New car ahead of schedule...

daveydave · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:14

...slightly overdue as I did the deed on Saturday.

Cutting to the chase; Z4M...Interlagos Blue, no nav (which was a must) and the usual toys that came with the M division cut of the Z4.

Absolutely loving it as it stands. Only downside is it does tramline, but no worse the ST used to and at speed on the motorway she seems a little twitchy, which feels like overinflated tyres. So that needs checking, however I will get it booked in for 4 wheel alignment.

But other than that, it's great. Insurance company only wanted an extra £300, but hopefully come renewal it will drop as I'll be 25 years old...but I'm not holding my breath.

Obligatory pics (apologies they are off a camera phone)

I will (and already do) miss the ST220 a little...

DM · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:16

Is that non metalic? Looks a bit dull, but anyway you enjoy that

Ricochet J · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:17

That's the recipe for awesome. Curious, why was navigation a must but yet you bought a car without?

So how much then?

Philz0r · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:17

nice!.

PMKeates · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:18

Yay welcome to the proper car club.

Looks very nice

daveydave · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:22

Ricochet J said:
That's the recipe for awesome. Curious, why was navigation a must but yet you bought a car without?

So how much then?

Viewed one with Nav and it looks awful...but that's just me.

Jjustme · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:23

Congrats! Nice car

RJC · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:24

Very Nice

[TW]Fox · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:30

daveydave said:
Viewed one with Nav and it looks awful...but that's just me.

The Nav on the Z4 is crap - it isnt like other cars where it positively transforms the interior look. It's simply a popup screen containing a 1990's computer interface.

daveydave · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:30

DM said:
Is that non metalic? Looks a bit dull, but anyway you enjoy that

It's metallic paint but just poor pictures with too much exposure.

sigma · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:32

I love these, especially the coupe.

*fap fap fap*

DM · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:41

daveydave said:
It's metallic paint but just poor pictures with too much exposure.

Ahh good job then

Boz · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:43

good choice. give it a couple of weeks and you'll forget all about that ST. get yourself over to z4-forum if you haven't already.

a bit of a shame you bought one with a metal roof. real men buy the roadster!

Cosimo · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:45

Very nice indeed.

ins0mn1ac · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:49

Lovely car.

BaJ · 25 Apr 2011 at 18:58

Good choice ... very very similar to my old one!

Lashout_UK · 25 Apr 2011 at 19:29

Very tidy. I do like these quite a lot

daveydave · 25 Apr 2011 at 20:41

I'll do a proper write up in a few weeks, in the meantime I'm loving the exhaust note when pottling around in the bottom end of the rev range.

smokedog · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:16

Good choice, just as I got rid of my Z4 coupe everyone else seems to be buying them.

MrMason · 26 Apr 2011 at 09:46

The NAV might look a bit "naff", but it's actually reasonably functional with the latest updates and a new nav CD. It also gives you better radio functionality, and you can edit your DSP settings. It also means you don't need a third party Sat Nav system. Win/Win situation!

As for the tram lining, get 4 wheel laser wheel alignment - will set you back £50 or so, but should fix it.

Enjoy the car, it's wonderful the drive - it's just a shame you didn't get a soft top so you can put the roof down and really enjoy those exhaust notes