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      09-16-2013, 02:12 PM   #111
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My Z4 is a comfortable and efficient daily driver for my commute, grocery shopping car and weekend fun car. It does it all pretty well.
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      09-16-2013, 02:47 PM   #112
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I just my as daily drive.. Need to get a mpg car for daily drive.. Z4M = awesome but expensive for daily drive.
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      09-16-2013, 03:31 PM   #113
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Mine is still a mix of both, but I got this toy on Saturday and somehow I am thinking the Z will take a little break this winter Also looking to get the hood and front bumper redone, too many chips.

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      09-16-2013, 03:55 PM   #114
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I just my as daily drive.. Need to get a mpg car for daily drive.. Z4M = awesome but expensive for daily drive.
I did the math on that, didn't work out for me.

If you drive 400 miles a week

- 15mpg on the M, 26.6 gallons of fuel ~ $110
- 50mpg in a Prius, 8 gallons of fuel ~$32

So after a year you spend 5720 on fuel for the M and 1662 on the Prius. So you save roughly 4k a year on fuel. Add in $500 a year for more expensive incidentals on the M (more expensive tires, etc.).

So if you spend 25k on a prius, you'd only break even in about 5-6 years without taking into account things like opportunity cost or interest payments.

So at least for me, it would only make sense if I could pick up the prius for 8k or less. I think that might be possible with a < 2005 model; but at that point you may have to buy a new battery for 3500 bucks and may have extra service costs on an older car negating all the savings.

With a longer commute, then the numbers start to make sense.
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      09-21-2013, 04:52 PM   #115
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Not just week-ends - not much at all.

Can't drive from snow in mid December till late April -early may. 6-7 months on the road this year - 450 KMS - less than 300 miles.

Car is 06 - 24,000 miles
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      04-19-2014, 07:51 PM   #116
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Anyone else have fun in their cars this weekend?

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      04-20-2014, 12:06 AM   #117
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400 miles m-f in mine. Thinking it's about time to retire her as the DD.
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      04-20-2014, 12:44 AM   #118
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I'm in the same boat but around 200 m-f for me. I'm thinking of buying a fozzy or something of that sort to make a fun daily.
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      01-29-2016, 03:32 PM   #119
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I got another daily driver - a fiat 500 electric. I still have the RAV4EV as well and of course, my roadster is still mainly for weekend fun.
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      01-31-2016, 05:38 PM   #120
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Summer only. No rain.
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      01-31-2016, 06:08 PM   #121
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      01-31-2016, 06:19 PM   #122
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Summer only. No rain.
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      02-01-2016, 12:14 AM   #123
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      02-01-2016, 03:04 AM   #124
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Not a strict weekend car, but an enthusiast car. When the weather is good I usually take the Moupe.
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      02-01-2016, 03:35 AM   #125
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I got my roadster for fun. I live 0.71 miles from work.

I can walk to work which takes 13 minutes or ride my bike and that only takes a very brief 3:40.

There are two or three days in a row that I don't even drive the car.

It's really just to cruise central Florida and learn my way around.
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      02-01-2016, 08:45 AM   #126
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I work from home, so the only use is when I pick up my kid from school or run an errand. If it is raining, I usually take another car.

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      02-01-2016, 11:21 AM   #127
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My DD is Honda Pilot, I drive 40K mile each year as a salesman. I use the Z4MR to unwind and hopefully auto X this summer. Wife Loves it and uses it for shopping and errands. We drive it Easter to Thanksgiving, Sunny days only. Thanksgiving to Easter its on a trickle-charger in my garage.
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      02-01-2016, 07:35 PM   #128
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Not a strict weekend car, but an enthusiast car. When the weather is good I usually take the Moupe.
That's what I'd consider mine too. I have an E34 5er for rainy days and long trips. But I still take my Z4M to work at least twice a week and usually for going out locally on the weekend. I'm averaging about 400 miles a month on the Z. And about 1K on the 5er.
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      02-02-2017, 09:52 AM   #129
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      02-02-2017, 03:36 PM   #130
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My DD is a 2008 130i E87

I cant wait for tomorrow (Saturday) to take the Z4MC out....
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      02-02-2017, 07:35 PM   #131
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I alternate between my '02 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Quad Cab and the Zed. Depends on what's going on at work and if I'm going in early or regular time. I stop at a WaWa near work for coffee or a soft drink. The early morning clientele are a bit sketchy and in the Taco they ignore me, and the panhandlers don't take a second look. In the Z4 I get a different look and I can count on having to run a gauntlet of panhandlers to get back to the car.
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      02-03-2017, 09:30 AM   #132
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