Silver 20i in Pontypool at 18.45 today, looked good from 200 yards but needed a bloody good clean when up close 

Did you take the hint and get back on your own side of the road.bigwinn said:Me, in my (by comparison) old Z4, got flashed by a Z8 today!
Unbelievable Jeff
enuff_zed said:Did you take the hint and get back on your own side of the road.bigwinn said:Me, in my (by comparison) old Z4, got flashed by a Z8 today!
Unbelievable Jeff![]()
Hi Jameszy,Jameszy said:Z-4-FUN said:Spotted this fully laden Coupe today complete with roof box and bike rack
Who said sports cars aren't practical!?
Hi there guys, this is me! Not pictured is the wife in the passenger seat and the dog in the boot - you need a practical car they said so I bought one!
The setup is a Saris Bones 2 bike rack with the hatch huggers (not the metal clips to prevent pulling on the rear glass).
The roof box is a Thule Ranger 90 which I bought second hand last week. The roof bars are 127cm Thule Square bars, and the feet are style 750. The fitment kit is the 1210 (sometimes known as 141210) which was made for a 1999 Subaru Impreza hatchback.
All in all it works very well. The boot can be opened with the box in place, but you do need to take the bikes off to open the boot. This is necessary for rest room breaks for the pup, so did so twice on our 5 hour journey from London to Lake District (where I am now).
Any questions please feel free to let me know. I might put together a thread with links if people would be interested.
Bilko said:Hi Jameszy,Jameszy said:Z-4-FUN said:Spotted this fully laden Coupe today complete with roof box and bike rack
Who said sports cars aren't practical!?
Hi there guys, this is me! Not pictured is the wife in the passenger seat and the dog in the boot - you need a practical car they said so I bought one!
The setup is a Saris Bones 2 bike rack with the hatch huggers (not the metal clips to prevent pulling on the rear glass).
The roof box is a Thule Ranger 90 which I bought second hand last week. The roof bars are 127cm Thule Square bars, and the feet are style 750. The fitment kit is the 1210 (sometimes known as 141210) which was made for a 1999 Subaru Impreza hatchback.
All in all it works very well. The boot can be opened with the box in place, but you do need to take the bikes off to open the boot. This is necessary for rest room breaks for the pup, so did so twice on our 5 hour journey from London to Lake District (where I am now).
Any questions please feel free to let me know. I might put together a thread with links if people would be interested.
That's a great set up, I've been wondering how to accommodate the combo of: wife, bike, dog, luggage for various Covid postponed trips. The bit I was most wondering about was the dog? I've got a 6 month old whippet who's fairly lively, but also reasonably small and I'm wondering did you secure your dog in the boot in any way, and how did you make her/him comfortable? Our dog is really good in the car, but so far her experience of motoring has been on the back seat of an Audi A6 clipped in to a seat belt harness. I'd like to try her out in the Zed but there isn't an obvious place to secure her from/to in the boot, she tends to just go to sleep in the Audi, but the coupe's boot is a very different environment. I had thought about running a line from around my seatbelt to the dog's harness, but that does seem to hold out the possibility of being garroted mid-overtake by a spooked whippet zooming around the boot.