Has anyone gone Z4MR to Z4MC ?

I didn't know that something as subjective as looks could be factual. Everyone knows that they sold less coupes as there was no demand and no one wanted one :fuelfire: :poke: :) :lol:


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Adamski said:
I didn't know that something as subjective as looks could be factual. Everyone knows that they sold less coupes as there was no demand and no one wanted one :fuelfire: :poke: :) :lol:


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I keep seeing the page count of this thread increase, and I'm confused - the answer to the question is 'no, of course not, that would be more mental than a bucket of salty frogs' - surely it doesn't take 6 pages to get to this answer, and thus the end of the topic :?

:fuelfire: :D
 
Bit of a bump for this thread...

I'm considering the swap :o

I considered it a few months ago actually, when another forum member wanted to go the other way, but I couldn't bring myself to do it back then, despite the god awful hay fever I got whilst driving roof down at the national meet :cry: I probably should have tried to agree on a deal back then.

I love the roof being down when the weather is right but that's not happened enough this year and I have a commuting buddy who doesn't like the roof down. I've had to resort to a cover for the car where it's parked at home this summer, bird poop has been a big pain until recently. Now the birds seem to have gone, instead it's leaves from the trees overhead and generally it's too wet to ever get the chance to cover the roof. I don't fancy keeping it out there all winter and a coupe would be less of a worry. I've looked at a hardtop and it's still an option, but I'd have to sell it again next spring as I have no where to store it. I'd miss those sunny winter days with the roof down though :(

The sensible option would be to sell the car and buy a crappy little fwd hatchback for the winter that I don't care about. That's not happening :fuelfire:

Oh how I miss my old flats underground parking spot....
 
Herminator said:
Bit of a bump for this thread...

I'm considering the swap :o

I considered it a few months ago actually, when another forum member wanted to go the other way, but I couldn't bring myself to do it back then, despite the god awful hay fever I got whilst driving roof down at the national meet :cry: I probably should have tried to agree on a deal back then.

I love the roof being down when the weather is right but that's not happened enough this year and I have a commuting buddy who doesn't like the roof down. I've had to resort to a cover for the car where it's parked at home this summer, bird poop has been a big pain until recently. Now the birds seem to have gone, instead it's leaves from the trees overhead and generally it's too wet to ever get the chance to cover the roof. I don't fancy keeping it out there all winter and a coupe would be less of a worry. I've looked at a hardtop and it's still an option, but I'd have to sell it again next spring as I have no where to store it. I'd miss those sunny winter days with the roof down though :(

The sensible option would be to sell the car and buy a crappy little fwd hatchback for the winter that I don't care about. That's not happening :fuelfire:

Oh how I miss my old flats underground parking spot....
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I can understand where you are coming from you have some very valid reasons to swap, I will admit now the weather has turned the soft top is a little waste in a way for me, I still struggle with the look of mine with the roof up & feel a hard top just doesn't cut it either.

I was reading the autocar road test yesterday & they describe the z4 m coupe as being a lot different to drive than the z4m roadster & the coupe IMO looks miles better, it's an intriguing situation for you...I say go for the coupe :thumbsup:
 
What I really want is both, and a bloomin big garage for the rest of the cars I want....

18 months ago I was tempted by an 80's 911. At some point I want a Porsche or three.
 
Herminator said:
What I really want is both, and a bloomin big garage for the rest of the cars I want....

18 months ago I was tempted by an 80's 911. At some point I want a Porsche or three.
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I am with you, I would love a lottery win, I would have a massive fleet then! It's always nice to hanker after something though!

What I would do for a nice Lamborghini!! :D
 
LeeZ4MR said:
I was reading the autocar road test yesterday & they describe the z4 m coupe as being a lot different to drive than the z4m roadster & the coupe IMO looks miles better, it's an intriguing situation for you...I say go for the coupe :thumbsup:
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Z4M coupe: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/bmw/z4/first-drives/bmw-z4-%2806-%29--3.2-m-2dr-coupe
Z4M roadster: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/bmw/z4/first-drives/bmw-z4m-roadster
 
Franzino said:
LeeZ4MR said:
I was reading the autocar road test yesterday & they describe the z4 m coupe as being a lot different to drive than the z4m roadster & the coupe IMO looks miles better, it's an intriguing situation for you...I say go for the coupe :thumbsup:
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Z4M coupe: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/bmw/z4/first-drives/bmw-z4-%2806-%29--3.2-m-2dr-coupe
Z4M roadster: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/bmw/z4/first-drives/bmw-z4m-roadster
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Thanks Franzino for putting those reviews up, they make an interesting read :thumbsup:
 
They say;
Where the Roadster just understeers, the Coupe turns in savagely, drifts until its tyres will take no more and, thanks to double the torsional rigidity of the Roadster, has a level of poise and control its soft-top sister would not recognise.
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I have driven the coupe and the roadster and in my experience, the difference is not as big as they describe. This the only review of the coupe that I have read, that says the difference is that big. Maybe they had a lived out Z4M roadster to test with (the same red one that's in every test back in 2006) and a brand new Z4M coupe? If you wish; you can always change the suspension of the roadster, still you will never achieve the torsional rigidity of the coupe and so the more precise control that comes with it.
 
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