My Cars: 2007 BMW Z4 Sport Manual Coupe (E86)
I’d always fancied a “poor man’s E-Type” BMW Z4 Coupe to go with my E36 M3 saloon. In 2019, while writing a monthly column for BMW Car magazine, I figured another BMW would create good content, so I spent a few days doing some homework on real-world prices by contacting recent buyers and sellers and checking their deals.
After four days of research, I was pretty well up to speed on prices so I made a short list of must-haves and hit the classifieds. Three hours later, I had bought a Z4. I picked it up in Bournemouth the following weekend.
My BMW Z4 Coupe is a 2007 manual with the later N52K engine. Good spec including xenons, nav, M-Sport multifunction wheel, heated M seats and BBS style 108 split rims – these are not super popular but I like them. Silver was not my first choice but I don’t hate it. The car has 108k miles on the clock and is nicely run in: the shove of the later 265bhp N52K engine rivals my E36 M3 for sure. Nice economy also. I love the driving position and Ted the Jack Russell does not moan too much about the boot.
It has good history, but was due a service at pickup and I got a little list going on other bits. I was happy to buy with a service needed as it gives me a chance to get a very close look. I sent a deposit pre-inspection knowing there was work to do and nothing changed for me on pickup, so I paid what I offered. It’s had new brakes, oil and filter, some work to the suspension. I also changed the over-ly thick steering wheel for a thiinner rimmed version.
Driving this car reminds me of a Datsun 260Z 2+2 I used to own: it is all bonnet and has such a short distance to the rear wheels from the driver’s seat. It now wants some paint to the front end and a few other bits which I am looking forward to doing myself.
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