The exclusive 'Sub 30k ///Mileage Club'
- Thread starter StevenH72
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Philly_Sweden
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2007
21000 miles or 33920 km
21000 miles or 33920 km
StevenH72 said:
Nearly. I took her out yesterday. 12,350. She was on 6k when I got her in January but that ones not me
Doubled the mileage in a year, I said she was bought to use
I'm about 100 miles from being kicked out of this club. Ho hum!
Nooooooooo! I'm gonna start a very imaginative thread 'The Exclusive Sub 40k mileage club' instead. Will it catch on? Beats catching the bus!
This is a really interesting thread.
There are similar performance cars out there which will depreciate 2x the cost of buying a lovely condition Z4M during their average ownership term. As such, using a Z4M as a daily is justifiable IMHO. You can't put a price on driving something 'special'. With rock solid, proven reliability and so few registered UK cars, there will always a market for these cars regardless of mileage. The mileage-relative depreciation will become less relevant as time goes on. If I add 30K miles and lose £4K over 2 years, then I'll still be better off than the poor fella droning around in a new 118i.
We should take take comfort from the Porker market. Cars with 100k+ and solid history are often more attractive than the lower mileage garage queens.
You wouldn't date a supermodel spend your time in the bedroom discussing economic theory
There are similar performance cars out there which will depreciate 2x the cost of buying a lovely condition Z4M during their average ownership term. As such, using a Z4M as a daily is justifiable IMHO. You can't put a price on driving something 'special'. With rock solid, proven reliability and so few registered UK cars, there will always a market for these cars regardless of mileage. The mileage-relative depreciation will become less relevant as time goes on. If I add 30K miles and lose £4K over 2 years, then I'll still be better off than the poor fella droning around in a new 118i.
We should take take comfort from the Porker market. Cars with 100k+ and solid history are often more attractive than the lower mileage garage queens.
You wouldn't date a supermodel spend your time in the bedroom discussing economic theory
Ed Winchester said:This is a really interesting thread.
There are similar performance cars out there which will depreciate 2x the cost of buying a lovely condition Z4M during their average ownership term. As such, using a Z4M as a daily is justifiable IMHO. You can't put a price on driving something 'special'. With rock solid, proven reliability and so few registered UK cars, there will always a market for these cars regardless of mileage. The mileage-relative depreciation will become less relevant as time goes on. If I add 30K miles and lose £4K over 2 years, then I'll still be better off than the poor fella droning around in a new 118i.
We should take take comfort from the Porker market. Cars with 100k+ and solid history are often more attractive than the lower mileage garage queens.
You wouldn't date a supermodel spend your time in the bedroom discussing economic theory
Ed, I think you're absolutely right, the Z4M is not only fantastic value for its performance, but its value holds up incredibly well when compared to other market competitors and as such it is easily justifiable as a daily driver.
I'm not sure that high mileage Z4Ms will ever be more attractive than lower mileage examples, I think I'm yet to see a wanted thread asking for a high mileage Z4M example with >80k on the clock.
As for your supermodel analogy, it's not particularly accurate. Weekend Z's are used for the the thrill of driving, yours is also, but it unfortunately has to do the mundane commute / supermarket runs as well.
So a better analogy may be this:
I'm not dating a supermodel. I'm having a steamy, sexually charged, explicit fling with a supermodel. Every time we meet it's an ecstasy of unadulterated excitement wrapped up in Agent Provocateur. You're the one dating a supermodel, sure you have the odd tango between the sheets, but you also have to endure the Sunday afternoons and midweek evenings made up of the two of you making your way through the loads of washing, ironing, cleaning, sorting out the household finances and cutting the grass. You're constantly in the presence of a supermodel, but most of that time she's off-limits, has a headache or is otherwise indisposed. The first thing you do when you meet is discuss how your respective days were, discuss what to have for dinner or whether you're going to visit yours or her parents at the weekend.
We both get our fill of fun with our supermodels, just one of us lives a somewhat more concentrated experience than the other.
StevenH72 said:Ed Winchester said:This is a really interesting thread.
There are similar performance cars out there which will depreciate 2x the cost of buying a lovely condition Z4M during their average ownership term. As such, using a Z4M as a daily is justifiable IMHO. You can't put a price on driving something 'special'. With rock solid, proven reliability and so few registered UK cars, there will always a market for these cars regardless of mileage. The mileage-relative depreciation will become less relevant as time goes on. If I add 30K miles and lose £4K over 2 years, then I'll still be better off than the poor fella droning around in a new 118i.
We should take take comfort from the Porker market. Cars with 100k+ and solid history are often more attractive than the lower mileage garage queens.
You wouldn't date a supermodel spend your time in the bedroom discussing economic theory
Ed, I think you're absolutely right, the Z4M is not only fantastic value for its performance, but its value holds up incredibly well when compared to other market competitors and as such it is easily justifiable as a daily driver.
I'm not sure that high mileage Z4Ms will ever be more attractive than lower mileage examples, I think I'm yet to see a wanted thread asking for a high mileage Z4M example with >80k on the clock.
As for your supermodel analogy, it's not particularly accurate. Weekend Z's are used for the the thrill of driving, yours is also, but it unfortunately has to do the mundane commute / supermarket runs as well.
So a better analogy may be this:
I'm not dating a supermodel. I'm having a steamy, sexually charged, explicit fling with a supermodel. Every time we meet it's an ecstasy of unadulterated excitement wrapped up in Agent Provocateur. You're the one dating a supermodel, sure you have the odd tango between the sheets, but you also have to endure the Sunday afternoons and midweek evenings made up of the two of you making your way through the loads of washing, ironing, cleaning, sorting out the household finances and cutting the grass. You're constantly in the presence of a supermodel, but most of that time she's off-limits, has a headache or is otherwise indisposed. The first thing you do when you meet is discuss how your respective days were, discuss what to have for dinner or whether you're going to visit yours or her parents at the weekend.
We both get our fill of fun with our supermodels, just one of us lives a somewhat more concentrated experience than the other.
Hehe.. Touche.. A more accurate truth might be that my supermodel will be the weekday mistress, reserve for 6 am flings and hasty lunchtime encounters. My mundane-reliable partner is reserved for ferrying the children to the parents and taking the grass cuttings to the tip, whilst a valet, with more time than me massages and preens my supermodel ready for Monday morning at 6am. And.. in this case, my supermodel is content with M&S pants as they will spend most of their time on the floor. Either way, I'm thankful that my supermodel hasn't yet realised her true value fekked off to a wealthy collector
Wah!! I am just outa the club since today. I just can't imagine how I will live my live now! :beerdive:
Life goes on. The bonus is we get to start an exclusive 30-35k mileage club! I'm up to 31500 now and the world is surprisingly still turning.
Yes, perhaps life will go on. Thanks for the advice guys and sign me up Putter Whore! 
