Z3 OT: Your "other" cars

[Chamberlin]

Trying to downsize...honest!

But.....I just picked up two Sahara Beige 740i Sports (2000/2001); going to try to get at least one of them refreshed up enough for my dad to have for BMWCCA club car events.

So those two E38's, in addition to a 1994 AVUS blue E31 840Ci 6spd conversion/M62 swap, 1999 Fern Green E36 M3 (for sale!), 2000 Oxford Green M Roadster (also for sale!), 2000 Oxford Green M Coupe, and a 2007 Deep Green E91 328i Touring 6spd RWD wagon daily driver. Oh and 2003 Moto Guzzi V11 resto-mod, 2003 Aprilia Tuono-Mille conversion, and a 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge (for sale!)

That's the current fleet of 7 BMW cars and 3 Italian motorcycles... Wife has a '15 X1 and dad has a '07 X3 both of which I service... It's a BMW madhouse on the weekends! Graham has seen it in person! ...almost as crazy as his place (I'm just a little more brand-centric LOL)

[The Producer]

Fun thread - current stable

Newly acquired Zed Coupe

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E36 M3 - had it now for almost 4 years. Several cars have come and gone, but this one is still here.

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E83 X3 - wife mobile/costco hauler

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[vanne]

Cool thread..

Current stable:

Z3 2002 silver bullet roady. Mostly stock.
Z4 2007 m coupe.. nothing stock aside from quarter panels and doors.
Jeep JKU saharah 2013.. stock, aside from lift, shocks, wheels and induction /hood/snork./bumpers it's the daily..
2002 Suzuki RGV
1971 Beneli 650sei

[potxoli]

2014 Mini Countryman S: My Daily
2007 Mini Cooper: Her Daily
2017 Ford Flex: Family hauler
1997 Z3 2.8: my fun car

[BladeRunner919]

1998 Z3 1.9
1993 Range Rover 3.9 Vogue
1998 Jaguar XK8
2000 Subaru Legacy 2.5 Estate
1996 Honda Fireblade
2000 Honda Blackbird

g/f has a 1998 Maxda MX5 (Miata, to those of you on the other side of the Atlantic)

[Mjbrox]

1996 Land Rover discovery with 2" lift. I lovingly refer to it as my trail slut. It sounds a lot of time off road.

2000 Mercedes e320 4matic wagon. This is the primary family hauler. It's reliable and is an absolute beast in the snow.

2015 Ram 1500. It's not really mine but I drive it for work.

[Krohn27]

1999 M Coupe w/88k miles Newly acquired and bringing back to life.
1995 M3 Daily w/241k miles, easily one of the best/most fun cars I've owned.
2001 Suburban with 301k miles, been in the family a long time, the dog hauler.
2009 Chevy 2500 Duramax, DPF deleted, EFI live, other goodies - The tow rig, it sees a 40ft gooseneck pretty often.

[Randy Forbes]

'57 100/6 2-seater (much more rare than the 2+2) bought in 1978, so coming up on 40yrs ownership
'99 M Rdstr CPO purchase w/5400 miles, currently about 96k purchased 11/11/00
'99 M Coupe ES/TS Job #1 @ Sports Cars Plus, LLC Jan/05; purchased 2/2/14
'01 M Rdstr PCD w/6-miles on it, currenty 48k purchased day before HC 8/30/01
'11 X5 35iS Sue's vehicle of choice/hurricane evac vehicle approx 106k mi purchased November 2010

Some noteworthy previously owned (in the) 21st Century vehicles
'95 M3 bought all blow'd up to pilfer an ES/TS (and other worthwhile go-fast parts) stuck a good engine in it and passed it on
'02 X5 4.4 Sport new car lease (got Sue hooked on X5s)
'05 X5 4.4 Sport THIS is the one I wish we bought @ lease end
'08 535xi Sport last of our leased BMWs, and truly an ass-kicking sedan (I was forever driving it faster than I expected__amazingly, no tickets)

I had a British car thing going through the last third of the 20th Century, kicked off by buying a new '73 MGB; talk about contagious!



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[ptimko]

Here's what's in my garage (well the Accord sits in the driveway)
-97 BMW Z3
-15 Chrysler T&C
-06 Honda Accord
-83 DeTomaso Pantera
-83 Honda Ascot V-twin
-70 Titan MK6

There's a Crossle 20F too, but I'm just storing it for a buddy.

Paul

[Watch Carefully]

The current fleet is a mix--all German, though:

Family truckster:

Wife's ride (hmm, I have no photo of my own):

Daughter's 5-speed TDI:

The one I need to prep for sale:


Not shown:
My '97 Z3
Live-in father-in-law's 2002 Jetta 1.8L Wagon

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Here's what's in my garage (well the Accord sits in the driveway)
-97 BMW Z3
-15 Chrysler T&C
-06 Honda Accord
-83 DeTomaso Pantera
-83 Honda Ascot V-twin
-70 Titan MK6

There's a Crossle 20F too, but I'm just storing it for a buddy.

Paul

DeT built Panteras into the 1980s? Cool. I did not recall that.

[BimmerBreaker]

I added in some pics of mine! Lets try to add more pictures

Trying to downsize...honest!

But.....I just picked up two Sahara Beige 740i Sports (2000/2001); going to try to get at least one of them refreshed up enough for my dad to have for BMWCCA club car events.

So those two E38's, in addition to a 1994 AVUS blue E31 840Ci 6spd conversion/M62 swap, 1999 Fern Green E36 M3 (for sale!), 2000 Oxford Green M Roadster (also for sale!), 2000 Oxford Green M Coupe, and a 2007 Deep Green E91 328i Touring 6spd RWD wagon daily driver. Oh and 2003 Moto Guzzi V11 resto-mod, 2003 Aprilia Tuono-Mille conversion, and a 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge (for sale!)

That's the current fleet of 7 BMW cars and 3 Italian motorcycles... Wife has a '15 X1 and dad has a '07 X3 both of which I service... It's a BMW madhouse on the weekends! Graham has seen it in person! ...almost as crazy as his place (I'm just a little more brand-centric LOL)

Lol, you've been "downsizing" since just a few months after I met you it seems like, yet your collection has only gotten larger... there are points where it was a small and reasonable fleet, now it is simply madness.
I also didn't know the Avus finally arrived. I gotta get down there to check it out soon!

[328 Power 04]

Updated mine with some pics I had handy. Not as nice as some others, but they're there!

[BimmerBreaker]

Updated mine with some pics I had handy. Not as nice as some others, but they're there!

Never realized your M coupe had a beige interior! I always assumed black or blue... EB/beige and Imola/beige are the only way I could rock a beige interior.

That E36 got wrecked too... looks like you are lucky to be alive! Glad you were in a BMW... were you in a Hyundai or something you may not still be around to share your technical wisdom. I mean that accident looks ​baaad

[Bobkid]

2001 Steel Gray MCoupe – bought new in 2001 as wife’s daily driver and now my track toy. Amazing that the S54 is our lowest horsepower vehicle.
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2014 Porsche Cayman S – Bought new in 2014 as wife’s daily driver and now her track toy.
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Ran out of room and had to start stacking them
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2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee – bought new in 2015 as my daily driver, now wife’s daily.
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2012 F-250 Superduty– bought used in 2016 and my daily / tow vehicle.
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[TheDrip]

My fleet is small in both number, and size of vehicles. The Z3 is the longest and widest vehicle I own!

2001 Z3 - premidlife crisis car
2005 Mini Cooper S - wife car
2013 Chevy Spark - daily and workhorse

[328 Power 04]

Never realized your M coupe had a beige interior! I always assumed black or blue... EB/beige and Imola/beige are the only way I could rock a beige interior.

That E36 got wrecked too... looks like you are lucky to be alive! Glad you were in a BMW... were you in a Hyundai or something you may not still be around to share your technical wisdom. I mean that accident looks ​baaad

Ya the beige, or rather a dark beige, more of a brown is quite nice. Most people dislike the plain lighter beige, but in this dark form, it grows on you well. I like it quite a bit. Goes well with the black headliner and pillars. Probably will add a little more black trim to it.



Ya, I'm searching for pics from when that E36 was whole, not fair to post only the 'pity me' pics... Yes, very horrible accident, fractured my patella and severely sprained my ankle when my foot was forced under the driver's seat.
Car was a bit neglected originally, but in the few years I had it, I made it nearly perfect. Still jealous that my wife drove across all of Germany in it... autobahn, pegged speedometer on the 210km/h limiter most of the way. Never got to go back on the autobahns myself. I did much driving on smaller roads though. Very reliable after a bunch of maintenance.

[Venom13132]

My M gets the garage next to my wifes 2014 BMW 328d X-drive. My 2007 VW Touareg V10 TDI gets parked out front of the house (I live in a town house).

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[SGs54MC]

HOLY JEBUS! Why do we all have so many damn cars?!

- 2011 750I (DD)
- 2001 Steel Gray M Coupe
- 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette
- 1987 Buick Regal Turbo/T-Type (Selling ASAP)

However, I really miss my '85 325e and the '96 318ti with the California top.

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[Red 7even]

Jesus. You guys had some good cars. Before BMW I owned 1991 Audi 100 C4 2.8 QUATTRO, and my first car was this beauty,. It's an Audi 100 C3 (audi 5000) with 2.3L engine and for the time with lot of extra equipment.

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[Mr Bingley]

HOLY JEBUS! Why do we all have so many damn cars?!

I would say there's some common denominator, some shared trait between us that explains both our multiple car owning ways, and our devotion to our Z's and this forum. Oh wait--we're car guys!

[StarReaver]

2000 M Coupe - Had it for 13+ years. Lotta mods. Weekend car.
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2007 328i - Daily driver. 6-speed manual. OEM+ mods. Currently fixing small issues so I can sell it and get a truck. But seeing everyone else's lists makes me want to keep it and have 3 cars.
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[Tim95M3]

Glad to see I'm not the only one with too many vehicles, and also not the only one with an oh-so-hated Smart Fortwo.

97 M3 sedan, manual. Project car, mostly TRM turbo setup, GT3582R, etc. Smoking currently, thinking rings.
98 Z3 2.8 roadster. Been in the family since 3/2000. Dad's daily driver for 14 years. 230k on the clock. Would never sell.
99 Z3 2.8 coupe. Always wanted a non-M coupe, so I went for it since the price was right. (earlier this year)
2013 Smart Fortwo. The daily. Park it anywhere, average a decent 35ish mpg (I know it's not that great) But it's my second Smart, and I've loved them since 1998.
And the wife-to-be,
1994 Miata M-edition. Montego/tan. The jelly bean. Such a blast, wonderfully set up by previous owner. Flyin miata turbo kit in posession, going on soon.

And I don't have pics since Photobucket ruined the internet.

[papamarshall]

My M Roadster is my weekend car as well.

Other current vehicles are a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a 2012 650i M sport

[Jamesons Viggen]

MY '06 Saab 9-5 5mt wagon. It became too nice and modded to see salt which led to another car purchase.

Its making about 435w-tq on E85 lol. I've installed Brembos, a Quaife LSD, you name it. No one sees this car coming.




I bought this CHEAP '09 9-3 wagon to be the winter beater. It runs comically well and looks nearly new yet has 245k. My 80yr old father had me sell his '08 6mt wagon and has kind of stolen the blue wagon. I swore I'd never modify it but that didn't last long.



My wife has an '15 Regal, as close to a new Saab as it gets. It's been a GREAT car. Going to turn it in for an '18 Regal next year.

[setho1993]

My Z3's stable mate:
2007 E92 328i with a BMW PE
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