I was going to be looking for a new car in a few months anyway so took her (the Z, not the wife) for a test drive, couple of days later, paid the dealer! The pain of having one at the end of the road...
First day I picked her up was sunny and had to get the roof down and what a smile I had. I now fully understood why people with convertibles have such a big smile! I also realised that until now, I had never driven or even been in a convertible with the roof down before so it is a good thing I got on with it!
I know that the 23i is the baby of the range, but to me it is a massive upgrade and beats anything I have driven before. I had an old 2000 Daewoo Lanos prior to the Z, which to be fair we have had for 7 years, did long (500 mile round trips) journeys with no problems, if we had the space we would have kept it. The wife has an 08 318i so I had some experience with BMW's but the Z is completely different to hers.
Driving position is great in the Z, even though it can be a bit of a pain on blind junctions, you get used to it quite quickly I found. Once the engine is warmed up, it loves to rev and just keeps coming even without the sport button on. I do now collect a lot more nectar points and will soon be on first name terms with the cashier, but you buy these cars knowing that, and buying more fuel is fine as long as you enjoy using it. Taking it up to the moors or over the river into Cornwall is great for finding some fun roads, feels right at home on them.
I have clocked up the miles over the last 30 days, over 1,500 already and the only niggle that has come out is a sound from the nearside front wheel. Been to the garage and they think it might be a wheel bearing, but it is too faint to say for definite. Said give it a bit more of a run in and if it's worse, will replace it as it's still under its warranty. They have had the wheel, brakes and all off and can't see anything else so not hugely worried.
I have also experienced something I never have before, tram-lining! I am now becoming more used to this but it takes some getting used to. It is on 17"s with run flats, I am not looking to change the size of the wheels or away from run flats so from reading the forum, it looks like Michelin's are the best to reduce this so will be getting them when it's time to change.
Overall I love the car, walking up to it when leaving the office, or anywhere, it just looks so damn good. You could say I have these feelings due to my limited/poor car history, which may well be true, but that doesn't change the fact I love having this car as my daily.
P.S. I never knew how quickly black cars got dirty....
1st September I picked up my 09 23i with 57k on the clock, not really a huge amount of options and that didn't really bother me. Although the wife has wanted one for herself for a while, I was going to be looking for a new car in a few months anyway so took her (the Z, not the wife) for a test drive, couple of days later, paid the dealer! The pain of having one at the end of the road...
First day I picked her up was sunny and had to get the roof down and what a smile I had. I now fully understood why people with convertibles have such a big smile! I also realised that until now, I had never driven or even been in a convertible with the roof down before so it is a good thing I got on with it!
I know that the 23i is the baby of the range, but to me it is a massive upgrade and beats anything I have driven before. I had an old 2000 Daewoo Lanos prior to the Z, which to be fair we have had for 7 years, did long (500 mile round trips) journeys with no problems, if we had the space we would have kept it. The wife has an 08 318i so I had some experience with BMW's but the Z is completely different to hers.
Driving position is great in the Z, even though it can be a bit of a pain on blind junctions, you get used to it quite quickly I found. Once the engine is warmed up, it loves to rev and just keeps coming even without the sport button on. I do now collect a lot more nectar points and will soon be on first name terms with the cashier, but you buy these cars knowing that, and buying more fuel is fine as long as you enjoy using it. Taking it up to the moors or over the river into Cornwall is great for finding some fun roads, feels right at home on them.
I have clocked up the miles over the last 30 days, over 1,500 already and the only niggle that has come out is a sound from the nearside front wheel. Been to the garage and they think it might be a wheel bearing, but it is too faint to say for definite. Said give it a bit more of a run in and if it's worse, will replace it as it's still under its warranty. They have had the wheel, brakes and all off and can't see anything else so not hugely worried.
I have also experienced something I never have before, tram-lining! I am now becoming more used to this but it takes some getting used to. It is on 17"s with run flats, I am not looking to change the size of the wheels or away from run flats so from reading the forum, it looks like Michelin's are the best to reduce this so will be getting them when it's time to change.
Overall I love the car, walking up to it when leaving the office, or anywhere, it just looks so damn good. You could say I have these feelings due to my limited/poor car history, which may well be true, but that doesn't change the fact I love having this car as my daily.
P.S. I never knew how quickly black cars got dirty....
But they do look good when they're clean, 
