Future owner of stock car - year of ownership.

[Scubaregs]

[ref]Roadster_Surrey[/ref], Thanks. Yes sizes for winters/all seasons on 19's seem to be a problem. Local tyre place does the tyre hotel thing, but showing nothing in all seasons tyre wise for 19's.
I'm now leaning towards watching the weather and just buying a winter banger if it looks like being a bad winter and punting it on iin the spring.

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

Car doesn't detect 19 winter tyres automaticaly and when choosing them manualy, there are sizes up to 18. So only option is to choose "Winter" and "Other".

I survived last winter with roadster on summer tyres as my only car. It was good enough to buy Christmas tree I think it snowed 3 times in early 2021, but I didn't have to drive anywhere on these days and due to Covid, I didn't travel to Europe either.

After reading more, I understand now, that 12V socket doesn't turn off in BMW, it's always live. A bit annoying, to unplug dashcam cable every time. I then forget to plug it back and drive without dashcam.

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

10 000 miles later and I'm happy with the car as daily. However at times, it would be useful to have a bit bigger car. I went for 4 weeks Euro-trip in May/June, took with me tent, inflatable kayak, all camping accessories and it was a bit tight. Stuff behind both seats, some in passenger footwell. On a way back, I put kayak on front seat to get some space in the boot for smaller items and shopping in Germany and Belgium.

Someone at campsite called it dream setup: tent, kayak and convertible.

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

On 24th September was a year since the car was delivered. I did 14754 miles in one year and one day. That includes 3 Euro-trips and some driving around in UK.

Good things:
-surprisingly fuel efficient
-good enough tech for basic spec
-no mechanical issues
-reasonable space in the boot, good for Christmas tree hauling.
-drives better than SLK on hairpins.
-people think it looks great, got some compliments on it.

Bad:
-it's way too quiet after Abarth and whenever I drive to places, that I visited in Abarth, I miss it.
-there's some material/plastic rubbing on the headrest loop cover. I removed it on my last trip and annoying sound disappeared. I had to put it back for some photos and forgot to remove it again. If I'm really bored, I may contact BMW service.

As of now, I think, I will replace it with Abart 124 Spider, which Z4 replaced. I just miss exhaust sound too much. The mileage will go down a bit next year, as I got 4x4 car and will be using it for camping and for Euro-trips. Z4 will still be my daily, as 4x4 burns twice as much petrol (4l engine).


Monte Splugo in Italy.

 

[Mr Tidy]

That's mighty impressive economy.

Shame you aren't feeling the love enough and are considering swapping back to an Abarth Spyder, but maybe you could offer some thoughts on here:- https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137907

 

[ori]

Don’t think the Abarth is a direct comparison. Much smaller car. Tiny boot.
I do like it though. Shame they don’t make it anymore.

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

Yes, Abarth is much smaller and boot is half the size of Z4. It's not as sofisticated as Z4, but I can't think if any other car that's fun and noisy. I had SLK55 before and it sounded nice, but rear was way too light and front too heavy.

I accepted the fact, that I won't be owning any brand new cars again, because there's simply nothing I want.

 

[ori]

Yes, Abarth is much smaller and boot is half the size of Z4. It's not as sofisticated as Z4, but I can't think if any other car that's fun and noisy. I had SLK55 before and it sounded nice, but rear was way too light and front too heavy.

I accepted the fact, that I won't be owning any brand new cars again, because there's simply nothing I want.

Stick and aftermarket exhaust on the g29.

 

[Argyll Andy]

Yes, Abarth is much smaller and boot is half the size of Z4. It's not as sofisticated as Z4, but I can't think if any other car that's fun and noisy. I had SLK55 before and it sounded nice, but rear was way too light and front too heavy.

I accepted the fact, that I won't be owning any brand new cars again, because there's simply nothing I want.

Stick and aftermarket exhaust on the g29.

[ref]Roadster_Surrey[/ref],

Really funny thing, I have felt from the very start that the M40 was quiet, but others, particularly behind me, say the sound is amazing and they love it. I’m with [ref]ori[/ref], re the aftermarket one, it may well be at the top of my mods list for my next one

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

It's a leased car, so no point in modifying it.

 

[q96169we]

Yes, Abarth is much smaller and boot is half the size of Z4. It's not as sofisticated as Z4, but I can't think if any other car that's fun and noisy. I had SLK55 before and it sounded nice, but rear was way too light and front too heavy.

I accepted the fact, that I won't be owning any brand new cars again, because there's simply nothing I want.

Stick and aftermarket exhaust on the g29.

[ref]Roadster_Surrey[/ref],

Really funny thing, I have felt from the very start that the M40 was quiet, but others, particularly behind me, say the sound is amazing and they love it. I’m with [ref]ori[/ref], re the aftermarket one, it may well be at the top of my mods list for my next one

I find the same. I feel it's not loud enough when driving the car (both top up or down) but my wife sometimes follows me behind always says it's very loud and it's loud enough so that she forbids me to modify the exhaust. :headbang:

 

[ori]

Stick and aftermarket exhaust on the g29.

[ref]Roadster_Surrey[/ref],

Really funny thing, I have felt from the very start that the M40 was quiet, but others, particularly behind me, say the sound is amazing and they love it. I’m with [ref]ori[/ref], re the aftermarket one, it may well be at the top of my mods list for my next one

I find the same. I feel it's not loud enough when driving the car (both top up or down) but my wife sometimes follows me behind always says it's very loud and it's loud enough so that she forbids me to modify the exhaust. :headbang:

So reality is the g29 is built well enough to insulate the noise inside the cabin and give it a lovely noise outside.

Top down I find the noise lovely though.

 

[q96169we]

[ref]Roadster_Surrey[/ref],

Really funny thing, I have felt from the very start that the M40 was quiet, but others, particularly behind me, say the sound is amazing and they love it. I’m with [ref]ori[/ref], re the aftermarket one, it may well be at the top of my mods list for my next one

I find the same. I feel it's not loud enough when driving the car (both top up or down) but my wife sometimes follows me behind always says it's very loud and it's loud enough so that she forbids me to modify the exhaust. :headbang:

So reality is the g29 is built well enough to insulate the noise inside the cabin and give it a lovely noise outside.

Top down I find the noise lovely though.

With the roof up, the exhaust sound is sort of muted due to the sound isolation. The artificial engine noise from the speaker makes it even worse. When the roof down, depending on the speed, the wind noise will cover up the exhaust sound. What I want is to keep accelerating while I still can hear the exhaust sound in the car.

 

[Nanu]

I can't understand the craving for engine noise. Every time my wife hears a noisy car no matter what it is she says, "Just another boy racer. They will be putting go faster stripes on it next"

I prefer just to be less noisy and accelerate past with style

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

I like noisy exhausts, but not in Corsas or similar. And it must be decent sound.

I even have collection of exhaust sounds of different cars I had and listen to them from time to time.

 

[Ian J]

I like noisy exhausts, but not in Corsas or similar. And it must be decent sound.

You can't beat the exhaust burble of a good V8

I had a BMW 645i many years ago and when I dropped off my son at school I used to walk round to the boot to get his school bag out just so that I could hear the burble at idle