Z4 Life so far

philip27

Active member
 Nottingham
Well I have now owned the Z4 for around 6 weeks and I still cant get rid of the grin on my face every time I drive it. That is despite my first set of bills that have come with the car.

I was not to happy with the feeling of the brakes they felt a bit soft to me so a quick trip upto my Uncles garage in Chester at the weekend for a full brake service the discs were in good condtion but the pads had seen better days so they were all replaced. The car instantly felt better so I was enjoying the drive back to Nottingham even more !! That was until the dreaded run flat light came on :-(

I stopped off to check the tyres and all the pressures seemed fine. Except for one of the rears that I could get no reading off or put any air in. The valve looked bent so off to my local tyre place on Sunday in the hope that I just needed a new valve. I am sure you can see whats coming, yes the valve was bust but there was also a nice large nail in my tyre that I must of picked up on the journey back from Chester. Saddly the tyre was beyond repair so I had to replace it. Id of liked to change all of the tyres for none run flats to be honest but they were all in good conditon with loads of life in them so just replaced the damaged one.

Any way the car once again feels great to drive and I am a happy man. Now I just need to pray for a dry weekend to give it a good clean again :-)
 
Don't clean it too often, it's a very slippery slope and you'll be a detailing bore by christmas. :D
 
Shame about the tyre

You might be waiting a while for a dry weekend!

Happy driving....


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Only had my z4 a matter of days and am also loving every minute of it,yet to clean and detail it but hopefully this weekend. How much are run flats for the z4, is it painful? Am only 5mins from Chester, great little city. Good luck with your z4! :thumbsup:
 
tabbie said:
Only had my z4 a matter of days and am also loving every minute of it,yet to clean and detail it but hopefully this weekend. How much are run flats for the z4, is it painful? Am only 5mins from Chester, great little city. Good luck with your z4! :thumbsup:

Varies on RFTs.

Rears 255/35/18 are roughly £250 for Bridgestones, or £290+ for Michelin Pilot Sports 2 (which are much better)

Smaller will be cheaper. I ditched the run flats for non run flats, much better ride quality.... :thumbsup:
 
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