2010 BMW Z4 - Ownership Report

SSP · 21st February 2010, 18:27

I've been lurking around this site for a while, and haven't seen much on the Z4, so thought I'd post.

I bought a Deep Sea Blue BMW Z4 about 2 months ago and have put 1,000 miles on it. The experience has been fantastic. Initial concerns about the ground clearance were completely misplaced. I barely scraped the bottom only on one specific speed breaker.

The power is just right for Indian roads. I've driven the car in Mumbai traffic and it feels like a regular car (other than the slightly stiffer suspension). Throw it into Sport, and it gets tight enough to throw around a little more without loosing confidence.

The white leather & white suede seats & door inserts are a pain to keep clean but so worth the look it gives to the car.

Haven't taken too many pictures yet. Here are 2 so far.

found another one. Couldn't figure out how to edit my previous post and add it there.

punterccrx8s · 21st February 2010, 19:01

Amazing car!Excellent choice of car and colour.Love it!Congrats!

Scorcher · 21st February 2010, 19:05

Congrats bud on the buy.

Great car there. btw, were you there for the Mumbai Super car event ? I think i saw pics of a Z4, or was it a black one ?

dodge_v1per · 21st February 2010, 19:24

Great pics, Somehow am not much impressed with the new BMW Z, the earlier looked much nicer IMHO and rear looks quite puny, though I won't mind if anyone is willing to gift me one.

theragingbull · 21st February 2010, 21:00

Congrats buddy!! Great car indeed. The Z4 looks hot! Give us some more feedback on performance, ride and handling. And some more pics too. I love that alloy design! Did you participate in the Mumbai supercar show last month?

cosmopolitan · 21st February 2010, 21:30

WOW congrats on your new buy. Have a great ride. Safe motoring

SSP · 21st February 2010, 21:38

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Originally Posted by punterccrx8s

Amazing car!Excellent choice of car and colour.Love it!Congrats!

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Scorcher

Congrats bud on the buy.

Great car there. btw, were you there for the Mumbai Super car event ? I think i saw pics of a Z4, or was it a black one ?

Thanks.
Yes I was at the event. The black one wasn't at the event in the beginning, joined into the Rally, and was there post the rally.

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Originally Posted by dodge_v1per

Great pics, Somehow am not much impressed with the new BMW Z, the earlier looked much nicer IMHO and rear looks quite puny, though I won't mind if anyone is willing to gift me one.

I can understand that. I thought the same, until I saw it in the flesh. Its not a full blown roadster like the SL types, but the car just clicked for me.

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Originally Posted by theragingbull

Congrats buddy!! Great car indeed. The Z4 looks hot! Give us some more feedback on performance, ride and handling. And some more pics too. I love that alloy design! Did you participate in the Mumbai supercar show last month?

Thanks.

The performance is very good and brings a smile to your face when you floor it. The twin-clutch is VERY good. I've yet to really use the paddle shifters. If I want to do a quick sprint, I would just leave it in Sport. The shifts are spot on. Torque delivery is very well spread. One thing I would have wished is for the engine to have more of a grunt. Its too refined

Ride is somewhere between comfort & harsh but far better than I expected. I drove from Mumbai to Pune (roof down) and back (roof up) and didn't feel tired at all.
Somewhere on the ghats on the way back, I did feel the rear a tad loose, but that could be down to me still 'learning' the car's capabilities.

Note from Mod : Please refrain from mentioning high speeds on public roads. Thanks

ishotmydog · 21st February 2010, 22:30

thats a great looking car SSP, love those alloys

some more pictures please

SSP · 21st February 2010, 23:00

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Originally Posted by cosmopolitan

WOW congrats on your new buy. Have a great ride. Safe motoring

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by ishotmydog

thats a great looking car SSP, love those alloys

some more pictures please

I haven't taken good pictures of the car yet. Will do so next weekend and post. especially the interiors. The wheels do add a lot to the overall appeal of the car

khan75 · 21st February 2010, 23:37

Holy moly! Your car looks nice but that paint shade is just wowza! Interlagos Blue was my favorite color on Bimmers but this might just top that! It looks fantastic!

evil_e46 · 22nd February 2010, 00:16

Hey, enjoy your car to the fullest ofcourse while being safe. Isn't there a running in period for a new car? And how much is recommended for your z4?

Anyway I just wanted to know which other cars did you consider and your take on them before you settled for this car if you don't mind sharing

SSP · 22nd February 2010, 08:08

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Originally Posted by khan75

Holy moly! Your car looks nice but that paint shade is just wowza! Interlagos Blue was my favorite color on Bimmers but this might just top that! It looks fantastic!

Yup. I was initially looking at getting black with red interiors, but once I saw this combo in the flesh, I realized nothing was be better than this.

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Originally Posted by evil_e46

Hey, enjoy your car to the fullest ofcourse while being safe. Isn't there a running in period for a new car? And how much is recommended for your z4?

Anyway I just wanted to know which other cars did you consider and your take on them before you settled for this car if you don't mind sharing

Theres a running in period of 1,500km on the Z4. Launch Control won't activate until I cross that mark. I haven't done a real hard sprint yet. Shift ups happen way before the redline.

I didn't start out looking to buy a roadster. Started out looking at a E350, quickly gave up on it. Also looked at A4(3.2), BMW5.30i. In the end I realized that I might as well spend a little more and get myself something more fun. I have an '08 Accord which fulfills the need for comfort & space (much better than the E350).

So then I started looking at the Cayman & TT. The Z4 was never in the picture. This was before it launched officially here. Then when it did and I realized I could get a hard-top convertible, I started favoring that. Now Cayman is a far better performer, but my needs were different. I wanted something that was super-fun to drive, with a basic amount of comfort. Cayman is way more fun to push, but is not as comfortable as the Z4. Some might say that Boxter is more in the Z4 category, but a soft-top was a complete no-no for me. In the middle of all this, the TT got lost somewhere.

After driving the Z4 once around crowded streets in Juhu (test drive from Navnit Motors), my heart was set.

recshenoy · 22nd February 2010, 11:03

Is this first Z4 report we have here? Congratulations dude. Those turbine like alloys looks awesome!
what was the OTR for the Z4? Please post some interior pics also!

jagxf · 22nd February 2010, 19:57

@SSP: congratulations!!you have a brilliant car. drive safe and have fun.

rm_arjuna · 23rd February 2010, 12:33

Its my dream car man .. i have literally grown-up think about this beauty since my school days . i still have a poster of 1st gen Z4 from autocar with me . BMW and esp. Z4 has to be this color only . Congrats enjoy your car

21st February 2010, 18:27	#1
SSP BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Mumbai Posts: 79 Thanked: 18 Times	2010 BMW Z4 - Ownership Report I've been lurking around this site for a while, and haven't seen much on the Z4, so thought I'd post. I bought a Deep Sea Blue BMW Z4 about 2 months ago and have put 1,000 miles on it. The experience has been fantastic. Initial concerns about the ground clearance were completely misplaced. I barely scraped the bottom only on one specific speed breaker. The power is just right for Indian roads. I've driven the car in Mumbai traffic and it feels like a regular car (other than the slightly stiffer suspension). Throw it into Sport, and it gets tight enough to throw around a little more without loosing confidence. The white leather & white suede seats & door inserts are a pain to keep clean but so worth the look it gives to the car. Haven't taken too many pictures yet. Here are 2 so far. found another one. Couldn't figure out how to edit my previous post and add it there. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by khan_sultan : 21st February 2010 at 19:07.
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21st February 2010, 19:01	#2
punterccrx8s BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 761 Thanked: 175 Times	Amazing car!Excellent choice of car and colour.Love it!Congrats!
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21st February 2010, 19:05	#3
Scorcher Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Trivandrum, KL Posts: 4,922 Thanked: 7,182 Times	Congrats bud on the buy. Great car there. btw, were you there for the Mumbai Super car event ? I think i saw pics of a Z4, or was it a black one ?
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21st February 2010, 19:24	#4
dodge_v1per BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bhopal, India Posts: 88 Thanked: Once	Great pics, Somehow am not much impressed with the new BMW Z, the earlier looked much nicer IMHO and rear looks quite puny, though I won't mind if anyone is willing to gift me one.
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21st February 2010, 21:00	#5
theragingbull Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,601 Thanked: 651 Times View My Garage	Congrats buddy!! Great car indeed. The Z4 looks hot! Give us some more feedback on performance, ride and handling. And some more pics too. I love that alloy design! Did you participate in the Mumbai supercar show last month?
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21st February 2010, 21:30	#6
cosmopolitan BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: KL 52 Posts: 119 Thanked: 50 Times	WOW congrats on your new buy. Have a great ride. Safe motoring
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21st February 2010, 22:30	#8
ishotmydog BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 594 Thanked: 19 Times	thats a great looking car SSP, love those alloys some more pictures please
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21st February 2010, 23:37	#10
khan75 BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta/London/Dubai/Delhi Posts: 371 Thanked: 3 Times View My Garage	Holy moly! Your car looks nice but that paint shade is just wowza! Interlagos Blue was my favorite color on Bimmers but this might just top that! It looks fantastic!
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22nd February 2010, 00:16	#11
evil_e46 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 123 Thanked: 3 Times	Hey, enjoy your car to the fullest ofcourse while being safe. Isn't there a running in period for a new car? And how much is recommended for your z4? Anyway I just wanted to know which other cars did you consider and your take on them before you settled for this car if you don't mind sharing Last edited by n_aditya : 2nd April 2013 at 17:36. Reason: high speed figures edited out
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22nd February 2010, 11:03	#13
recshenoy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mangalore / Bangalore Posts: 1,129 Thanked: 256 Times	Is this first Z4 report we have here? Congratulations dude. Those turbine like alloys looks awesome! what was the OTR for the Z4? Please post some interior pics also!
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22nd February 2010, 19:57	#14
jagxf BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Madras Posts: 375 Thanked: 11 Times	@SSP: congratulations!!you have a brilliant car. drive safe and have fun.
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23rd February 2010, 12:33	#15
rm_arjuna BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 473 Thanked: 166 Times	Its my dream car man .. i have literally grown-up think about this beauty since my school days . i still have a poster of 1st gen Z4 from autocar with me . BMW and esp. Z4 has to be this color only . Congrats enjoy your car
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