RE: Tell Me I'm Wrong: BMW Z4 M Coupe

RE: Tell Me I'm Wrong: BMW Z4 M Coupe

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DodoRacing

539 posts

206 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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VLN (German endurance race championship at Nurburgring/Nordschleife) overall as well as production cup (unmodified cars) winner in the 2011 series after 10 grueling endurance races can not be that bad?

http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.gb.php?id=2825

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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How many works Caymans did they go up against?

Edit: I'll add to that: The above is a great result but I'm pissed that Porsche won't develop Cayman as a racing platform. We all know why though.

Edited by Asterix on Thursday 27th September 07:44

DodoRacing

539 posts

206 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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Asterix said:
How many works Caymans did they go up against?

Edit: I'll add to that: The above is a great result but I'm pissed that Porsche won't develop Cayman as a racing platform. We all know why though.

Edited by Asterix on Thursday 27th September 07:44
There are several groups in the VLN (I believe 27 in 2012) with an average of 200 cars starting each race. The production cars (serieswagen) category is near-stock. No factory development whatsoever. The overall winner is calculated based on a formula which includes the size of the group the car is competing (for e.g. a 2nd place in a group of 5 cars scores equal to a 1st place in a group of 3 cars) and the results achieved over the entire season. This system is proven over the years to be fair for a race with such a diverse participation. So, a standard car like Z4 can come on top of factory supported Porsche GT3 RSRs, Audi R8s, Mercedes SLSs or BMW Motorsport Z4s.

wheelsmith

138 posts

141 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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Going to have to say Harris has got this wrong

Owned a Z4MC and Cayman S and easily preferred the Z4. The Cayman makes any idiot a driving God, and while I am quite heavenly, a driving God Im not.
Something which became patently obvious when I jumped in the seat of the Z4 from the Cayman, the car doesn't flatter and requires a comical firm hand to drive fast. Once up to speed it's was just as fast my 06 cayman on A-B roads, Straight roads its even quicker.

I'm not particular partisan for either brand, but I'd have a Z4M Coupe again and I don't feel the same way about the Porsche

CooperS

4,500 posts

218 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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Has Chris been back on to answer some of the owners / people's views and questions?

alexf65

2 posts

138 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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I hope not to be too late on this topic.

I am an owner of a Z4M Coupè and of a Z3 Coupé 3.0 and previously I owned a Lotus Exige.

My personal opinion belongs just on a question. Why if you talk about a 911 you always listen to people saying that you have to learn it to drive proprerly as it has(without any doubt) a wrong wheight distribution. Why the same couldn't apply for the Z4M? Someone here said before that you have to know this car a little to exploit his character and I totally agree. Only after some time you can understand how it behaves and how to have proper fun with it.

In addition to that do not forget that this car is very very sensible to a proper alignment of toe and camber and little adjustemnts can make big differences.

I am very happy to have a difficult car to drive and to understand, it makes me more happy when I discover what I can achieve (mainly on track) with it.

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

197 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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All this talk of Z4 coupes and being rare, choosen for what they are by enthusiasts rather than joe blogs etc.. I see dozens about they are really very, very common in these parts Oxfordshire / Berkshire I see as many as I do Caymans easily, if not more.

sealtt

3,091 posts

157 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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b14 said:
The primary reason I'd have this over an E46 M3 is because I live in South East London, where M3s are driven by drug dealers alone.

I agree with the other sentiments though, the E46 M3 is in my view more desirable in every respect, except possibly image.
Haha. I remember being ready to pull the trigger on an E46 M3, then spending about 1 month living near Mile End... ended up saving to get an E92 M3 instead!

miln0039

2,013 posts

157 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Herman Toothrot said:
All this talk of Z4 coupes and being rare, choosen for what they are by enthusiasts rather than joe blogs etc.. I see dozens about they are really very, very common in these parts Oxfordshire / Berkshire I see as many as I do Caymans easily, if not more.
Funny, seems to me like I see another Z4 Coupe like mine only very rarely. And when I do, it's one of the same three I keep seeing locally.

CooperS

4,500 posts

218 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Herman Toothrot said:
All this talk of Z4 coupes and being rare, choosen for what they are by enthusiasts rather than joe blogs etc.. I see dozens about they are really very, very common in these parts Oxfordshire / Berkshire I see as many as I do Caymans easily, if not more.
Hmm agreed that in certain locations they seem very popular (a number in Edinburgh both Coupes and Roadsters which is a bit like Focus RS very few in Farnham where i also live but 10's up in the Edinburgh/Dunfermline area) however are you sure your not seeing vinilla coupes.

Think its been covered but i think there is less than a 1000 Z4MC on UK streets so not exactly on par with Caymans

pilchardthecat

7,483 posts

178 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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CooperS said:
Think its been covered but i think there is less than a 1000 Z4MC on UK streets so not exactly on par with Caymans
Yup, just 550 M coupes and 617 M roadsters were sold in the UK

The rarest of all is the one alpine white M Roadster, known as The Unicorn. There are several fake unicorns with white wraps though smile



miln0039

2,013 posts

157 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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CooperS said:
however are you sure your not seeing vinilla coupes.
People who can't spell vanilla shouldn't throw stones....

ETA - in a non petulant a factual addition from How Many Left.

Z4 Coupe 3.0si - 395 taxed; 3 SORN'ed

Sounds like they are more rare in the UK than the M per those statistics.

Edited by miln0039 on Tuesday 2nd October 14:11

Pulse

10,922 posts

217 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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miln0039 said:
CooperS said:
however are you sure your not seeing vinilla coupes.
People who can't spell vanilla shouldn't throw stones....

ETA - in a non petulant a factual addition from How Many Left.

Z4 Coupe 3.0si - 395 taxed; 3 SORN'ed

Sounds like they are more rare in the UK than the M per those statistics.

Edited by miln0039 on Tuesday 2nd October 14:11
That seems like a very low figure.

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

197 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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I may well be seeing the 3.0's as well, but I am seeing a lot. I was interested in them before as the Mrs always loved the GT6 and when someone mentioned the Z4 Coupe looked like a modern equivalent I did consider one. On reading this thread it really suprised me about how apparently rare they are as I didn't think they were, since then on my daily commute I've been looking at them more (that is only 18miles from Berkshire border to Oxford) & I see plenty of them, at least 4 or 5 a day. They are a nice looking car just the very end of the nose from the side profile that lets it down for me.

miln0039

2,013 posts

157 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Pulse said:
That seems like a very low figure.
I don't disagree - it was lower than I thought it would be!

Here's the link:

http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q...

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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miln0039 said:
Pulse said:
That seems like a very low figure.
I don't disagree - it was lower than I thought it would be!

Here's the link:

http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q...
There are 2 3.0i coupes in the village where I live, and yet I haven't seen a single M roadster or coupe since I bought mine in December.

confused

SpudLink

5,669 posts

191 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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miln0039 said:
Herman Toothrot said:
All this talk of Z4 coupes and being rare, choosen for what they are by enthusiasts rather than joe blogs etc.. I see dozens about they are really very, very common in these parts Oxfordshire / Berkshire I see as many as I do Caymans easily, if not more.
Funny, seems to me like I see another Z4 Coupe like mine only very rarely. And when I do, it's one of the same three I keep seeing locally.
I see them very rarely here in Northampton. There is one the same colour as mine that I've seen a couple of times, and a silver one which is sometimes in the carpark of a local F1 engine manufacturer.

I would not be surprised if the figures on howmanyleft.co.uk are accurate.

CooperS

4,500 posts

218 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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miln0039 said:
People who can't spell vanilla shouldn't throw stones....
Rather unnecessary comment.

miln0039

2,013 posts

157 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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CooperS said:
Rather unnecessary comment.
As it was to call my 3.0si vanilla in the first place?

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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miln0039 said:
CooperS said:
Rather unnecessary comment.
As it was to call my 3.0si vanilla in the first place?
In terms of coupe Z4 BMWs it is wink