Any Z4 owners here?

dannyhavok · 06-18-2016, 08:19 PM

I've had my E90 for about six months. It's a great car, I love the engine, transmission, steering feel, and I think it looks great.

However I miss some of the tight, nimble feeling I had in my old car, a modded, coilovered '06 MINI. Since I don't use the back seats much, I wondered if the Z was something worth looking at for my next car, or if I should just replace the suspension and ditch the shitty OEM runflats.

Dan Bilzerian · 06-18-2016, 08:54 PM

I'm surprised you have yet to ditch those fuckboy OEM runflats lol

dannyhavok · 06-18-2016, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Bilzerian

I'm surprised you have yet to ditch those fuckboy OEM runflats lol

They're awful but I'm cheap, and they've still got 50% tread left. It seems wasteful

NGEE · 06-18-2016, 09:38 PM

My brother has one. It's fantastic. Also supercharged

He's thinking of selling since he never drives it tho.

Efthreeoh · 06-19-2016, 06:26 AM

I have an E86 Z4 Coupe. Excellent car. Stiff as a brick chassis. Sports car handling. Considering the Z4 is an entirely different car than the E90, it will feel totally different. You'll never get the E90 to feel as tight as a Z4, nor a Mini, since the E90 is a 4-door sedan and flexes too much. But a suspension upgrade and different tires will definitely help in feel and handling.

BruceJ · 06-19-2016, 08:41 AM

The Z is an Awesome "sports" car. I had a 2007 Z4Si roadster before I bought my E93. Had it since 2010 and sold it Jan of this year. It is an awesome car; nimble, went like a stabbed rat, precise (once I got the alignment sorted), and goes around corners like its on rails. Just wasn't great as an all day road trip car. If you are younger than 50, and athletic, its not a problem, but after that it will make your back pay in varying amounts based on past physical history. The NON-sport seats are more forgiving in my opinion.

I still miss it, my 335is is slightly faster, but it is less involved experience. When you put your foot down on the Z4Si, you immediately realize you are accelerating, adrenaline pumps relative to the right foot; not so much in the 335is. Here, you stomp on it, breathe twice, then look at the speedo, and its at 100+; but it doesn't feel that way. I think its the way I imagined a 6, or 7, series to feel like. Great looking car, goes like stink, but lacks lightweight/big motor feed the Z4 has. I'll probably never take the 335is into the twisties, I didn't buy it for that.

I've been driving an E30 vert as my DD and have been considering replacing it with a used R56 Mini, but the E85/86 Z4's are about the same price...... hmmm

Good luck
Bruce

06-18-2016, 08:19 PM	#1
dannyhavok Lieutenant 133 Rep 514 Posts Drives: '11 E90 328xi 6MT Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Victoria, BC iTrader: (0)	Any Z4 owners here? I've had my E90 for about six months. It's a great car, I love the engine, transmission, steering feel, and I think it looks great. However I miss some of the tight, nimble feeling I had in my old car, a modded, coilovered '06 MINI. Since I don't use the back seats much, I wondered if the Z was something worth looking at for my next car, or if I should just replace the suspension and ditch the shitty OEM runflats.
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Dan Bilzerian Major 355 Rep 1,192 Posts Drives: E90 325i 6MT Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Edmonds,WA iTrader: (0)	I'm surprised you have yet to ditch those fuckboy OEM runflats lol
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NGEE Fuck it dude, let's go bowling. 888 Rep 2,480 Posts Drives: 1M Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	My brother has one. It's fantastic. Also supercharged He's thinking of selling since he never drives it tho. __________________ 1M. Previously: '13 135is; '07 E90 335i; '02 325i; '99 Z3; '98 328is; '87 L6; '77 320i
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Efthreeoh General 17365 Rep 18,765 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	I have an E86 Z4 Coupe. Excellent car. Stiff as a brick chassis. Sports car handling. Considering the Z4 is an entirely different car than the E90, it will feel totally different. You'll never get the E90 to feel as tight as a Z4, nor a Mini, since the E90 is a 4-door sedan and flexes too much. But a suspension upgrade and different tires will definitely help in feel and handling. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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06-19-2016, 08:41 AM	#6
BruceJ 6 of Diamonds (ret) 82 Rep 566 Posts Drives: 2011 E93 335is Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Georgia iTrader: (2)	The Z is an Awesome "sports" car. I had a 2007 Z4Si roadster before I bought my E93. Had it since 2010 and sold it Jan of this year. It is an awesome car; nimble, went like a stabbed rat, precise (once I got the alignment sorted), and goes around corners like its on rails. Just wasn't great as an all day road trip car. If you are younger than 50, and athletic, its not a problem, but after that it will make your back pay in varying amounts based on past physical history. The NON-sport seats are more forgiving in my opinion. I still miss it, my 335is is slightly faster, but it is less involved experience. When you put your foot down on the Z4Si, you immediately realize you are accelerating, adrenaline pumps relative to the right foot; not so much in the 335is. Here, you stomp on it, breathe twice, then look at the speedo, and its at 100+; but it doesn't feel that way. I think its the way I imagined a 6, or 7, series to feel like. Great looking car, goes like stink, but lacks lightweight/big motor feed the Z4 has. I'll probably never take the 335is into the twisties, I didn't buy it for that. I've been driving an E30 vert as my DD and have been considering replacing it with a used R56 Mini, but the E85/86 Z4's are about the same price...... hmmm Good luck Bruce __________________ 2007 Z4Si(gone) Couple E30 Verts (DD) 2003 330i 2011 E93 335is - current fav Last edited by BruceJ; 06-19-2016 at 08:49 AM..
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