Z4MC v's SLK55 vs Cayman
Discussion
mmm-five said:
Shouldn't happen in any unless it's a numpty driving it who's switched off all the driver aids.
I was messing around 
Anyway I have never driven a car with more intrusive "driver aids" than the Z4M, it's impossible to drive properly quickly with them on. It should have the intermediate DTC (I think that's what it's called) like the E90 does for everyday driving not a nothing and all button!
Urban Sports said:
I was messing around
Anyway I have never driven a car with more intrusive "driver aids" than the Z4M, it's impossible to drive properly quickly with them on. It should have the intermediate DTC (I think that's what it's called) like the E90 does for everyday driving not a nothing and all button!
Indeed, even my little 130 has got that and I've come to love it.....Anyway I have never driven a car with more intrusive "driver aids" than the Z4M, it's impossible to drive properly quickly with them on. It should have the intermediate DTC (I think that's what it's called) like the E90 does for everyday driving not a nothing and all button!
DoubleSix said:
Odds on for:
"My circumstances have changed so I ended up with a diesel Passat....."
Close!"My circumstances have changed so I ended up with a diesel Passat....."
Sorry, I didn't finish the final part to this thread.
I started off the search for the next car as a weekend toy to give a bit of pleasure after Mon-Fri in a Golf. After loving my E36 M3, ideally I wanted a current shape M3 but £22/34k was a little too much for my budget.
Anyway, after all the searching and testing, I bought a diesel. And a bike.
The Golf went p/ex against an E92 330d Coupe and I put my spare cash into a 1098. So, now have a slightly more interesting commuting tool and a proper weekend toy. All of the cars I tested were great in different ways - in short, the SLK55 would have been perfect with a manual box, the Cayman felt muted but was sublime, Z4M brutal and a bit wayward. So, with none of them ticking all the boxes and the sun shining, I bought my first Ducati since selling the 916. Definitely a weekend escape from commuting and half the price of any of my original three shortlisted cars. The 330d is, well, just another diesel, but an Evolve remap may be on the horizon...
pilchardthecat said:
+1
I had a 330d and a fireblade - never could get the theory of 'proper weekend toy' to work, stuck in the diesl 90 percent of the time
That's cause you never did the blindingly obvious thing and use the bike to go to work.I had a 330d and a fireblade - never could get the theory of 'proper weekend toy' to work, stuck in the diesl 90 percent of the time
"Stuck" is not a word that exists in a bikers vocabulary when used in respect of the progress they make
fwaggie said:
pilchardthecat said:
+1
I had a 330d and a fireblade - never could get the theory of 'proper weekend toy' to work, stuck in the diesl 90 percent of the time
That's cause you never did the blindingly obvious thing and use the bike to go to work.I had a 330d and a fireblade - never could get the theory of 'proper weekend toy' to work, stuck in the diesl 90 percent of the time
"Stuck" is not a word that exists in a bikers vocabulary when used in respect of the progress they make
Bloody hell I just spent ages reading this thread glued to the screen wondering which one of these 3 cars he was going to buy.
Then I got to the end and found out he bought a diesel.....
I just wasted 30mins of my life.
You sod!
:-)
PS. Alpina Z4 Roadster S LUX here. Much rarer than Z4MR.
Then I got to the end and found out he bought a diesel.....
I just wasted 30mins of my life.
You sod!
:-)
PS. Alpina Z4 Roadster S LUX here. Much rarer than Z4MR.
wobblewing said:
Bloody hell I just spent ages reading this thread glued to the screen wondering which one of these 3 cars he was going to buy.
Then I got to the end and found out he bought a diesel.....
I just wasted 30mins of my life.
You sod!
:-)
PS. Alpina Z4 Roadster S LUX here. Much rarer than Z4MR.
Not as quick though! :P (beautiful car though. My friends dad bought one when it first came out and I loved it!)Then I got to the end and found out he bought a diesel.....
I just wasted 30mins of my life.
You sod!
:-)
PS. Alpina Z4 Roadster S LUX here. Much rarer than Z4MR.
Urban Sports said:
mmm-five said:
Shouldn't happen in any unless it's a numpty driving it who's switched off all the driver aids.
I was messing around Anyway I have never driven a car with more intrusive "driver aids" than the Z4M, it's impossible to drive properly quickly with them on. It should have the intermediate DTC (I think that's what it's called) like the E90 does for everyday driving not a nothing and all button!
CooperS said:
Urm it does have a two stage cut of aids and how fast do you go on public roads not to get kicks with the aids turned on?
Only if you class on & off as 2-stage - it's not as 'complicated' as the system in the M3 or non-M Z4 so there's no 'intermediate' setting You can be gently accelerating on a bumpy road from 10mph-30mph and the DSC light will flicker on the dash. If I'm on a Welsh hoon then I see it quite a lot as the car tries to ride out bumps.
"Not as quick though! :P (beautiful car though. My friends dad bought one when it first came out and I loved it!)"
Not sure there's much in it TBO, certainly not in real terms that I have noticed. At these small differences it is largely down to the differences in the driver on a track. Alpina is definately more comfortable as a daily commuter. Also, 30-33mpg and PLG road tax (£215 for 2011). Only 167 registered in UK.
Not sure there's much in it TBO, certainly not in real terms that I have noticed. At these small differences it is largely down to the differences in the driver on a track. Alpina is definately more comfortable as a daily commuter. Also, 30-33mpg and PLG road tax (£215 for 2011). Only 167 registered in UK.
wobblewing said:
"Not as quick though! :P (beautiful car though. My friends dad bought one when it first came out and I loved it!)"
Not sure there's much in it TBO, certainly not in real terms that I have noticed. At these small differences it is largely down to the differences in the driver on a track. Alpina is definately more comfortable as a daily commuter. Also, 30-33mpg and PLG road tax (£215 for 2011). Only 167 registered in UK.
Would have considered an Alpina version if they'd have offered a coupe (especially a V8S version), but they didn't, so I didn't Not sure there's much in it TBO, certainly not in real terms that I have noticed. At these small differences it is largely down to the differences in the driver on a track. Alpina is definately more comfortable as a daily commuter. Also, 30-33mpg and PLG road tax (£215 for 2011). Only 167 registered in UK.
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