grahamc Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Anyone on here owned one? Have experience with them? Saw one at Thruxton yesterday, soundded lovely and looked well settled on track. Very tempted to consider one as a full on track car.... Oddly I normally dont like BMWs, but this one has really caught my eye and I was very impressed with their showing at N24 race awhile back (although, obviously not just a road car ) Quote
Bodyboarder81 Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Not an m but my brother in law has the coupe 3L .... Completely standard and have to say it handles amazing . Better than my zed with spring/ shocks/ Arb set up . And for only 265 bhp is pretty rapid too. It's a great little car , really highlighted to me the zed is a GT car not a sports car . Quote
Stutopia Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 I watched a Z4M tear it up at Croft in the rain against some extremely rapid cars, a couple of 911s and an M3 amongst them. Quote
grahamc Posted September 12, 2015 Author Posted September 12, 2015 Thanks Not an m but my brother in law has the coupe 3L .... Completely standard and have to say it handles amazing . Better than my zed with spring/ shocks/ Arb set up . And for only 265 bhp is pretty rapid too. It's a great little car , really highlighted to me the zed is a GT car not a sports car . Its not monsterously powerful, but its a good engine. Just looking for something a little faster than the MX5, but still tempted to SC it and maybe consider something like the Z4 after a year of SCd MX5 I watched a Z4M tear it up at Croft in the rain against some extremely rapid cars, a couple of 911s and an M3 amongst them. I think the one I saw was only th 3l but it still sat very well in the corners, but wasnt the fastest on the straight. The M could be rather entertaining..... Quote
Bodyboarder81 Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 I expect the m is a bit quicker on track as it does have an extra 80bhp ... On the road I'm not sure there would be a huge difference between the 3L and M . Also you can pick a nice 3L coupe up for less than 8k . My bro bought his for 7800 with 70k and fsh. Great cat for the money and would easily keep up / beat a standard zed even though it has less power due to its weight advantage . Quote
Commander Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Z4MC has the same engine as the e46 m3 - 3.2L straight six. No experience driving one but they make the Z look roomy on the inside. Similar performance to an e46 m3 on track, but obviously less room for carrying tools / spare parts. Quote
Jetpilot Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 I am sure i have read on here some where the M variant is too harsh and handling suffered because of it, the std one is deemed a better car. Surely you just might as well buy a Zed for half the money if its going to be track car? Quote
grahamc Posted September 14, 2015 Author Posted September 14, 2015 fancy something different... I would more than likely be looking at the 3l, so Z is not half the price. Need to go test drive a mix of them. Quote
docwra Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 You know that car Ive just bought, the one with 430hp and 550lb/ft just on a remap? The Z4 35i has the same lump, I know where my money would be going ........... Quote
grahamc Posted September 14, 2015 Author Posted September 14, 2015 You know that car Ive just bought, the one with 430hp and 550lb/ft just on a remap? The Z4 35i has the same lump, I know where my money would be going ........... No, what did you just buy? Quote
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