Al_H Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Mate of mine is intrested in getting one. Good and bad points? Rough average MPG? Also how much would a typical service cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Age and specification would help - presumably it's the Z4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_H Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 hehe well spotted sorry typo. Yes its an 03 2.5i Z4 11,000 miles, christopher neil dealer. £20,950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Well the Z4 is a good middle-ground car in 2.5i guise. You don't pay the premium for the 3.0 litre unit yet you get a lot more poke than than 2.0 (which in my opinion is underpowered for the weight of the car). Early Z4's seemed to get a lot of build quality issues. I know someone with a 3.0 litre model and he's very happy with it. There's also a 2.2 litre unit of course. The 2.5i unit puts out 192bhp and is extremely smooth and free revving - plus it doesn't harm the MPG a great deal more than the 170bhp 2.2 litre unit. 30mpg would be a reasonable return and what he should expect if he does a lot of mixed driving. It can drop as low as 22 mpg with lots of Town/City driving. Personally I'd say 26-31 mpg will be the area he'll be looking at. 0-60 is about 7 seconds and I think it tops about at about 146mph - so swift enough for most. I found the interior of the Z4 a tad too plasticky to be honest though. The seats are good, the driving position is quite exceptional and the handling is proper seat of the pants enjoyment! However - he should be prepared for a very hard ride - because they are notorious for it. I wouldn't too much about faults etc because on the 03 plate it'll be under full BMW warranty anyway. I've just looked at the car in question and the only thing I'd say is he needs to consider that not having leather will have a resale impact too. The trim is a very personal thing in blue/grey/black - and some won't like it at all. That said I personally think it looks okay. It's price as a non-BMW dealer would do too - about £1500-2000 less than it's franchised equivalent. You'd have to allow a bit for it not having leather though (most 2.5i SE's have leather - so it's quite rare in that respect and I don't think it works in the cars favour). If he can haggle that well on price then it could be a good buy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_H Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 hmm its got leather we sat in it today, blue leather. I quite like the colour combo. thanks very much for your reply, any idea on a typical service cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Ah - on the pictures it looked like the cloth trim with blue cloth inserts - my mistake, sorry. I'm not sure on the servicing but it's easily solved - just get him to ring the nearest main dealer and ask for their estimated costs for: Oil Service Inspection I Inspection II I'd have a guess at £160, £290-330 and £440-470 respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_H Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 cheers. Thats a beautiful 6 series you've got there. I fancy the M6 a lot of dosh though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Yes, me too, see the other threads in the M section! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_H Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 MrME beat the waiting list...... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/52333.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Oh I was offered one on Saturday, £83k, immediate delivery....but the residuals worry me in Year 1...hence the 645 will remain as it for the time being (It's only 2 months old and Im delighted with it anyway - but the M6 was and is something very very very special indeed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_H Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 yes perhaps not the best idea to sell on a 2 month old car, depreciation gulp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Not too bad on the PX actually, they offered me the M6 for £30k plus my car, so that works out at £53k on a car with a list of £62k that I only paid £55k for, so the deal was do-able.....if it wasn't for that fear of mega-loss on the M6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_H Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 yea i saw the video you posted up, looks pretty amazing and the sound! 30k is alot to justify when your thinking of moving house, save the cash and buy a dream house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgwz Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 well my brother has a 07 plate Z4 2.5si as a company car and its been returning 20mpg but that is absouloutely ragging it silly its a beuatiful car though as i didnt realy like the Z cars previously but even the 2.5 sounds really really good and im used to 360's etc. The one he has is black with red leather and the m-sport wheels. definatley a good choice of car 5/5 from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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