Recent content by DaveP

And just like that, the Z4 journey came to an end. This thing is absolutely unreal - such a Swiss Army knife. Thanks to everyone here who's helped out, answered stupid questions, and generally encouraged the drivel I've posted in this thread.

The paintwork isn't mint, because the car is 21 years old and I'm not particularly obsessive about that sort of thing. But it does bead very nicely, thanks to Autoglym ceramic wax.

No idea why the camera has made the driver's carpet look so bad. Perhaps over-exposure, as the photo looks quite light? Either way, it's barely noticeable in person.

Had a nice man come and clean the car today, because I thought it deserved some better photos.

The time has come to upgrade to a 35i to build as a Ringtool, so my much-cherished E85 needs to go to a good home. For Sale: Mechanically perfect, money-no-object maintained 2003 BMW Z4 3.0i manual. £4,800 (plate not included). Car can be viewed in Norfolk or London. I’ve owned this car for 2...

Suspect this is going to be a slow burn due to the specificity, so I'm just going to stick up a standing post. I'm looking for a Z4 35i/s DCT that has been modified with quality parts, ideally to somewhere around Stage 2/2+ with supporting chassis and reliability bits. I'd like a base car...

We've all been there! While they might not be the best from an aesthetic PoV, can I strongly recommend you consider running 17s on your Z4? Square setup really helps to dial out the natural understeer, and the extra sidewall makes it possible to run coilovers on the road without ruining your...

Arses. The sill trim clips arrived, and they are the wrong ones. They are absolutely massive, and don't fit in the holes. Then I remembered that I'd done exactly the same thing two months ago, so now have two bags of these clips sitting in the shed. Double arses. For anyone travelling the same...

Exhaust was postponed until next week, because I didn't fancy slithering 30 miles across unsalted country lanes in subzero temperatures. Meanwhile, I got busy with my replacement steering connector and resistors. It's certainly not a patch on what someone competent could do, but these...

My early E85 tricked me into thinking it had xenons fitted when I bought it, but then after my first winter I realised that all early 3.0i cars came with headlamp washers irrespective of headlight type. Doh! I tried to drop in some H7 fitment LED bulbs (well, I asked enuff_zed to try), but the...

Context is that I'm looking for something with a bit more power than my 3.0i, and I'm keen on DCT because I've failed to adequately learn how to heel-toe in 25 years of driving. Gut feel for me is that they are on the cusp of being too heavy (1600kg is going to make it heavy on consumables)...

In that second photo you can really see how the suspension is squatting under cornering load at the rear, particularly compared with the static photo above. Most of that is down to the fact that I run road-biased springrates, which I can't see me changing any time soon. However, some of that...

Trackday photos are up. I'll try my best not to spam this thread with them, but they are bloody excellent.

A day late and a dollar short, but here's an update from my September trip to Germany. I'd been travelling with work for the 3 weeks prior to the trip, so it started at 7am on a Wednesday in Heathrow T3 short stay car park, with me jumping in the car fresh off a redeye from JFK and pointing the...