a340driver
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Apologies as I'm really just thinking aloud after commenting on Stuart's thread earlier.
My motors: 06 Z4M 43K ish, 00 330Ci 140K ish.
I've managed about 5000 miles a year the last 2 years on both cars, although the Z4M was mainly on unnecessary journeys on days off. I hate leaving it at the Heathrow car park and take the rust bucket instead: A mechanically good 330Ci that has the rust worm. The M4 isn't the natural habitat of an ///M anyway!
I find myself wondering if I'm going to keep the Z4M forever. I'm looking at replacing the X reg 330Ci as it's 140k now, I suspect big bills soon and it's very rusty.
The commute is a 150 mile round trip, but not daily, mostly on motorway. But as younger 330Ci's, 3.0 or ///M E86's, early E90 330/335 even E46 M3's are great value (if you get an unmolested one). I'm lucky enough to be facing a bizarre set of choices, this is my dilemma:
1. There is nothing out there at the moment which can replace the Z4M for me (a fun car for anything but the commute and a stupidly short range).
2. The replacements for my ageing commuter are all (performance wise) similar to the Z4M. With 2 performance cars, I suspect I'll just drive the one that isn't in the garage (ie. the much loved Z4M).
Half of me would like something like a small Fiat (we've had plenty before), but maybe a 500 Abarth this time and the other half longs for a straight 6 for the motorway like a bog standard 335 as a direct upgrade for the 330Ci.
I would love to hear suggestions.
ps.
It has to be reliable.
I don't want anything dull. (I realise the first 2 points may be incompatible).
More than 4 cylinders, or an interesting type of engine.
No Diesel. It is the work of the devil and I respect my neighbours ears in the morning, plus we already have one which is fully utilised by the Lady Wife,(A5 2.0 Tdi quattro).........or persuade me.
A manual gearbox.
If it's front wheel drive and over 200bhp, you're having a laugh.
It has to be over 200bhp..... or be very light!
Oh and less than 15k......
I would love to hear your ideas........
My motors: 06 Z4M 43K ish, 00 330Ci 140K ish.
I've managed about 5000 miles a year the last 2 years on both cars, although the Z4M was mainly on unnecessary journeys on days off. I hate leaving it at the Heathrow car park and take the rust bucket instead: A mechanically good 330Ci that has the rust worm. The M4 isn't the natural habitat of an ///M anyway!
I find myself wondering if I'm going to keep the Z4M forever. I'm looking at replacing the X reg 330Ci as it's 140k now, I suspect big bills soon and it's very rusty.
The commute is a 150 mile round trip, but not daily, mostly on motorway. But as younger 330Ci's, 3.0 or ///M E86's, early E90 330/335 even E46 M3's are great value (if you get an unmolested one). I'm lucky enough to be facing a bizarre set of choices, this is my dilemma:
1. There is nothing out there at the moment which can replace the Z4M for me (a fun car for anything but the commute and a stupidly short range).
2. The replacements for my ageing commuter are all (performance wise) similar to the Z4M. With 2 performance cars, I suspect I'll just drive the one that isn't in the garage (ie. the much loved Z4M).
Half of me would like something like a small Fiat (we've had plenty before), but maybe a 500 Abarth this time and the other half longs for a straight 6 for the motorway like a bog standard 335 as a direct upgrade for the 330Ci.
I would love to hear suggestions.
ps.
It has to be reliable.
I don't want anything dull. (I realise the first 2 points may be incompatible).
More than 4 cylinders, or an interesting type of engine.
No Diesel. It is the work of the devil and I respect my neighbours ears in the morning, plus we already have one which is fully utilised by the Lady Wife,(A5 2.0 Tdi quattro).........or persuade me.
A manual gearbox.
If it's front wheel drive and over 200bhp, you're having a laugh.
It has to be over 200bhp..... or be very light!
Oh and less than 15k......
I would love to hear your ideas........
Liverpool
