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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 8:17 am
by Beany
Damned right on both fronts.
The M135i didn't have comfort access, hence needing the brick and recovery to try to steal it.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 9:13 am
by Sundayjumper
You’ll probably find delivery is quite reasonable compared to a day of your time + train/fuel costs.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 9:43 am
by Jobbo
Sundayjumper wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 9:13 am
You’ll probably find delivery is quite reasonable compared to a day of your time + train/fuel costs.
How much does Beany value his time at?
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 9:59 am
by Swervin_Mervin
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 10:13 am
by Beany
Jobbo wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 9:43 am
Sundayjumper wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 9:13 am
You’ll probably find delivery is quite reasonable compared to a day of your time + train/fuel costs.
How much does Beany value his time at?
Obviously, I'm worthless - but I'm a grand a day if you want me to re-architect your library system. Although I think it's mostly because I'm really funny.
Realistically, I'm spinning a lot of plates at work right now, so I can't really blow a day off at short notice, and I really, really appreciate my downtime so I think I'd rather get it transported.
Neighbour has told me that he got his 850 T5 transported from Glasgow to here (well his parents, but same location) via Shiply for £250 which sounds comparable distance wise and isn't bad at all for the money so I'll look into that.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 10:25 am
by Alex88
Congrats Beany. I love the Z4. That shape and classic sports car lines... Aged beautifully.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 10:30 am
by Marv
Welcome to the front engine, RWD German Coupe club, Beany.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 10:34 am
by V8Granite
If you value your downtime and say you enjoy cars then a road trip is about as good as it gets!
Don’t buy a 3.0 Coupe if you don’t like driving so get driving it!
Dave!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 10:53 am
by Beany
I mean 200 miles on the M1 and M4 (or whatever) is hardly The Thrill of Driving
Marv, ta - if I'd bought a Z4M Coupe I could have claimed that I had the ultimate version of your car, but alas, slightly outside my purchase/maintenance budget
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 3:56 pm
by V8Granite
Beany wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 10:53 am
I mean 200 miles on the M1 and M4 (or whatever) is hardly The Thrill of Driving
Marv, ta - if I'd bought a Z4M Coupe I could have claimed that I had the ultimate version of your car, but alas, slightly outside my purchase/maintenance budget
Here is an idea, don’t sit on the motorway.
Knowing I’ve a long drive ahead and no set route is one of life’s great joys and freedoms. Podcasts, music, perfect.
Dave!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:28 pm
by scotta
Beany wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 6:40 pm
After the pain in the arse that was keeping the roof of the E46 free of wildlife where I park, I've rather gone off soft tops!
Deposit offered (edit- and accepted) on the PH car Simon linked to earlier in the thread.
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/18330537
Just need to see if I can bribe me neighbour for a (cough, 200 mile) lift, or if it's easier to just get it transported, once balance has cleared etc.
Yeah it's not got the N52K motor with the little detail fixes it has, but has had (and has evidence of in the PH thread) lots of other things cleaned up and fixed on it that I'd have to do on
literally any other car I'd buy so it seems like a sensible choice.
Have you actually ran any checks on this? Its coming up as a red car on the DVLA checkers. Which could mean its been cloned. Bearing in mind you have no intention to go view this before paying for it id suggest not doing that...
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:35 pm
by Rich B
scotta wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:28 pm
Beany wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 6:40 pm
After the pain in the arse that was keeping the roof of the E46 free of wildlife where I park, I've rather gone off soft tops!
Deposit offered (edit- and accepted) on the PH car Simon linked to earlier in the thread.
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/18330537
Just need to see if I can bribe me neighbour for a (cough, 200 mile) lift, or if it's easier to just get it transported, once balance has cleared etc.
Yeah it's not got the N52K motor with the little detail fixes it has, but has had (and has evidence of in the PH thread) lots of other things cleaned up and fixed on it that I'd have to do on
literally any other car I'd buy so it seems like a sensible choice.
Have you actually ran any checks on this? Its coming up as a red car on the DVLA checkers. Which could mean its been cloned. Bearing in mind you have no intention to go view this before paying for it id suggest not doing that...
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:37 pm
by Rich B
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:41 pm
by scotta
It’s listed as red in the PH advert as well.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:48 pm
by Beany
It's an individual shade, black with red metallic flake (Ruby Black) so it's a bit odd, but odd in a way that sort of makes sense, and it's not uncommon.
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=117679
A friend ran a check as he has a pal in the trade with free access to this and he found nothing of concern (And brought up the black/red, too)
What it looks like:
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:55 pm
by John
Stunning colour
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 4:59 pm
by scotta
Ok fair enough. Just seemed a bit strange.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 5:14 pm
by Beany
Yeah it gave me a bit of a jump too but it seems it's just a weird oddity and seemingly not wildly rare either
According to that Z4 forum link the biggest issue is likely to be detail stuff like ANPR checks etc, so if that is an issue I might look into how much of a ballache it is to change the colour with DVLA.
Even though it's technically correct, having to pull a torch to show off the metallic flake to a copper in the rain at 11pm at the side of the road would get old, fast
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 5:56 pm
by integrale_evo
Probably something silly like the dvla only recognising single word colour descriptions so if the dealer tried registering it as ruby black it would have just picked ruby and assumed red.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 5:59 pm
by Beany
Yeah seems likely. If they'd put SCWARZCHRUBEN they'd have gone "Oh, that's black in german, whatever" and banged that in.
