Just a couple things I've noticed after owning my 2003 Z4 3.0 for about a year:
Brakes...get OEM or better!!! My car stopped on a dime and had great pedal feel until I put crappy O'Reilly Best rotors on the front and pads and rotors on the rear. Because they're harder than OEM they last longer but I get a cramp trying to floor my brakes in order to stop.
The Warning Chime... after a year of "some times it comes on, sometimes it doesn't" it decided to stay on for my entire drive home, even after shutting it down and removing the key several times....After looking up info it seems there's a software issue with the instrument cluster. 5 minutes after I parked at home and removed the key it finally stopped. Possibly need to replace instrument cluster with extended warranty, hopefully not.
Anyone else have passenger door that just decides to open itself? Mine has done this intermittently since purchase but since the "mechanics" can't ever seem to duplicate it they say there's nothing wrong and won't try to fix. it's happened about 12 times in the last 16 months. The door lock prevents it from swinging completely open but it's still disheartening to passengers whilst cornering.
Do NOT go for one with Premium Audio 10 Speaker Carver system if you want to use an iPod. Due to the special amp it'll cost ya an extra $200 or more over the $150 Dice adapter. Yes the Carver speakers sound great.....really great but damn it I wish it were easier and cheaper to plug in an ipod.
Anyway these are a couple the things I've figured out over the last 16 months of owning the best car I've ever had.
Brakes...get OEM or better!!! My car stopped on a dime and had great pedal feel until I put crappy O'Reilly Best rotors on the front and pads and rotors on the rear. Because they're harder than OEM they last longer but I get a cramp trying to floor my brakes in order to stop.
The Warning Chime... after a year of "some times it comes on, sometimes it doesn't" it decided to stay on for my entire drive home, even after shutting it down and removing the key several times....After looking up info it seems there's a software issue with the instrument cluster. 5 minutes after I parked at home and removed the key it finally stopped. Possibly need to replace instrument cluster with extended warranty, hopefully not.
Anyone else have passenger door that just decides to open itself? Mine has done this intermittently since purchase but since the "mechanics" can't ever seem to duplicate it they say there's nothing wrong and won't try to fix. it's happened about 12 times in the last 16 months. The door lock prevents it from swinging completely open but it's still disheartening to passengers whilst cornering.
Do NOT go for one with Premium Audio 10 Speaker Carver system if you want to use an iPod. Due to the special amp it'll cost ya an extra $200 or more over the $150 Dice adapter. Yes the Carver speakers sound great.....really great but damn it I wish it were easier and cheaper to plug in an ipod.
Anyway these are a couple the things I've figured out over the last 16 months of owning the best car I've ever had.
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