Matthew's BMW Z4 Sport (2 litre content)

[Matthew]

Hi,

Went for a drive around the A and B roads south of York today as the weather was so nice. The roof even came down

I really need to get the run flats off though, tram-lining on the uneven roads was terrible.

 

[Matthew]

The car all tucked up under the ClassicAdditions half cover.

Was nice this morning not having to de-ice the car!

Well worth the £50.

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[DanielJames]

I bought one of those for the Integra, you'll soon get fed up of taking it on and off lol.

 

[_Tom]

BMW's tramline no matter what tyres you have..(from my experience anyway)

Looks smart though. I'd def remove the 2.0 badges off the sides. (FYI i'd say the same if it was a 3.0 badge.. )

 

[SOHROB]

Looks nice although you have gone from a good engine to a terrible one, should have held out for a 3.0 imo.

 

[Matthew]

I bought one of those for the Integra, you'll soon get fed up of taking it on and off lol.

I have got a good routine at the moment, 2min job on the drive for a dry roof. Well worth it

BMW's tramline no matter what tyres you have..(from my experience anyway)

Looks smart though. I'd def remove the 2.0 badges off the sides. (FYI i'd say the same if it was a 3.0 badge.. )

The tram lining is terrible on bad roads!

Looks nice although you have gone from a good engine to a terrible one, should have held out for a 3.0 imo.

It's not a terrible engine atall. Yeah it's not got 200+bhp but 150 in a fairly light car is enough.

Once above 3k rpm, it really pulls. Better than the RS Clios (mk2)

 

[Waitey]

Single exhaust of shame

 

[Matthew]

Single exhaust of shame

Eye. It's a good job my penis size more than compensates.

 

[Rob]

BMW's tramline no matter what tyres you have..(from my experience anyway)

Looks smart though. I'd def remove the 2.0 badges off the sides. (FYI i'd say the same if it was a 3.0 badge.. )

Massively wrong broseph!

Decent tyres and correct alignment and they don't.

Without over stating things, my car actually felt like a different motor when I fitted //M wheels with conti's and had the alignment done later that day. I could drive 50% faster and feel totally safe doing so.

 

[Matthew]

It does feel semi-dangerous at the moment. So much so, Sarah actually pulled over and made me drive today!

She wants the golf back. Although, heaters went on, seats went on, top came down and a city centre mooch put the world to rights again

 

[philmots]

Next time you're on those nice roads south of York watch for the camera vans. They are literally everywhere, deserted B roads and all.

This is just a start... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10771891.North_Yorkshire_Police_announce_new_speed_camera_locations/

 

[Matthew]

Nightmare. Some awesome little roads arround there too!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Massively wrong broseph!

Decent tyres and correct alignment and they don't.

Without over stating things, my car actually felt like a different motor when I fitted //M wheels with conti's and had the alignment done later that day. I could drive 50% faster and feel totally safe doing so.

Yeah .. if only someone had nagged you for 12 months before you finally saw sense. Your shoe handled like a baby deer on a frozen pond before the Contis' !

 

[SOHROB]

I have got a good routine at the moment, 2min job on the drive for a dry roof. Well worth it



The tram lining is terrible on bad roads!



It's not a terrible engine atall. Yeah it's not got 200+bhp but 150 in a fairly light car is enough.

Once above 3k rpm, it really pulls. Better than the RS Clios (mk2)

I clio rs would have no trouble leaving a 2.0 z4, I worked for BMW for 3 years and the 2.0 engine is terrible with loads of injector/top end problems.

I had to buy back numerous cars with this engine in.

 

[jenic]

Should of text me while in York, could of gone for a blast and grabbed some pics!

Car looks good, not sure if I could be bothered with a cover, think i'll stick to my heated screen

 

[Matthew]

I clio rs would have no trouble leaving a 2.0 z4, I worked for BMW for 3 years and the 2.0 engine is terrible with loads of injector/top end problems.

I had to buy back numerous cars with this engine in.

Thanks for your input. All I would ask next time is that you read my post properly before commenting.

Should of text me while in York, could of gone for a blast and grabbed some pics!

Car looks good, not sure if I could be bothered with a cover, think i'll stick to my heated screen

It was mid week mate (day off) otherwise I would have done!

Love the roads around York.

 

[Scrooge]

Yeah .. if only someone had nagged you for 12 months before you finally saw sense. Your shoe handled like a baby deer on a frozen pond before the Contis' !

I was on an at him as well, it was trying to pull me all over the place driving back from reading, least it was easily fixed!

 

[Matthew]

I grabbed a few photos of the car today on the iPhone, the colour was coming through really nice...

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Still loving the car. You really can't beat top-down driving with the music turned up!

 

[imprezaworks]

Looks great, glad you are enjoying it too.

 

[Matthew]

Thanks mate.

Really enjoying it, handles like a dream with the RWD (not had it before).

Must admit, doing a semi-drift is rather satisfying ha.

 

[Matthew]

Who says a two seater isn't practice? Ha

I also decided to 'de-badge' the car and remove the two litre badges. I think it really cleans the side of the car (nothing to do with advertising the lack of displacement )

I need to get some de-tar on it tomorrow to get rid of the glue residue. Ill grab a quick picture when it's been cleaned up.

Loving the fact it will sit at 50mpg on the motorway on a run!

 

[Matthew]

Put the new private plates on today. It was a present for the other half from her parents.

Before

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After

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Makes the car look newer and the new plates don't look faded.

 

[Brookie.]

Looks great mate! I like the de-badge too, looks cleaner.

 

[DanielJames]

What's the private reg supposed to say (if anything)?

Debadge looks much better.

 

[Matthew]

Her surname is 'Blay'.

We could have got B1 AYX but it was well over a grand. This wasn't

 

[Matthew]

Hi,

I took advantage of the nice weather today and finally got round to a few jobs I have been meaning to do for a while.

That being; waterproof and clean the hood, paint the callipers silver and remove the residue from the '2.0i' badges.

Required:

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First job was to vac the hood, as it was covered in lambs wool wash mat hairs...

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After the vacing...

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Applying the AG hood cleaner.

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Rinsing off.

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Drying off before applying liberal amounts of the roof sealant.

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The said badge residue..

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AG tar remover got rid of this...

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Then my attention turned to the brake callipers. They needs a lick of hammerite smooth silver to refresh them.

Before:

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During/after.

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Random cabin shot..

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Nice wheel

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Huge engine bay with tiny four-pot. Plenty of access space though!

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Thanks for reading this far

 

[jesus]

Good work look forward to seeing more progress.

 

[Stefan.]

Nice updates!! Cabin looks a nice place to be too

 

[Gally]

I love it. Truly love the little car.

Is it Carbon Black? Ie Blue?

 

[Alan]

Is that a Honda CRV in the 4th pic ? Danny_172

 

[Matthew]

I love it. Truly love the little car.

Is it Carbon Black? Ie Blue?

No Gally, it's Monaco Blue! It tends to look black in pictures, purple under bright lights and blue in sun light.

It's an awesome colour!

Is that a Honda CRV in the 4th pic ? Danny_172

Genuinely not a clue, I don't think so? Ha

 

[leeds_182]

Is this the 3.0L?

 

[Matthew]

No Jim, no it isn't... Ha

 

[leeds_182]

Still looks good mate.

 

[Matthew]

Cheers pal. I love it. Best car Ive had, so much fun.

I havnt once thought, oh s**t I only have 150hp, it's not the point of the car IMO.

 

[leeds_182]

Cheers pal. I love it. Best car Ive had, so much fun.

I havnt once thought, oh s**t I only have 150hp, it's not the point of the car IMO.

Exactly, 150bhp is more than enough to get too and from the salon.

 

[Matthew]

Ha! Correct.

Top down, don't want to go fast, no-one will see how awesome I look...

 

[Matthew]

Also grabbed these pictures...

IMG_5989 by Matt Walker 1986, on Flickr

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IMG_5987 by Matt Walker 1986, on Flickr

 

[leeds_182]

Excellent shutter skillz.

 

[Matthew]

'Auto' ha.