RE: New BMW Z4 spyshots

[Herbs]

Tuvra said:

I said exactly the same about the new 8 - that is going to look fabulous all blacked out

Definitely a hint of v8v in there - looks stunning

[Tim bo]

Ares said:

Dumpy???

That's the concept.

The production run looks ... dumpy.

[Ares]

Tim bo said:

That's the concept.

The production run looks ... dumpy.

That's a heavily disguised testing mule.

Where is the picture of the dumpy production model??

[Tim bo]

Test patterns on the mule hide the lines but not the shape.

And the shape is ...

Loyly said:

dumpy

mallsop001 said:

dumpy

Dumpy.

Edited by Tim bo on Wednesday 17th January 18:55

[classicyanktanks]

Ah the swingers car. Coming to a fruit bowl soon !

[Ares]

Tim bo said:

Test patterns on the mule hide the lines but not the shape.

And the shape is ...

Loyly said:

dumpy

mallsop001 said:

dumpy

Dumpy.

Edited by Tim bo on Wednesday 17th January 18:55

So naive. Testing mules hide whatever the manufacturer wants hidden.

Look at the front end, quite obviously disguised unless it's made of new impact safety blancmange.

[Tim bo]

Nah.

Dumpy.

[Herbs]

Money where mouth is - I'll have £50 its a lot closer to the concept than you think

[Ares]

Herbs said:

Money where mouth is - I'll have £50 its a lot closer to the concept than you think

I'm with you (although my bet was a bag of Wotsits). Dumpy will be the faces of the whiners

[sixspeed]

Mr Tidy said:

Actually from what I can make out on a forum dedicated to Z4s the Z4M Roadster was only 10kg or so lighter than the Z4M Coupe - I'm guessing the weight saved on the roof mostly went back for stiffening!

All the stiffening was there in the original roadster design. The Coupe came after, and was heavier simply because it was a roadster but with a metal roof bolted on.

[SpudLink]

sixspeed said:

Mr Tidy said:

Actually from what I can make out on a forum dedicated to Z4s the Z4M Roadster was only 10kg or so lighter than the Z4M Coupe - I'm guessing the weight saved on the roof mostly went back for stiffening!

All the stiffening was there in the original roadster design. The Coupe came after, and was heavier simply because it was a roadster but with a metal roof bolted on.

The roof also added considerable torsional regidity.

[Herbs]

SpudLink said:

sixspeed said:

Mr Tidy said:

Actually from what I can make out on a forum dedicated to Z4s the Z4M Roadster was only 10kg or so lighter than the Z4M Coupe - I'm guessing the weight saved on the roof mostly went back for stiffening!

All the stiffening was there in the original roadster design. The Coupe came after, and was heavier simply because it was a roadster but with a metal roof bolted on.

The roof also added considerable torsional regidity.

The Z4M Roadster was 60% stiffer than a Ferrari 430 Convertible and a Lotus Elise, even an Exige. As mentioned, it was designed as a roadster first and foremost.

[classicyanktanks]

Herbs said:

SpudLink said:

sixspeed said:

Mr Tidy said:

Actually from what I can make out on a forum dedicated to Z4s the Z4M Roadster was only 10kg or so lighter than the Z4M Coupe - I'm guessing the weight saved on the roof mostly went back for stiffening!

All the stiffening was there in the original roadster design. The Coupe came after, and was heavier simply because it was a roadster but with a metal roof bolted on.

The roof also added considerable torsional regidity.

The Z4M Roadster was 60% stiffer than a Ferrari 430 Convertible and a Lotus Elise, even an Exige. As mentioned, it was designed as a roadster first and foremost.

bks! it was designed for the keys to be thrown in the fruitbowl at "special" parties (probably in Lincolnshire) 60% more popular than the Vauxhall key fob

[Herbs]

classicyanktanks said:

bks! it was designed for the keys to be thrown in the fruitbowl at "special" parties (probably in Lincolnshire) 60% more popular than the Vauxhall key fob

Course it was.....

Feel free to check yourself (or not, if you want to continue looking like a tt with stupid, childish comments)

http://youwheel.com/home/2016/06/20/car-body-torsi...

[classicyanktanks]

Herbs said:

classicyanktanks said:

bks! it was designed for the keys to be thrown in the fruitbowl at "special" parties (probably in Lincolnshire) 60% more popular than the Vauxhall key fob

Course it was.....

Feel free to check yourself (or not, if you want to continue looking like a tt with stupid, childish comments)

http://youwheel.com/home/2016/06/20/car-body-torsi...

Ahem...........

Top Gear gets it right on wife swapping
1:11 pm Monday, 7th June, 2010

Recently in Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson claimed that the BMW Z4 is only diven by people who like to enjoy some wife swapping.

“So, what about the Owls? Owls are middle-class, middle-brow people who live on estates but don't have affairs, because they do a lot of wife-swapping. Many, therefore, have BMW Z4s”
Jeremy Clarkson, March 2010.

[Herbs]

yawn.

Well done for skirting the proof you were wrong and well done on derailing the thread.

Run along

[Ares]

classicyanktanks said:

Ahem...........

Top Gear gets it right on wife swapping
1:11 pm Monday, 7th June, 2010

Recently in Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson claimed that the BMW Z4 is only diven by people who like to enjoy some wife swapping.

“So, what about the Owls? Owls are middle-class, middle-brow people who live on estates but don't have affairs, because they do a lot of wife-swapping. Many, therefore, have BMW Z4s”
Jeremy Clarkson, March 2010.

You brought Jeremy Clarkson to an intellectual, factual debate?

If Jeremy Clarkson is so right, what's your take on his take on 'Classic Yank Tanks, classicyanktanks?

"American cars are Horrid. Cheaply made, crass, loud, and can’t make a turn to save their lives. Only people called Hank with tiny penises drive them"
"Every time I drive one, I’m left with an abiding sensation that I’m in a dustbin lorry. It has a Seddon Atkinson-quality feel and it handles like it’s towing a fully laden skip"
"on a challenging road they about as much fun as a wasabi enema.”
“If you want a serious car, buy one from the continent that gave the world Shakespeare, Monet and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Europe does serious well. It does substance. It does brilliant. America does Disney. And what we have with the Z06 is Disney trying to do a hard-hitting documentary about Africa’s civil wars. Naturally, it hasn’t really worked.”
“It’s still plastic. It’s still made in Kentucky. It still has the big V8. And — stop laughing at the back — it still comes with exactly the same sort of suspension that you get on a Silvercross pram. Yup. It has leaf springs, which means it still rides like it’s running on wooden tyres. It’s a car so pumped up on steroids, it would be unable to take a drugs test without falling off its motorcycle. It’s a car with arms like Schwarzenegger but a penis like a shrivelled-up little acorn.”

[classicyanktanks]

Ares said:

classicyanktanks said:

Ahem...........

Top Gear gets it right on wife swapping
1:11 pm Monday, 7th June, 2010

Recently in Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson claimed that the BMW Z4 is only diven by people who like to enjoy some wife swapping.

“So, what about the Owls? Owls are middle-class, middle-brow people who live on estates but don't have affairs, because they do a lot of wife-swapping. Many, therefore, have BMW Z4s”
Jeremy Clarkson, March 2010.

You brought Jeremy Clarkson to an intellectual, factual debate?

If Jeremy Clarkson is so right, what's your take on his take on 'Classic Yank Tanks, classicyanktanks?

"American cars are Horrid. Cheaply made, crass, loud, and can’t make a turn to save their lives. Only people called Hank with tiny penises drive them"
"Every time I drive one, I’m left with an abiding sensation that I’m in a dustbin lorry. It has a Seddon Atkinson-quality feel and it handles like it’s towing a fully laden skip"
"on a challenging road they about as much fun as a wasabi enema.”
“If you want a serious car, buy one from the continent that gave the world Shakespeare, Monet and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Europe does serious well. It does substance. It does brilliant. America does Disney. And what we have with the Z06 is Disney trying to do a hard-hitting documentary about Africa’s civil wars. Naturally, it hasn’t really worked.”
“It’s still plastic. It’s still made in Kentucky. It still has the big V8. And — stop laughing at the back — it still comes with exactly the same sort of suspension that you get on a Silvercross pram. Yup. It has leaf springs, which means it still rides like it’s running on wooden tyres. It’s a car so pumped up on steroids, it would be unable to take a drugs test without falling off its motorcycle. It’s a car with arms like Schwarzenegger but a penis like a shrivelled-up little acorn.”

Brilliant ! I was slightly bored at work and thought I'd poke a little fun...........Bet it took you ages and you got really cross. Out of interest wonder if he was talking about one of the 60's mustangs he owns! Now go put the fruitbowl in the dishwasher it's almost the weekend !

[Ares]

classicyanktanks said:

Ares said:

classicyanktanks said:

Ahem...........

Top Gear gets it right on wife swapping
1:11 pm Monday, 7th June, 2010

Recently in Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson claimed that the BMW Z4 is only diven by people who like to enjoy some wife swapping.

“So, what about the Owls? Owls are middle-class, middle-brow people who live on estates but don't have affairs, because they do a lot of wife-swapping. Many, therefore, have BMW Z4s”
Jeremy Clarkson, March 2010.

You brought Jeremy Clarkson to an intellectual, factual debate?

If Jeremy Clarkson is so right, what's your take on his take on 'Classic Yank Tanks, classicyanktanks?

"American cars are Horrid. Cheaply made, crass, loud, and can’t make a turn to save their lives. Only people called Hank with tiny penises drive them"
"Every time I drive one, I’m left with an abiding sensation that I’m in a dustbin lorry. It has a Seddon Atkinson-quality feel and it handles like it’s towing a fully laden skip"
"on a challenging road they about as much fun as a wasabi enema.”
“If you want a serious car, buy one from the continent that gave the world Shakespeare, Monet and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Europe does serious well. It does substance. It does brilliant. America does Disney. And what we have with the Z06 is Disney trying to do a hard-hitting documentary about Africa’s civil wars. Naturally, it hasn’t really worked.”
“It’s still plastic. It’s still made in Kentucky. It still has the big V8. And — stop laughing at the back — it still comes with exactly the same sort of suspension that you get on a Silvercross pram. Yup. It has leaf springs, which means it still rides like it’s running on wooden tyres. It’s a car so pumped up on steroids, it would be unable to take a drugs test without falling off its motorcycle. It’s a car with arms like Schwarzenegger but a penis like a shrivelled-up little acorn.”

Brilliant ! I was slightly bored at work and thought I'd poke a little fun...........Bet it took you ages and you got really cross. Out of interest wonder if he was talking about one of the 60's mustangs he owns! Now go put the fruitbowl in the dishwasher it's almost the weekend !

It took almost 2 minutes, Google is a wonderful thing. If being on hold to the DVLA had been a little longer, I'd have found twice as many.

And come come dear boy, you know you don't put fruit bowls in the dishwasher.

[V10Ace]

Herbs said:

Haha, yes, yes i know.

I was mainly doing town driving or 50mph dual carriageways at the time and I couldn't maximise the VTEC so i was essentially driving round a 2.0L car with poor torque as doing over 6,000 rpm meant doing over 60mph.

Handled well though but wrong car for wrong circumstances - lasted less than 3 months before i changed it for an Elise.

Its not that you couldnt, you just wouldnt....

Unless the law has completly disabled you and chopped your balls off !!!

Actually that sounds like that is exactly what has happend