Z4 Advice please

[madasafrog666]

Hi all, thinking of buying the wife a Z4.( she wants one ) I have my eyes on a 60 plate 2.3i s drive M 2.5lt. is this the best model? or can you recommend the best one to go for?
PS been on here ages just never owned a BM, TVR man myself, no rude comments please!!

Thanks

[madasafrog666]

Thanks for all the comments and advice. The car is only going to be used for short ish journeys and maybe some weekend fun with the top down ( but when the sun shines its difficult not to use the TVR!! )
So OK for the daily commute for the missus, reliable and fairly cheap to maintain.

Thanks.

[madasafrog666]

Morry10 said:

I have driven both the one you are looking at and have owned the N20 engined M-Sport 20i 4 pot turbo model for two years now:



Liked them both so cannot see a real downside with either as such - people will tell you that the 6 cylinder is the one to have, the noise blah blah but tbh the way they have done the new 4 cylinder and tuned the exhaust note it actually sounds really pretty good (especially with the roof down).

Lower road tax on the 4 pot as it is a lower Co2 and better overall MPG (if these are considerations?)

The runflats are a tad annoying at times (road noise / general crashiness over potholes and the like) but the car has huge amounts of grip.

M-Sport one is the better looker imho (differently styled front and rear etc) and you want 18 inch wheels - the 19 inch 326M's have a nasty tendency to crack and BMW appear to be getting rather fed up replacing them under warranty

Performance between the two is pretty much identical apart from the 4 pot having a better spread of torque and imho is better for day to day driving because of it - plus unlike the naturally aspirated 23i you have the option of remapping it and the engine has the potential for pretty big power if this is something you are interested in (costs can be quite high for this aspect however).

Happy to answer any other questions you may have (if I can!)

Good luck with your search

Cheers

Sign up to the Z4 Owners forum - plenty of enthusiastic and knowledgeable people on there and a friendly bunch too!

Great looking car thanks for the advice.

[madasafrog666]

Thanks for all the replies and advice ( may have gone off the original thread a bit!! )
Looked at the car again today and I have to say its sounds and looks great.One owner and in pristine condition. 60 plate and fully loaded with almost every extra including M sport everything and white leather and walnut trim.Hard top folding and all that, retractable wing mirrors,parking sensors etc etc 55K new Im told.
Test drive on Friday and if her indoors likes it its a done deal.
If I buy tomorrow I will post some pics.

Thanks.