What were you driving when your car was built?
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2018 BMW X5 40e hybrid. Electric motor with a dreary 2.0 petrol. Fully loaded and a car that costs significantly more in Portugal than it would here. Comfy and quiet but gutless and not very efficient. Amazing Harmon Kardon stereo.
2015 Audi S5 3.0 V6 cabriolet. Sepang blue Pearl metallic. Two tone leather, B&O, adaptive cruise, bla bla bla. Fast enough and a great mile muncher but this one seemed to attract bad luck and a bit soulless.
2015 Audi S5 3.0 V6 cabriolet. Sepang blue Pearl metallic. Two tone leather, B&O, adaptive cruise, bla bla bla. Fast enough and a great mile muncher but this one seemed to attract bad luck and a bit soulless.
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Thankscraig3.2 said:That was one nice looking m5,Tonymmm-five said:I was driving this when my Z4MC was built, and 2 years later I swapped from the M5 to the Z4MC.
It was a beast, same power as the Z4M, but 12 years earlier, and a useful bit more torque to help with the weight. No traction control, but a nice controllable cable throttle made it quite docile and a joy to drift/slide.
Much better at storming around rough Welsh/Scottish lanes than a standard Z4M too, as it just absorbed all the bumps.
Pity you’d be lucky to get 6mpg at the track though, and 27mpg on a very steady cruise…and the 20 gallon tank took some filling (£150 it cost to fill up in Germany once).
I do miss the old girl - but couldn’t afford to own one and run it in the same way as I used to (i.e. the same 25,000 annual miles + 6 UK track days + 3 ring trips a year, 5,000 mile oil services, 10,000 mile inspections/valve clearances). Think I’d try the anthracite alcantara and sport cloth if I ever do get another.
My other car at that time was my Westfield (which I still own). The TT had an easy task being more practical and refined, but a very hard task matching any of its driving qualitiesZedebee said:BMWZ4MC said:
to be fair before that I had an Avensis estate, so the TT seemed quite outstanding to me. It was very reliable though, only went wrong once in ten years of ownership, with a failed starter motor. Apart from that, it was good. However, when I first got in a GT86 it was amazingly fun and responsive, so the Audi probably was quite wooden in comparison.
When it was working, for normal use it was a great car. My mistake was thinking it was a sports car rather than a fashion accessoryPondrew said:Not a fan of the TT then, no? Why did you keep it for five years; are you a masochist?BMWZ4MC said:
I knew that my next car was going to be a Z4MC (or a Cayman S) so I kept the TT until I had the cash to get what I really wanted.
More of a T-Top with 2 x targa style glass roof panels. One of the most asked about cars on a petrol forecourt I’ve owned - even back then. Think it was nicknamed ‘the egg’. Mine was black but I lusted after a white one. Two roof panels unlocked and lifted out into T-Top mode.buzyg said:Loved the 100nx, did it have the taga roof?inkey$ said:
Perfect.inkey$ said:More of a T-Top with 2 x targa style glass roof panels. One of the most asked about cars on a petrol forecourt I’ve owned - even back then. Think it was nicknamed ‘the egg’. Mine was black but I lusted after a white one. Two roof panels unlocked and lifted out into T-Top mode.buzyg said:Loved the 100nx, did it have the taga roof?inkey$ said:
Our first car, after cycling every where until I was 27, was a Nissan Cheery 1.3. Just after we bought it the 100nx came out and I remember like it was yesterday, walking through Fareham shopping centre and there was one on display. Sooo wanted to go by one, but other priorities back in those days. 
Back in 2006/7 I was driving my old mk2 golf.
I do remember lusting over the M display at the Paris motor show around that time so I suppose it had to happen eventually.
Crappy picture quality courtesy of photofckbucket and them holding my old pics to ransom.
I do remember lusting over the M display at the Paris motor show around that time so I suppose it had to happen eventually.
Crappy picture quality courtesy of photofckbucket and them holding my old pics to ransom.
Current Z4 coupe is a 2006 car so that would leaving me driving mk2 Golfs (more than one). Mostly the below Atlas grey big bumper 16v. I still have all the running gear and subframes for the last iteration of that car and I will have another at some point to recreate it. The Mk2 Golf was a great car to look at and drive.
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I'm terribly embarrassed to say I was driving this shed of a Ka, having recently sold my first Z4 to help buy a house. I remember the window wouldn't wind up or down and one spark plug hole thread was stripped so the plug was wedged in with ptfe tape 
This was my Zed (and old house) that I sold
I kept the kids though.
This was my Zed (and old house) that I sold
I kept the kids though.
I was driving a 1988 Fiero GT (a car you chaps across the pond won't be too familiar with). Excellent handling, around 2700 lbs. and a V6 which in my case I had increased to 300 bhp. 0-60 in 4.5 secs. and 1/4 mile in 13 and a tad almost brought it into the first decade of the 21st century according to performance.
Had owned it for 20 years and was looking for a Z4m coupe but none were available, so I bought a Pontiac Solstice coupe (mine was 375 bhp/375Tq) and faster than the Fiero, which I sold after awhile.
Found my Z4MC about 5 years later and still have it and the Solstice.
Extra points if you can identify the cars in the background,
Had owned it for 20 years and was looking for a Z4m coupe but none were available, so I bought a Pontiac Solstice coupe (mine was 375 bhp/375Tq) and faster than the Fiero, which I sold after awhile.
Found my Z4MC about 5 years later and still have it and the Solstice.
Extra points if you can identify the cars in the background,
