Z4 first timer - not a great start

[Ducklakeview]

Told you it would be an easy fix - £250 to supply and fit a coil pack my @rse!!

Mike

 

[gookah]

£55 well spent on finding out the indy hasn't got a clue and wants to rip you off.

 

[Ducklakeview]

I did suggest to Mike on the phone, that he should find a better garage lol..

Mike

 

[t-tony]

I did suggest to Mike on the phone, that he should find a better garage lol..

Mike

Cheers for helping him out mate. Hope you can get his roof sorted too.

Tony.

 

[MikeH54]

£55 well spent on finding out the indy hasn't got a clue and wants to rip you off.

Yep, I reckon in the scheme of things I avoided a very costly relationship. Good call by the experienced hands. So now looking forward to getting the roof fixed soon and doing something with the tyres can't say I like run flats....I've saved all this money and immediately planing to spend more.... Yep I'm definitely smitten

 

[t-tony]

Yep, I reckon in the scheme of things I avoided a very costly relationship. Good call by the experienced hands. So now looking forward to getting the roof fixed soon and doing something with the tyres can't say I like run flats....I've saved all this money and immediately planing to spend more.... Yep I'm definitely smitten

Good to hear Mike.

Tony.

 

[Redline]

You're on your way!

Great work and support from Mike as always.

Now all we need are some photos!!!

Enjoy

 

[Mint]

Hi @MikeH54, to the forum from me too in Staffordshire, pleased to hear you've got it fixed. I'm sure your son will be pleased

 

[MikeH54]

You're on your way!

Great work and support from Mike as always.

Now all we need are some photos!!!

Enjoy

All it seems quite remiss of me not to have posted photos of the car. So as prompted by Redline here's proof of my credentials as a Z4 owner. I relayed all events of past 48 hrs to my son this morning and he was delighted with outcome and suggested I become the permanent guardian. We decided I should go all in and buy it from him.
So we've agreed I am the new keeper and he's 3 grand better off. I now realise they are definitely habit forming but there's no health warning on the package.....
Apologies for the poor quality pics, it's an absolutely awful day here, and promise I will post more with the roof down very shortly.

 

[Redline]

All it seems quite remiss of me not to have posted photos of the car. So as prompted by Redline here's proof of my credentials as a Z4 owner. I relayed all events of past 48 hrs to my son this morning and he was delighted with outcome and suggested I become the permanent guardian. We decided I should go all in and buy it from him.
So we've agreed I am the new keeper and he's 3 grand better off. I now realise they are definitely habit forming but there's no health warning on the package.....
Apologies for the poor quality pics, it's an absolutely awful day here, and promise I will post more with the roof down very shortly.

Pics are absolutely fine. Nice beading on the paint and nice combination with the leather.!
Nice looking car and well worth saving!

 

[MikeH54]

£55 well spent on finding out the indy hasn't got a clue and wants to rip you off.

What's most disappointing is that I think they knew exactly what they were doing. And probably have done it many times before.

Shame you can't make everyone aware of their business ethic.

 

[FRANKIE]

So have inherited my sons Z4 whilst he is living in Australia and am facing having to get the car repaired due to EML coming on and cylinder(s) misfiring, and the electric roof not working. Havent driven the car at all yet and being from an older genration when my previous sports car was an MGB GT some 30 years ago I am a bit unsure on how i'll get on with living with the Z4 on a daily basis. Have got an independent BMW specialist looking at the EML issue and they are quoting £600 ish for the roof if its just the motor and the hydraulics are OK. So this is not the ideal start to a new motoring marque but i'm trying to be positive based on the love my son has for it.
The cars a 2006 2.0si with 83K on the clock in Black with cream leather interior and does look a beautiful car.
Ive sold my wife on the idea of top down motoring fun for the summer so have some time to get the car sorted but everything dependent on getting the EML and roof issues sorted.

Any one with some reassuring words and practical advice most welcome

Welcome to the forum from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. It seems to me that whatever problems you currently have with the car, you've overcome the most difficult and main one when you got the wife to agree to travel with the top down. Everything past that is a piece of cake.........................Frankie

 

[MikeH54]

Looks like I edited gookahs message by mistake, sorry gookah ​

I replied:
What's most disappointing.......

 

[hard top]

Looks like I edited gookahs message by mistake, sorry gookah

Sorted ....

 

[t-tony]

What's most disappointing is that I think they knew exactly what they were doing. And probably have done it many times before.

Shame you can't make everyone aware of their business eth
c.

The saddest thing is Mike they're more than likely aware of their ethic.
You're well out of there to be honest because that was little more than a rip off.
Like the car colour combination. Shirl's Eos is very similar and they look very nice on a sunny day with the roof down. Out in the garage playing with the Z today.

Tony.

 

[billz]

Welcome from a fellow Z4 owner you just have to love Black with Campaign interior, but i am biased

 

[Jjim]

@MikeH54 glad to hear you managed to get the coil packs sorted yourself and now know what that garage are like.

Hope you manage to get the roof motor sorted.

Now that the car is under new management, I’m sure there will be an even bigger grin on your face and that the tinkering bug is more likely to take hold

 

[BillyB]

from Edinburgh

 

[MikeH54]

Welcome from a fellow Z4 owner you just have to love Black with Campaign interior, but i am biased
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Love the backdrop too.....beautiful car, beautiful scenery, beautiful day, just what we were made for

 

[N4LLY]

This thread made me smile and feel all fuzzy inside. Good work team Zorg