I bought my Z4 Coupe 4 weeks ago, and have been hoovering up info from this forum since then, so I thought it only polite to say hello.
Initially I wasn't sure whether I'd made the right move, coming after 4 years in a Lotus 111R (& 7 years in an MX5 prior to that) to an "all comforts" beemer is a bit of a culture-shock! However a 2,000 mile roadtrip to Lake Garda & back has made me sure that this one's a "keeper". Torrential rain in the alps &37 degree heat by the lake would have been a nightmare in the Lotus.
Thanks to this forum I did the "sound-generator" mod within 2 minutes of taking delivery of the car, & the resulting noise is a highlight of ownership - loving doing the gratuitous blips of the throttle on every downchange.
The only downside so far is that its running on 18s with runflats, and occasionally it strongly pulls randomly left or right - worse than my puppy when he's got a scent to follow. Its also silver which isn't my favourite colour (would have preferred the blue) - but I bought it from a friend who's "upgraded" to a z4 sdrive 3.0 & I know its fabulous car in new condition. It was quite funny for the first couple of weeks as we both thought we'd made a mistake & wanted our old cars back.
Anyway thanks for all the info.
I'm sure I'll be asking daft questions, but I will use the search button 1st!
Initially I wasn't sure whether I'd made the right move, coming after 4 years in a Lotus 111R (& 7 years in an MX5 prior to that) to an "all comforts" beemer is a bit of a culture-shock! However a 2,000 mile roadtrip to Lake Garda & back has made me sure that this one's a "keeper". Torrential rain in the alps &37 degree heat by the lake would have been a nightmare in the Lotus.
Thanks to this forum I did the "sound-generator" mod within 2 minutes of taking delivery of the car, & the resulting noise is a highlight of ownership - loving doing the gratuitous blips of the throttle on every downchange.
The only downside so far is that its running on 18s with runflats, and occasionally it strongly pulls randomly left or right - worse than my puppy when he's got a scent to follow. Its also silver which isn't my favourite colour (would have preferred the blue) - but I bought it from a friend who's "upgraded" to a z4 sdrive 3.0 & I know its fabulous car in new condition. It was quite funny for the first couple of weeks as we both thought we'd made a mistake & wanted our old cars back.
Anyway thanks for all the info.
I'm sure I'll be asking daft questions, but I will use the search button 1st!
