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Thank you for all the replies. I really hope it was just a case of loud tyres (although they were some Contis made in 2018, so not that old), but at the same time there's no way I'm switching to all season/economy tyres - I don't want a tourer, I intend to trash it on mountain roads. Basically I want a faster Miata with less road noise (maybe I'm overreacting or just too sensitive, but I work in an environment that has continuous noise and I care about those things).
Handling wise - as I said I'm happy with what I saw during the test drive. I know that Miata or Boxster will be better, but Z4 seemed good enough to give it a chance (and I probably won't be keeping it for more than a year or two anyway). And yes, I'm talking about electric steering, over here in Europe the Z4M is at least twice the price of a 3.0si and I just don't want to pay that much.
Anyway, if I really want, switching to a hydraulic rack in a Z4 doesn't seem too complicated or expensive.
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