Trackdays and mpg!

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Nota TR5 man

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Just enjoyed a track day with my wife who also track drives in our Z4 2.2 at an event run by https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=135130413221086&ref=br_rs and expected the car to be a bit slow and twitchy. (I own a turbo 7 type car too) I have no fancy tyres as my car still has its Potenza run flats and the track was dry turning to monsoon so a good learning curve as tracks find cars weak spots quickly :wink: however the car was fun and handled the day well and we both had a ball.
When we arrived we made a friend with Andy who had a Z4M as his weapon of choice :)
We got 40 mpg driving the 60 miles there and 18.5 mpg with the wife driving on track. I managed 17.5 mpg on track :) which is quite good and it was 40 mpg on the way home too. Our usual car for track days is a Quantum 2+2 fitted with a an RS turbo Mk1 engine but that car is up for sale and we wanted some comfort :)
There must be enough interested people with Z's to get together for a track day as the car is so good.
 

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MPG will entirely depend on the track and how hard you drive.

e.g. I can get as low as 8mpg at Cadwell, or 14mpg at the Nurburgring, Silverstone & Castle Combe...in a Z4MC though.
 
Nota TR5 man said:
Just enjoyed a track day with my wife who also track drives in our Z4 2.2 at an event run by https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=135130413221086&ref=br_rs and expected the car to be a bit slow and twitchy. (I own a turbo 7 type car too) I have no fancy tyres as my car still has its Potenza run flats and the track was dry turning to monsoon so a good learning curve as tracks find cars weak spots quickly :wink: however the car was fun and handled the day well and we both had a ball.
When we arrived we made a friend with Andy who had a Z4M as his weapon of choice :)
We got 40 mpg driving the 60 miles there and 18.5 mpg with the wife driving on track. I managed 17.5 mpg on track :) which is quite good and it was 40 mpg on the way home too. Our usual car for track days is a Quantum 2+2 fitted with a an RS turbo Mk1 engine but that car is up for sale and we wanted some comfort :)
There must be enough interested people with Z's to get together for a track day as the car is so good.
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Was good to meet you guys! I’ll get that video to you when I’ve got it all downloaded. Can’t help with the MPG, try not to look :lol:
 
Trackday and mpg should never be put in the and sentence :lol:

Best I managed was 4mpg in a 997 gt3rs 4.0 at Goodwood a few years ago. In the Z4 MC I saw 6 in June at Goodwood again.
 
Never seen double figures on track in the ///MR, 8 to 8.5 though only done a couple. Recall the OLD FIAT Coupe manged 11 mpg at Nurburgering.
 
I did a couple of track days at Blyton park in my previous Z a e85 30.i manual and that would do 40mpg on a run and it did 11mpg on track.
 
I'm currently looking for a 3.0l roadster with the intention of doing my first track day. I'm glad to hear that the car seemed to cope well on track.
A forum track day is something I would be interested in going along to when I get mine.
 
Do it, great little car. And brakes and wheels are shared with more common E46 3 series, so easy to get spares.

Im beginning to wish id not sold mine, if id have realised working from home would save me so much money i might have kept it!
 
brillomaster said:
Do it, great little car. And brakes and wheels are shared with more common E46 3 series, so easy to get spares.

Im beginning to wish id not sold mine, if id have realised working from home would save me so much money i might have kept it!
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You know the solution to that one. :wink:
 
brillomaster said:
Do it, great little car. And brakes and wheels are shared with more common E46 3 series, so easy to get spares.

Im beginning to wish id not sold mine, if id have realised working from home would save me so much money i might have kept it!
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I sold my 40k E220D and bought a Z4 3.0i SE as I'm working from home. saved a fortune and more fun! :-)
 
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