Z3 M - before I go and look at a few cars...

[buzzer]

Any advice before I look seriously for a Z3M? I have a few questions:-

were they all manual cars?

Did they all come with a power hood?

Was Air Con standard?

What commonly goes wrong and what should I look out for?

I would be looking for an immaculate low mileage roadster (the coupe does not appeal to me) as I want to buy a toy which wont depreciate too much over the years... I tend to keep my cars a long time!

Finally, is there a specialist forum anyone can point me to?

thanks

[CRACKIE]

http://www.z3mcoupe.com/ and maybe the specific M Power section on Pistonheads

[buzzer]

CRACKIE said:

http://www.z3mcoupe.com/ and maybe the specific M Power section on Pistonheads

Thanks, didn't even know there was a section on here for M cars!

[StuB]

There's a nice low mileage very late S54 on here, but it's fairly pricey/Z4M priced.

[buzzer]

thanks guys, But i think I will give it a miss... Been reading about the rear diff mounting failures and that's such a risk on a car that i intended to keep for a while... looks to be a case of when not if...

I could live with the VANOS failure, that's a mechanical fix, with something that affects the integrity of the structure of the vehicle, best left alone as there are alternatives out there.


Guess i will have to look at an alternative

[Philrose]

buzzer said:

thanks guys, But i think I will give it a miss... Been reading about the rear diff mounting failures and that's such a risk on a car that i intended to keep for a while... looks to be a case of when not if...

I could live with the VANOS failure, that's a mechanical fix, with something that affects the integrity of the structure of the vehicle, best left alone as there are alternatives out there.


Guess i will have to look at an alternative

????????? Rear diff mounting failures --!!!!!!!!!!!
Where have you been reading about this.
I have an M and know lots of others and this shouldnt be an issue

[buzzer]

Philrose said:

buzzer said:

thanks guys, But i think I will give it a miss... Been reading about the rear diff mounting failures and that's such a risk on a car that i intended to keep for a while... looks to be a case of when not if...

I could live with the VANOS failure, that's a mechanical fix, with something that affects the integrity of the structure of the vehicle, best left alone as there are alternatives out there.


Guess i will have to look at an alternative

????????? Rear diff mounting failures --!!!!!!!!!!!
Where have you been reading about this.
I have an M and know lots of others and this shouldnt be an issue

search on "z3 diff mounting failure" and variations on that... there are LOADS of hits come up... for instance....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-z3-z4-forum/244...

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.z...fficial%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=gFfwS-eXBZKJOLXd2OwH

Edited by buzzer on Sunday 16th May 21:38