New Z4 owner & a (near) disaster in first week!

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RX826

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Howdy, I'm recently the proud owner of a 3.0SE 2004 with one lady owner and 35,000 on the clock. :)

I'd previously owned a Mini Cooper S convertible which was bags of fun and seemed to want to take everything on. But I really wanted a grand tourer, something fun on a windey roads, but not going to knacker me out on a motorway schlep (which the mini did). The usual whittling down of options and comprimise with the wife ('has to be a convertable') landed me with one option, a Z4. :driving:

Anyway, on to my disaster from the title. Within a week of purchase we took the car for a holiday drive to Normandy. It was great on the Peages and bags of fun down the twisty picturesque roads. Day 3 of the holiday and I noticed the oil light was coming on after I switched off the car. Quick look at manual and this fair forum and I headed off to LeClerk to get some top up Castrol. Despite tons of oil, no castrol. Gave my mate a quick call back in blighty to ask his advice on a substitute (he's a Beemer 3 series owner and total grease-monkey). He said there was a chance of a top up oil bottle in the boot.

So walk out of carpark (still on phone), open the boot, put key down to lift floor cover, not there, close boot, OH S***t, OH F***K! :headbang: Locked only set of keys we had in the boot. Yes, complete genius aren't I? :P

After lots of to-ing and fro-ing (including the Z4 dissapering for a while, only to turn up in the garage that had previously said the couldnt pick it up) decided the best way was to courier the spare. Used DHL (Drop it, Hide it, Lose it) next day. Well their idea of next day turned out to be next day plus two. :headbang:

So to sum up, car perfect, owner malfunctioning and in need of a full repair! :D

(by the way I'm already addicted to this forum and I've found loads of useful stuff on here! Hope to return the favour)
 
Easiest thing in the world to do - I have done this, but at home so 2nd key handy
After my (small) key event I always unlock car first then the boot to enable access to the boot release if needed
 
gannet said:
welcome to the club :D
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Is that the "key locked in boot" club?

Something you want to share Gannet? :poke:

Welcome to the new owner though, I actually carry my plastic key in my wallet at all time as my reasoning is that I only need a spare key when I lost my normal one, so would need it on my at all times ...
 
Thanks for the welcome & the tips. Had a Rover that would randomly lock itself up when I was a kid. Did it while the engine was on parked in a petrol station! Luckily that time I was close to home.

Forgot to say, planning some minor mods. iPhone/iPod link (prob Dension, familiar with them from my mini days), cruise control & possibly an mfsw if I can get it at a sensible price.

Other possibles are a non-OEM head unit & speaker upgrade (nothing silly tho, just a little quality bump).

Oh BTW you might like this. My 3 series owning mate posted on his forum "my mate has just got a 3.0 Z4, how do I keep up with him. :roll:

The reply was "Sell car, buy z4"
 
Hi and welcome to the forum :thumbsup: Sounds like you had a going on there!
I've had, and still got MINIs and found them good on the motorway, not as good as the Z4 though
 
RX826,

Welcome to the forum!

your post brought back memories, I've done this once during a tire change on my then 1960 Pontiac Firebird :) locked my key in the car trunk :headbang: Walked several miles to borrow tools then disassembled the back seat to fish out the keys from the trunk, it was great fun being bitten by giant Eastern Canada mosquitoes in the middle of the night. Anyway all this on the way back home from a party needles to say I lost my girlfriend that night she put her thumb out and varnished into the night. :oops:

that plastic key is a good idea. You should have got one with the car, if not see if the dealer can get you one.

In my 2009 I no longer can lock myself out it is impossible to do so, you see if the key is in your car or on your person all doors and the trunk unlock by the touch.

For iPhone and iPot I recommend you check in a major Apple Store.

Happy Motoring ... enjoy!
 
pvr said:
gannet said:
welcome to the club :D
Click to expand...

Is that the "key locked in boot" club?

Something you want to share Gannet? :poke:

Welcome to the new owner though, I actually carry my plastic key in my wallet at all time as my reasoning is that I only need a spare key when I lost my normal one, so would need it on my at all times ...
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Your problem isnt loosing you key though is it, you loose you car :poke:

welcome by the way RX826 :D
 
Howdy do mate, locked keys in car...LOL, we've all done that. I had a brand spanking new Ford Bronco and got tapped from behind in the traffic from a hockey game, dead centre in the middle of the "Nightclub Strip" downtown. Four lanes of solid cars and staggering drunks, jumped out po'd and slammed the door. electric locks'll get you every time. My truck was now locked, running and in the middle of the road......I think the neon "twit" sign was flashing on my forehead.. :oops: :oops:

Never done it since...and can't do it with the new zeds, they have sensors in the trunk(boot).

anyway, enjoy the car and welcome again..
 
pvr said:
gannet said:
welcome to the club :D
Click to expand...

Is that the "key locked in boot" club?

Something you want to share Gannet? :poke:
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haha, I see how it reads now :D

Ive only ever locked the keys to mum's car in the boot when going canoeing :oops: that was a wee while ago mind...

club/forum - similar thing surely :P
 
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