Z4MC or M3 e46 and Z4C

Poll Poll Would u rather own one Z4MC or both Z4C and E46 M3

  • Z4M coupe

    Votes: 42 71.2%

  • Z4 coupe and e46 M3

    Votes: 17 28.8%
  • Total voters
    59
dilemma dilemma!, yeh for sure I've driven an M3 e46 before, be it an SMG, loved the sound and also the looks... but the Z4MC looks like nothing out there. I think the clip has split me even more now... yes if I wanted a faster car point to point - e46 M3 all the way... but Z4MC feels like more of a challenge - not just a car to own and drive quickly - but to learn it, maybe add some suspensions tweaks to the front for it to turn in better maybe... I dunno.

The other issue I'd say is M3 e46 maybe start rusting a lot quicker on the wings?
And as the video points out Z4M feels more well put together, even if it may not be the better driving experience...

So head says get e46 M3, and keep my current z4C (best of both worlds), but then heart says Z4M...

Ok decision is, buy Z4MC - and then rob a bank, and then buy M3 e46 CSL.
 
shuey said:
dilemma dilemma!, yeh for sure I've driven an M3 e46 before, be it an SMG, loved the sound and also the looks... but the Z4MC looks like nothing out there. I think the clip has split me even more now... yes if I was a faster car point to point - e46 M3 all the way... but Z4MC feels like more of a challenge - not just a car to own and drive quickly - but to learn it, maybe add some suspensions tweaks to the front for it to turn in better maybe... I dunno.

The other issue I'd say is M3 e46 maybe start rusting a lot quicker on the wings?
And as the video points out Z4M feels more well put together, even if it may not be the better driving experience...

So head says get e46 M3, and keep my current z4C (best of both worlds), but then heart says Z4M...

Ok decision is, buy Z4MC - and then rob a bank, and then buy M3 e46 CSL.
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E46's do seem to have a rust issue unfortunately where as the Z4M's don't seem to have that problem yet.
 
yeh unfortunately I've never been into open tops, and the ones I do like, usually means I have to have a few mill lying around.
AC Cobra, F50, or Carrera GT, or BMW 507 :)
 
MrPT said:
This just in, folks - BMW Is Tired Of Your s**t

As if to preempt critics who say the all-new 2019 BMW 3 Series won’t be as good as the old BMW, development chief Klaus Frohlich gave a surprisingly and unusually candid interview to Australia’s Motoring at the recent Paris Motor Show in which he said, emphasis mine:

“It has to beat everybody in the segment in driving dynamics because all the Australian, UK and American journalists say ‘ooh the E46 CSL was the last real 3 Series’,” Frohlich told motoring.com.au. “I do not want to hear that s**t anymore.”
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:rofl:

Better be good then. The new 5 is good, the G29 Z4 feels like it is going to be pretty good (in the handling department) too. Maybe this really will be a new era of The Ultimate Driving Machine?

Back on topic (ish), I like this comparison, because although there are so many setup differences between the cars, you still get a feel for their fundamental nature when he absolutely spanks them on track.

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May be so, but a moded old school Nissan 200sx would spank em both. :driving: :wink: :thumbsup:
Fun video, had to laugh when the MC span off. :o :oops:
 
buzyg said:
May be so, but a moded old school Nissan 200sx would spank em both.
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Maybe, but a supercharged Z4M or M3 would probably spank a moded 200SX. :lol:

As would a modded Supra, Skyline or Sierra Cosworth - or an RX-7 with a turbo. Surely you need to compare on a like for like basis? :roll:
 
Interesting thread... I’d go for the z4mc

If it was a minter e46m and a cheap e85 I might have voted differently.
 
Mr Tidy said:
buzyg said:
May be so, but a moded old school Nissan 200sx would spank em both.
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Maybe, but a supercharged Z4M or M3 would probably spank a moded 200SX. :lol:

As would a modded Supra, Skyline or Sierra Cosworth - or an RX-7 with a turbo. Surely you need to compare on a like for like basis? :roll:
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Mr Tidy said:
buzyg said:
May be so, but a moded old school Nissan 200sx would spank em both.
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Maybe, but a supercharged Z4M or M3 would probably spank a moded 200SX. :lol:

As would a modded Supra, Skyline or Sierra Cosworth - or an RX-7 with a turbo. Surely you need to compare on a like for like basis? :roll:
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The cars in that video are all modded as far as I can tell. So like for like. :poke: The sx was the drifters favourite for a reason. Not sure what that reason was. But It was the car I wanted to own when I was first into cars. Never hankered after any German cars. Then I drove the MR and enjoyed the test drive so much I bought one. MR apart I still prefer Japanese and Fords all day long though. :D :driving:
 
Z4 MC, M3 CSL, S54 Z3MR, Z1.

OK Gazza, you win! :thumbsup:

All you need now is a Z8. :lol:
 
InterlagosZ4MR said:
Hard to think why on earth you’d want to drive a boggo Z4C if you had an M3
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I know but I love the look of Z4 Coupes, and also how it feels sitting inside. Compared to sitting in an M3 - which just feels like an ordinary car. And yes I know - it's not about just sitting, but the driving experience, but realistically I won't be flooring it as daily driver.

If I bought an M3 - it would only come out when I'm heading to some epic roads. Z4C as a daily.
 
shuey said:
InterlagosZ4MR said:
Hard to think why on earth you’d want to drive a boggo Z4C if you had an M3
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I know but I love the look of Z4 Coupes, and also how it feels sitting inside. Compared to sitting in an M3 - which just feels like an ordinary car. And yes I know - it's not about just sitting, but the driving experience, but realistically I won't be flooring it as daily driver.

If I bought an M3 - it would only come out when I'm heading to some epic roads. Z4C as a daily.
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Then get a Z4MC as a do it all. Or something that looks and drives better like a 911. FWIW I have a Z4MR as a sunny day car and the main thing I like about it is taking the roof off. The dynamics are pretty rubbish and there are plenty better drivers cars and many that are far better looking. As a hard top I’m not sure what it would give you as a weekend car. I have an M140i as a daily - pig ugly but far faster and better dynamically than the Z and I far prefer driving that, except when the sun is out.
 
I love driving my M roadster but I would offer a word of caution if my daily commute spent a lot of time in slow moving traffic - they can be very clunky and not particularly nice. I recently drove a Boxster S and the gearbox was far more palatable so a non M Coupe would be more suited as a daily.
 
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