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Post by Das882 » Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:58 pm

Hello my name is Dave and I live in Aberdeenshire. I'm hopefully in the final throws of selling my Lotus Elise so I now have my sights on a Z4M Coupe, I have owned various TVR's in the past and fancy something different. I originally started thinking of a low milage Z3M Coupe but these are now out of my price range.
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Post by Grumpyowl » Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:01 pm

Welcome, plenty of information on here.
Good luck with your search :thumbsup:

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Post by firebobby » Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:02 pm

Welcome to the forum :thumbsup:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:22 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I hope you find one you like soon. :thumbsup:
Coupes because stunning!
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Post by RickRob » Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:42 pm

Hi and welcome. Hope you find what you want.

Another Zed going north of the border must leave only a handful left n England!
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Post by buzyg » Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:46 pm

Welcome aboard Dave. :) Great part of the world for driving. Any nice pics of your Lotus for us to peruse.
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Post by Highlander » Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:21 pm

Welcome from another Scottish owner and ex TVR & elise owner :thumbsup:

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Post by metal licker » Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:57 am

Hi and welcome aboard :thumbsup:
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Post by kinger » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:19 pm

Hi & Welcome to the Forum
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Post by Kingfisher » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:36 pm

Hi ... I recently p/ex'd a Lotus Elise for a Z4 35is sDrive DCT 3.0 (!) ... I can promise you that the difference will be somewhat noticeable! My sciatic nerve has taken a turn for the better now that I don't have to bend completely double - bit like Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake - every time I got in and out of the car with its hard top on ... if you've got back problems they'll get better! Also your Z4 won't go crash every time it meets a little hole, or even a cat's eye! Fun though it was the Z4 is better in every way ... mine's got enough grunt to pull up tree stumps and, although it doesn't handle like the Lotus you'll find it's adequate! ... You know it makes sense!
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Post by Das882 » Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:47 pm

Thanks for all the replies, I'm very much looking forward to some creature comforts after the Lotus, it was an itch that I had to scratch so been there done that!!
I'm a bit undecided about the colour although I quite like Blue, there seems to be a lot of Black cars around but I've always been under the impression that they are difficult to keep clean??
I've hopefully attached a photo of my Elsie that someone asked for.
Regards Dave.
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Post by buzyg » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:20 pm

Das882 wrote:Thanks for all the replies, I'm very much looking forward to some creature comforts after the Lotus, it was an itch that I had to scratch so been there done that!!
I'm a bit undecided about the colour although I quite like Blue, there seems to be a lot of Black cars around but I've always been under the impression that they are difficult to keep clean??
I've hopefully attached a photo of my Elsie that someone asked for.
Regards Dave.
Sweet looking car. :thumbsup: Black is indeed a behitch to keep clean. :wink:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:52 am

There is a thread running on the M Section of the Forum about colours! (And there are only a few that aren't white, a shade of grey/silver or a shade of black)!

Might be worth a look OP - Interlagos Blue is currently in front, followed closely by Imola Red - probably because they are actually colours. :lol:

Good luck with your search anyway - looking forward to seeing what you get. :thumbsup:

And yes, any black is a PITA to keep clean although when the sun shone my Ruby Black Coupe looked fantastic if it was clean (so 2 or 3 days a year)!

BTW From what I have read on here, of the 588 UK Spec M Coupes made 56 were Imola Red and 144 were Interlagos Blue so if you have a colour preference you may need some patience!
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Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black

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Post by csquire4 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:34 pm

That's a nice colour Elise, you'll appreciate the relative comfort of a Z4 after that.
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Post by csquire4 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:34 pm

That's a nice colour Elise, you'll appreciate the relative comfort of a Z4 after that.
2004 3.0i, manual, toledo blue

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