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03-14-2024, 10:49 PM | #1 |
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The unknown BMW sports car
These cars are still relatively unknown after all these years, even to car Youtubers
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03-15-2024, 07:49 PM | #2 |
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I love when I bring my M Coupe out to a car meet outing and 97% of the go-ers knows not a damn thing about it, except that it looks like a Z4 without a convertible top lol. The remaining 3% know everything about it and love that its at the car meet
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03-15-2024, 08:00 PM | #3 |
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Garage List E86 Z4 M [10.00]
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That’s because these cars are older than most YouTubers lol
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03-16-2024, 02:36 PM | #4 |
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Good article from Hagerty..."BMW’s First Z4 Coupe Is an Affordable Alternative to a New Supra"...
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automo...o-a-new-supra/ |
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Great article - thanks for posting! A Saint Patrick’s Day treat! |
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03-18-2024, 01:31 PM | #6 |
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The comment section of these articles and videos shows how little even supposed BMW enthusiasts know about the car. I have tried to replace mine a few times over the years with a 1M or E46 M3 but both feel more sedated and overvalued in back-to-back test drives. No longer in the replacement camp, best to add to the garage instead
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03-18-2024, 11:39 PM | #7 |
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My main issue with this is that I have ran out of garage space
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I bought my Z4si in October and I have only seen myself once on the road and that was a newer one! They are not popular automobiles. The best thing I can tell people is that they were built in Spartanburg, South Carolina till 2008! The "Z" stands for "Zukunft" German for future.
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The Z4 3.0si is a very dynamic vehicle. Better performance than the Z3M, capable of delivering 30+ highway MPG, all day comfortable (once the runflats are thrown away!), room for a proper amount of luggage. Did I mention that the N52 is an absolute jewel of a motor. |
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03-22-2024, 10:10 AM | #12 |
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Agreed. I see E85s and E86's all the time around Atlanta. Quite a few M's as well.
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I still find it amusing the dislike (in the comments section) for the non-M's electric steering. I've never driven the Z4M with its hydraulic steering, but I did have an E46 330i Cabrio for a few years along with my coveted 3.0si Coupe. Sure, the 330i was not an E46 M3 to compare to the Z3M, but basically my two non-M cars having the same front end and I really could not tell much of a difference between the electric column in the Z4 vs. the hydraulic rack in the Cabrio (both on Michelin AS4's). The Z4's electric steering is not a bad setup. In fact, when I first test drove the Coupe before buying it (from CarMax) I did not realize it was electric. I didn't discover the steering was electric until I got my car home and started checking fluid levels and couldn't find the power steering reservoir. I had to go check realoem.com to verify. And by late 2014 when I bought the Z4, I'd been driving a BMW 3-series for 32 years, so it's not like I was not familiar with 3-series steering.
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