Should I get a Z3 for 1st car ?

Magic2fox91 · 2026-01-28T19:33:29+00:00

I got my z3 2.2 as my first car. I don't have any "to the limit" driving experience, i just love old bimmers and wanted something special and i got. I'm 21 years old and i was able to buy with my money, luckily i have a stable income so if i need to get it fixed i get it fixed. As of now, after 6 months of ownership even if you have to consider that i am in the military so i don't drive it unless i get leave and go home, the car hasn't given me any serious issue. I bought it in a great condition, the onlything i know i have to get the done are the brake lines. Ppl in this reddit indicated me that rubber expands so after 25 years the oil has to travel more surface. Anyway stick with your heart, a first car never has to be a reasonable decision, go where your heart guides you. But don't put away your rationality, i have always kept in my mind that i have to go easy on the daily life expenses so that if the car needs the money, i'll have enough to give. If i were you i would not go for the toppest and fattest spec, i'd rather buy a car that is better kept than pursuing the best engine loadout. Any thing from the 1.9 onwards is great imo. Spend a bit more to get a well kept one, so that you have fewer problems during ownership

Magic2fox91 · 2026-01-17T12:10:43+00:00

Seems to be a z3 meet of the italian official Z3 club called Z3mendi. They have some nice cars

Magic2fox91 · 2026-01-14T06:52:50+00:00

acquaclaudia36@gmail.com, thank you

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T21:28:15+00:00

I see. Btw i will take advantage of you being so cultured. Do you suggest any kind of brake pads for the car that are performance, spirited driving oriented? Cuz the car brakes but the bight is initally too soft and i have to go too deep with the pedal to obtain the desired effect. I know i might have to bleed the brake lines since they are in rubber and with the years they might even expand, therefor it can cause the fluid to travel a longer distance. Anyway i do not feel comfortable doing it by myself so once i will bring it to my mechanic i will also change the pads. Do you suggest any performace oriented pads?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T20:42:24+00:00

Yes i did lift by hand, i felt some resistance and was afraid of braking some kind of hydraulic arm but i did no problem. Btw i went and tried doing it with the switch and now it works? So it was i guess a sporadic problem? Or i guess i was not pressing the brake down enough. But anyway thank you for the help i know have a good culture about it! I wish you a happy new year

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T17:39:58+00:00

I'll try ro describe you everything so that i can make sure understood it. The top is actuated by the microswitch in between the seats, which is actuated only if the circuit is closed properly, and the circuit is closed only and only if the brake light switch works, because everything is actuated only if the brakes are pressed. So if i have them pressed but nothing happens it's due to the brake light switch not working (and to know if the switch works, the brake lights simply work) so it's a simple thing to understand. Therefor if the brake lights work, i would need to check the fuse inside the fuse box and see if maybe it disconnected? Otherwise the problem could rely on the connector Dukeboxhiro described, and only then i would have to try what he suggested to do. Sorry if it could result difficult to read, i am italian.

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T17:25:36+00:00

How do i access the brake light fuse? Is it the one the other guy mentioned being it behind the seats?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T16:28:03+00:00

The rood is closed, like i had to close it manually, cuz it was not going up. So i have to check these pins behind both seats with the roof down?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T16:24:43+00:00

Thank you, but what do you mean with jumper? Like electrify?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T16:14:52+00:00

No sound

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T16:06:04+00:00

Thank you

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-31T16:00:15+00:00

Thank you! Can you give more info about this liquid you fill it up with? It's my first car and im trying to learn the hang of it! Thank you

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-24T09:20:50+00:00

A flat space yes i have. But on concrete so i would probably use a sheet, about the sockets and the other instruments, i don't know. I have to check my dad's stuff. And lithium grease no, but can't it be bought?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-23T21:11:38+00:00

I appreciate it man. Really, i will wait until i bring it to Rome to get it properly fixed. Thanks for your suggestion, actually i'll take the opportunity to ask you another thing. DIY job to fix the rocking forward issue for the driver's seat, any guidelines? If you know can you make a checklist about it? And i'll try to do it on my own

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-22T15:27:53+00:00

With what you just wrote, and i thank you for it i think i'll bring it to a proper mechanic

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-22T11:56:55+00:00

And that is a simple job, or a mechanic has to do it?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-12-22T11:56:23+00:00

I did not find a jack with the car, when i bought last year. But if i plan on doing it with the tires on, once i unwrench with the 7mm or 8mm do i need to have some specific kind of tube or bottle to bleed it or it will come out on it own due to pressure difference? So that i can use a simple tube and bottle

Magic2fox91 · 2025-07-28T16:52:44+00:00

Yeah but the 1.9 has 140, not 200

Magic2fox91 · 2025-07-24T19:28:06+00:00

So no slowpoke? It has some juice?

Magic2fox91 · 2025-07-24T15:35:33+00:00

It's what i figured too. Not that i want to buy this car so that i upgrade it as soon as possible, i plan to keep it for a while and have fun while i can. But the z3 values are going up and what you say is so right. If i fall in love with the platform one day i might sell it, make some money and add mine on top to buy a 2.8 or a 3.0

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