GasheadIan
Member
Finally decided to brave the frightening world of forum posting and stop being a techno dinosaur, hopefully got it right.
I have been lucky enough to now own a Z4 E85 for just over two years.
It was deal struck with the other half , if we get a new house I can get a sports car. Seemed a good deal at the time but as later pointed out to me the increase in mortgage was over 15 times the value of the car!
After looking at Boxster, S2000 , Mx 5 , Caterham and Elise
The choice became easier at 6' 2" and a weight best left not mentioned a elise and caterham were ruled out
MX5 could not take the likely abuse from mates about hairdresser cars
A good Boxster just to far outside my price range and quickly scared off by the many horror stories of IMS failings and major repair bills. Having a looked at a few was still not sold on the looks.
S2000 I found the ride to hard and its a honda
Z4 it had to be!
After looking at several but not arranging a test drive, took the plunge to look at a 04 plate E85 3.0 Se auto with only 31500 miles just over 2 years ago.
They say do not buy the first thing you see /drive - completely ignored that after the first 5 minutes of driving it. More later.
6000 miles later the smile is on my face is still a mile wide every time I drive it.
I have been mainly out local in the Cotswold and very much a fair weather driver. Two memorable drives through the middle of Wales to Llandudno on my own, to meet up with wife and son at the in laws.
I am using man maths to keep the car every time its mentioned by the wife , by very loudly announcing that its a diversification of my pension pot as it will be a future classic. If a Mk1 basic Escort is over £5k, what will this be worth in the future - not sure she believes me!
Until last month all it needed was new brake pads and tyres.
However it could now do with a bit of money to tidy it up, a poor repair on the paint at the rear light cluster, the alloys good do with a refurb, some low life opened a door into it in the shopping car park marking the passenger door, the rear brake light has a small crack and a pheasant decided to play chicken and run out in front of me, but lost badly and smashed into the front bumper leaving several scratches.
All this was planned this year and funds set aside, until the dreaded strained sounds as the roof was put back up, now the roof motor needs replacing. This has to come first so in march that's this years fund spent.
More worrying when investigating the pheasant damage, something not seen because to much impulse to get driving, is that passenger front light is a black insert and the drivers a silver insert, I have not yet had the courage to investigate further. I hope its not hiding any major damage. I did the relevant searches before buying but rushed in after getting the all clear on HPI and write offs.
Hopefully I have got the photo posting right!
I am also very lucky to own a F31 330D M sport, its brilliant but it is just not the same excitement as the Z4!
I have been lucky enough to now own a Z4 E85 for just over two years.
It was deal struck with the other half , if we get a new house I can get a sports car. Seemed a good deal at the time but as later pointed out to me the increase in mortgage was over 15 times the value of the car!
After looking at Boxster, S2000 , Mx 5 , Caterham and Elise
The choice became easier at 6' 2" and a weight best left not mentioned a elise and caterham were ruled out
MX5 could not take the likely abuse from mates about hairdresser cars
A good Boxster just to far outside my price range and quickly scared off by the many horror stories of IMS failings and major repair bills. Having a looked at a few was still not sold on the looks.
S2000 I found the ride to hard and its a honda
Z4 it had to be!
After looking at several but not arranging a test drive, took the plunge to look at a 04 plate E85 3.0 Se auto with only 31500 miles just over 2 years ago.
They say do not buy the first thing you see /drive - completely ignored that after the first 5 minutes of driving it. More later.
6000 miles later the smile is on my face is still a mile wide every time I drive it.
I have been mainly out local in the Cotswold and very much a fair weather driver. Two memorable drives through the middle of Wales to Llandudno on my own, to meet up with wife and son at the in laws.
I am using man maths to keep the car every time its mentioned by the wife , by very loudly announcing that its a diversification of my pension pot as it will be a future classic. If a Mk1 basic Escort is over £5k, what will this be worth in the future - not sure she believes me!
Until last month all it needed was new brake pads and tyres.
However it could now do with a bit of money to tidy it up, a poor repair on the paint at the rear light cluster, the alloys good do with a refurb, some low life opened a door into it in the shopping car park marking the passenger door, the rear brake light has a small crack and a pheasant decided to play chicken and run out in front of me, but lost badly and smashed into the front bumper leaving several scratches.
All this was planned this year and funds set aside, until the dreaded strained sounds as the roof was put back up, now the roof motor needs replacing. This has to come first so in march that's this years fund spent.
More worrying when investigating the pheasant damage, something not seen because to much impulse to get driving, is that passenger front light is a black insert and the drivers a silver insert, I have not yet had the courage to investigate further. I hope its not hiding any major damage. I did the relevant searches before buying but rushed in after getting the all clear on HPI and write offs.
Hopefully I have got the photo posting right!
I am also very lucky to own a F31 330D M sport, its brilliant but it is just not the same excitement as the Z4!
