Following on from my thread in the Newbie section, I went to see a 2003 3.0i Z4 today which I was really impressed with.
The condition was much better than the Z4's mentioned in my previous thread, with the body looking perfect and the red leather seats had no marks at all, which really shocked me. The alloys have all been curbed but there's a spare in good condition and I don't mind having them refurbed. They're 108's but they show no signs of corrosion.
The price it's at is very reasonable but the last service was not done by a BMW dealer. I am very tempted to buy it apart from one thing I'm not sure about.
It's got an SSG gearbox. I have driven a TT with DSG (aswell as a Seat Leon) and thought it was great, I'm almost considering a TT instead of a Z4 just for the DSG which would be handy in commuter traffic.
The SSG seems quite poor in comparison though, there seems to be a massive delay in geaar changes, especially at low speeds. Making driving smoothly impossible. I've read the Z4's SSG is a fairly old system, with other BMW models having newer better systems.
Do you get used to the SSG eventualy? can it be smoothed out with throttle control? I pretty much left my foot where it was on the throttle when changing gears, should I have lifted?
Or is it always irritating and something to be avoided all together?
The condition was much better than the Z4's mentioned in my previous thread, with the body looking perfect and the red leather seats had no marks at all, which really shocked me. The alloys have all been curbed but there's a spare in good condition and I don't mind having them refurbed. They're 108's but they show no signs of corrosion.
The price it's at is very reasonable but the last service was not done by a BMW dealer. I am very tempted to buy it apart from one thing I'm not sure about.
It's got an SSG gearbox. I have driven a TT with DSG (aswell as a Seat Leon) and thought it was great, I'm almost considering a TT instead of a Z4 just for the DSG which would be handy in commuter traffic.
The SSG seems quite poor in comparison though, there seems to be a massive delay in geaar changes, especially at low speeds. Making driving smoothly impossible. I've read the Z4's SSG is a fairly old system, with other BMW models having newer better systems.
Do you get used to the SSG eventualy? can it be smoothed out with throttle control? I pretty much left my foot where it was on the throttle when changing gears, should I have lifted?
Or is it always irritating and something to be avoided all together?
