The A8 is gone :(

Delboy · #1 14th July 2014, 05:48 AM

Is that an m sport?, hope you have an electric oven if it is.

Should be a fun play thing for sumner.

Suspect you'll miss the 8 soon enough though.

Conquistador · #2 14th July 2014, 08:49 AM

It's a 2.2i SE model. I don't ever recall seeing one in this colour combo so that appealed to me quite a bit.

I was looking at a few Z3Ms and found this Z4 within budget so thought I'd go for it. It has fairly decent spec: BMW Business media/stereo and 6 CD changer, climate control and an electric roof but I learnt that the electric roof was actually an option on Z4s. God knows who would buy the car new and not spec the automatic roof!

Norretal · #3 14th July 2014, 09:18 AM

I'll keep an eye out for your 8 Ollie, there aren't many about up here

sarg · #4 14th July 2014, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Conquistador

I learnt that the electric roof was actually an option on Z4s. God knows who would buy the car new and not spec the automatic roof!

Power hood was standard on Z4s with a proper engine

This was mine, had it around 2004-2005.

Conquistador · #5 15th July 2014, 02:39 PM

Sarg, did yours have runflats? This one has Bridgestone runflats with puny 16" alloys and it tramlines epically!

New wheels/tyres are definitely first on my mod list.

chucklestinlegs · #6 15th July 2014, 02:54 PM

Enjoy your new brief Ollie, keep in touch

sarg · #7 16th July 2014, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Conquistador

Sarg, did yours have runflats? This one has Bridgestone runflats with puny 16" alloys and it tramlines epically!

New wheels/tyres are definitely first on my mod list.

Yes, I had runflats in 19"s and it tramlined like a bad 'un, but I learnt to live with it.

Modern runflats are supposedly a lot better, but not had them on any car since then. SWMBO's previous Mini had runflats which were nowhere near as bad, current Mini has same size wheels on standard tyres and rides much better.

There's a lot to be said for the safety element of run flats though, they save my ass once with the Z4, hence I learnt to live with them.

Looking at pics again, I remember that the black paint and/or lacquer was badly affected by bird crap so get in the habit, if not already, of cleaning it off ASAP.