The poor man's T350 - Z4 Coupé
Discussion
One of my dream cars has always been a TVR T350 like this one.
I’m about to turn 50 and it’s become obvious that’s not going to happen! So drastic compromises to budget have been made and the search for an acceptable substitute was on.
I think this is a great affordable replacement: Straight Six engine, rear wheel drive, two seats, long bonnet short tail coupe, it’s blue…OK I’m stretching it a bit!
I just drove this one home on Saturday and loved every minute of it. It’s got a lot of miles on it (143K) very little stamped service history, 5 days MOT and a power steering problem so it was cheap. Oh and it’s an Automatic.
On the positive side I’ve got a log of loads of owner servicing history, receipts, a good MOT history, Bilstein B12 kit with Eibach springs and matched Goodyear F1 tyres. In short it’s clear it’s been well cared for. The Auto box works well and was necessary anyway so my wife can drive it. The power steering fault has not yet appeared.
I ordered service kit yesterday and it needs an MOT at the end of the week. That’s about all it requires at the moment. Really looking forward to some trips up to the north of Scotland in it.
I’m about to turn 50 and it’s become obvious that’s not going to happen! So drastic compromises to budget have been made and the search for an acceptable substitute was on.
I think this is a great affordable replacement: Straight Six engine, rear wheel drive, two seats, long bonnet short tail coupe, it’s blue…OK I’m stretching it a bit!
I just drove this one home on Saturday and loved every minute of it. It’s got a lot of miles on it (143K) very little stamped service history, 5 days MOT and a power steering problem so it was cheap. Oh and it’s an Automatic.
On the positive side I’ve got a log of loads of owner servicing history, receipts, a good MOT history, Bilstein B12 kit with Eibach springs and matched Goodyear F1 tyres. In short it’s clear it’s been well cared for. The Auto box works well and was necessary anyway so my wife can drive it. The power steering fault has not yet appeared.
I ordered service kit yesterday and it needs an MOT at the end of the week. That’s about all it requires at the moment. Really looking forward to some trips up to the north of Scotland in it.
bumskins said:
Hope you get to the bottom of the power steering issue OP, also interested as to why it's got a Z4M front bumper on it.
The power steering problem seems fairly common to these cars. Apparently it's a £300 fix with a lifetime guarantee, so I'm not too worried about it.According the the records that came with the car the Z4M bumper was fitted in 2015 by a previous owner. It's very low and I'm sure I'll whack it off a kerb at some point.
I'm not seriously comparing the T350 with the Z4 🤣but I'm old enough to remember the Triumph GT6 being called the poor man's E-Type. Come to think of it, it's like a modern version of the GT6.
It's a very nice thing anyway and I'm really chuffed with it so far. At £5750 I'm pretty sure I got a good deal.
It's a very nice thing anyway and I'm really chuffed with it so far. At £5750 I'm pretty sure I got a good deal.
Tasmin200 said:
I'm not seriously comparing the T350 with the Z4 ??but I'm old enough to remember the Triumph GT6 being called the poor man's E-Type. Come to think of it, it's like a modern version of the GT6.
It's a very nice thing anyway and I'm really chuffed with it so far. At £5750 I'm pretty sure I got a good deal.
Bargain. Won’t decrease much if anything. A lot of car for the money. It's a very nice thing anyway and I'm really chuffed with it so far. At £5750 I'm pretty sure I got a good deal.
I love the Z4 coupe and yours is a great colour combo. They’re even a car that my other half can get excited about and she was well up for changing her 125i cab for one this year until we decided to be sensible and sort an officer in the garden instead.
The N52 is a cracking engine (I’m on my third). Does this have the ZF gearbox? Is there any record of it being serviced? The ZF6 in my 335i is loads better after a service.
The N52 is a cracking engine (I’m on my third). Does this have the ZF gearbox? Is there any record of it being serviced? The ZF6 in my 335i is loads better after a service.
It's just went through the MOT with the only advisories beings the front tyres. Very pleased with that.
I've ordered a load of service parts so I'll get that done sometime. I'm away on holiday next week.
I think I'll get a gearbox oil an filter change done as well as changing the diff oil.
I've ordered a load of service parts so I'll get that done sometime. I'm away on holiday next week.
I think I'll get a gearbox oil an filter change done as well as changing the diff oil.
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