| OT: My other baby turns 10 next month [message #74567] |
Sat, 21 October 2006 08:43  |
chuck duffy
Messages: 453
Registered: July 2005
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Since we seem to be talking cars a little bit. My other 'baby', a 97 2.8
litre 6 cylinder Z3 turns 10 next month (date of manufacture dec 96).
It's garage kept, stored in winter has around 80k on it and runs like the
day I drove it home, maybe even better. I keep it up at my sisters in syracuse
NY, so I rarely get to drive it. I had the chance to hit the back country
roads this past summer and it was a blast.
St. Croix always used to pick on me, telling me to dump it and get a miata.
He always said the bimmers have 'ZERO' torque.
When I was growing up I was always fascinated by small british 2 seater 'droptops'.
When I got older, a very wise old friend advised me to stear completely
clear of any such vehicle if I ever wanted to actually drive.
When the z3s came out I thought it was just about what I wanted except for
the miniuscule 4 banger. I had previously owned a 74 2002 and racked up
200+K miles on it, so I didn't have any questions about reliability. I waited
around for the inline 6, and when it finally came out I pounced.
Anyway, to make a long story short, the older z's are pretty cheap now.
You can pick up an old 2.8 for under 10K. These cars are built like tanks
and extremely reliable. It's just shy of 200 horses, about 190 torque, zero
to 60 under 6 and an absolute blast to drive. The inline 2.8 engine is about
as reliable and time tested as they come, it's been floating around BMW models,
constantly refined for over 20 years.
So anyway, if anyone is looking around for a fun, relatively inexpensive
2 seat ragtop that's a blast to drive and reliable, I defintely recommend
you check out an older z3
Chuck
|
|
|
|
The PARIS Forums
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
