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finally.. Stock gt4 Vs Highly modded z4m, back to back !

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finally.. Stock gt4 Vs Highly modded z4m, back to back !

Post by Franzino » Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:45 pm

FD3S wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:24 pm
Franzino wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:25 pm
FD3S wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:18 pm Nice to know that with some 17000 mods on our beautiful cars, you can save 85.000 and avoid buying a P car.. :D
If I need to guess; the total money that went into Beedub Z4M (with the car + all the mods) can be around 55.000...?
Hello Franzino. Sorry I don't know exactly what Beedub's car extra has.

I have calculated that you will need to improve significantly the Z4M, roughly the following:
Wheels - 1500
ESS SC - 7000
BBK - 5000
SUSPENSION - 2-3000

Total: 16.550 to 17.550 . Do I miss something important?
I was just guessing the price of a used Z4M (30K) back in the days + the mods (25K). I took Beedub his nice car as a example, because this was the car that was the reference in this comparison. I was saying this because you have to compare the modified price of a used Z4M with the price of a used GT4. If you look around and make some deals; you can buy a 2 year "old left hand" drive GT4 (with clubsport package, 8.000km and 2 yr warranty) for 78K GBP. I can find these cars in EU, so other people can also.

Yes indeed; there are a lot of LHD GT4's for sale in the EU, that don't sell for months and more are coming up for sale this winter. You just need to find a nice one and make them an offer (even if they are asking more). Because the GT4 sellers are getting stressed with their overpriced cars (with the new 4.0L GT4/GT4RS coming at Geneva) and it's becoming a buyers market. Let's be honest why would you pay more then 75K GBP for a used GT4; that is 2 years old, had a new price of 95K GBP (in the EU) and in 4 months there is a new model coming that is better and faster (and not that much more expensive).

A "fully tuned" Z4M is also not a cheap car. But still cheaper then a GT4, that is surely true....but also older and has a very fragile engine (when driving on track a lot). So 55K for a Z4M that is older and modified (till the level of Beedub his awesome Z4M) vs 78K for a 2 year old low mileage Porsche GT4 that actually needs no modifications to be equally awesome. This is a different story in my opinion and this is how you should make the money comparison in my opinion to keep it fair. For people already owning a Z4M...the story is again different.... Still the Z4M is an awesome car for the money...and I still enjoy mine besides my M2. Honestly I'm going to see what the GT4 prices are going to do when the new 4.0L GT4 is introduced in 2018 and maybe I will do the switch and get my first P car.

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finally.. Stock gt4 Vs Highly modded z4m, back to back !

Post by Beedub » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:44 pm

Franzino wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:45 pm
FD3S wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:24 pm
Franzino wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:25 pm
If I need to guess; the total money that went into Beedub Z4M (with the car + all the mods) can be around 55.000...?
Hello Franzino. Sorry I don't know exactly what Beedub's car extra has.

I have calculated that you will need to improve significantly the Z4M, roughly the following:
Wheels - 1500
ESS SC - 7000
BBK - 5000
SUSPENSION - 2-3000

Total: 16.550 to 17.550 . Do I miss something important?
I was just guessing the price of a used Z4M (30K) back in the days + the mods (25K). I took Beedub his nice car as a example, because this was the car that was the reference in this comparison. I was saying this because you have to compare the modified price of a used Z4M with the price of a used GT4. If you look around and make some deals; you can buy a 2 year "old left hand" drive GT4 (with clubsport package, 8.000km and 2 yr warranty) for 78K GBP. I can find these cars in EU, so other people can also.

Yes indeed; there are a lot of LHD GT4's for sale in the EU, that don't sell for months and more are coming up for sale this winter. You just need to find a nice one and make them an offer (even if they are asking more). Because the GT4 sellers are getting stressed with their overpriced cars (with the new 4.0L GT4/GT4RS coming at Geneva) and it's becoming a buyers market. Let's be honest why would you pay more then 75K GBP for a used GT4; that is 2 years old, had a new price of 95K GBP (in the EU) and in 4 months there is a new model coming that is better and faster (and not that much more expensive).

A "fully tuned" Z4M is also not a cheap car. But still cheaper then a GT4, that is surely true....but also older and has a very fragile engine (when driving on track a lot). So 55K for a Z4M that is older and modified (till the level of Beedub his awesome Z4M) vs 78K for a 2 year old low mileage Porsche GT4 that actually needs no modifications to be equally awesome. This is a different story in my opinion and this is how you should make the money comparison in my opinion to keep it fair. For people already owning a Z4M...the story is again different.... Still the Z4M is an awesome car for the money...and I still enjoy mine besides my M2. Honestly I'm going to see what the GT4 prices are going to do when the new 4.0L GT4 is introduced in 2018 and maybe I will do the switch and get my first P car.

This is all accurate tbh...... the stock Gt4 is a beast, add some power and WOW. and change the gearing.
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