My new E89 35i - in love!

[fredg]

I've posted on here before asking for advice - now I actually have the car!

Picked up this 2009 manual 35i with only 29K miles on the clock last friday.
I think, honestly I got a bit of a steal here - I'll explain after I post some photos!







So in the time between first seeing the car, buying it and today...I've noticed a few things. A few things the dealer seems to have not noticed themselves (In a good way!) and they didn't mention on the advert. For instance, I have the Professional hifi system (there are speakers everywhere - it's fantastic!), comfort access (and the thing where I can open the roof using the remote), adaptive suspension, it also has something called "Pure White Design" which as far as I can tell, involves a lot of extra white leather.

And blimey is it fast! My last car was a Toyota GT86, and now I know what this thing you call Torque is!

I have a few mods planned, but will leave it a few months before I get stuck in with modifying. Glad to be joining you all!

[KERMIT1970]

Very nice, you enjoy

[Axelf]

Very nice... Welcome to the 3.5i club

[DPG]

Congratulations. Very nice Zed

[si-forks]

Hello and welcome to the forum
Your Z looks great

[pvr]

And a proper gearbox as well

[Marlon]

Wow - stunning looking car, I like the colour match with the wheels, and what's this about I have a few mods planned - what can you possibly improve upon
Welcome to the forum.

[fredg]

And a proper gearbox as well

Thanks! It's amazing how few 35i's seem to exist with manual gearboxes! Maybe their owners just don't want to sell them?!

[metal licker]

Very nice

[Oakleyextreme]

Hello and welcome, very nice looking zed. Love the colour

[Z4M-2006]

Great car.....

What colour is that......Havana ?

[rhys4]

Love the inside colour combo.Enjoy

[fredg]

Ok! Been with the car for a week now - loved every second of it! Even did a top down drive to manchester and back from Suffolk and worked out I averaged 38mpg, which I was pleasantly surprised with considering it was hardly an economy run, if you catch my drift

Cleaned her yesterday and took some pictures:



Also it turns out the story of "dealer didn't know what he was selling" continues, as in the glovebox among the documents I find a receipt for £1,900 spent in 2011 at Bird's Auto, for 30+ hrs of Dinan engine tuning. I thought the car felt rather spritely, and apparently it was dyno'd by Bird's at 366bhp, and 421ft-lb. Choo choo



What a machine!

[DPG]

What a bonus.

[Marlon]

Hells Bells! Christmas come early