fighting_fish
Member
Hey everyone, first post here. I've been reading the forums for about 6 months but this is the first time I've posted. On to my questions:
I currently own a 2.5i Z4, I've had it for about a year and I love everything about it. However, I'm starting to feel the need to upgrade; and if I'm going to upgrade might as well go for the //M since it's a beast (I test drove one and I'm pretty sold).
1. How does the maintenance cost compare to the regular Z4? I've seen a few threads on here that equate the //M to a license to print money. How much worse is it than the regular Zed?
2. What are the gotchas and caveats? On my current Z one of the things to watch out for is the drainage plugs by the rear wheels (something the facelift and //M models I understand changed so it's no longer an issue). What are the other ones? From another thread I got these:
- Motor Mounts - broken or loose bolts
- Strut Tower Firewall Braces - loose connections at firewall
- Rear Sway Bar Bushings/Connections
- TSB on fuel pump wiring harness in Boot
- Syncromesh problems between 1st & 2nd - run it hard and shift between 6K & 7.5K a number of times
- Rear Diff Noise - shims out of place
- Paint imperfections - bonnet most reported
- Body Panel Alignment.
- Everything on this list: <http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21281>
3. Colors: Most of the ones I see listed are black, red, blue and occasionally bronze. Are the colors more limited than the regular Zed?
Interior: My current one has the blue leather (and I think it's real nice), but all the //Ms seem to have either black or occasionally tan or red. I imagine that it comes down to what people actually bought, but I'm wondering if that's also more limited.
4. Anything else you can think of that I need to know about upgrading from a 2.5i to a //M. Thanks!
I currently own a 2.5i Z4, I've had it for about a year and I love everything about it. However, I'm starting to feel the need to upgrade; and if I'm going to upgrade might as well go for the //M since it's a beast (I test drove one and I'm pretty sold).
1. How does the maintenance cost compare to the regular Z4? I've seen a few threads on here that equate the //M to a license to print money. How much worse is it than the regular Zed?
2. What are the gotchas and caveats? On my current Z one of the things to watch out for is the drainage plugs by the rear wheels (something the facelift and //M models I understand changed so it's no longer an issue). What are the other ones? From another thread I got these:
- Motor Mounts - broken or loose bolts
- Strut Tower Firewall Braces - loose connections at firewall
- Rear Sway Bar Bushings/Connections
- TSB on fuel pump wiring harness in Boot
- Syncromesh problems between 1st & 2nd - run it hard and shift between 6K & 7.5K a number of times
- Rear Diff Noise - shims out of place
- Paint imperfections - bonnet most reported
- Body Panel Alignment.
- Everything on this list: <http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21281>
3. Colors: Most of the ones I see listed are black, red, blue and occasionally bronze. Are the colors more limited than the regular Zed?
Interior: My current one has the blue leather (and I think it's real nice), but all the //Ms seem to have either black or occasionally tan or red. I imagine that it comes down to what people actually bought, but I'm wondering if that's also more limited.
4. Anything else you can think of that I need to know about upgrading from a 2.5i to a //M. Thanks!
they are a lot of fun though...probably too much fun for the public road unless you have considerable self restraint...
