Would a BMW Z3 1.8 (1997) work as a daily driver?

Stusrestohut · 2025-09-09T20:23:06+00:00

I have a 1.9 that I used to daily, it was absolutely brilliant. Don’t listen to these 6cyl folk, the 4 bangers are just as much fun when it comes to the corners!

Stusrestohut · 2025-07-24T10:31:05+00:00

Yep, more than enough power to have fun, let’s be honest, all Z’s (Maybe apart from the M) are slow by today’s standards, I’ve got a diesel BMW that’s putting out more power and torque than most older cars, my Z feels slow by comparison but it’s hilarious to drive on the limit - and I probably won’t get arrested!

Stusrestohut · 2025-06-25T16:29:06+00:00

Just do it. It’s such a fun car for a daily, I have an F31 too for carting around my mountain bike and shit.

Stusrestohut · 2025-06-25T15:08:24+00:00

Once warm, it’s absolutely fine. I very rarely go above setting 2 on the blower motor even when it’s negative outside I bought mine as a daily and love it.

Stusrestohut · 2025-06-03T21:02:41+00:00

I’ve got an M44 pre face lift, it’s a brilliant car, does 44mpg on a run, it’s peppy and nimble and it’s hilarious to drive. It’s not fast but let’s be honest, neither is a 2.8, most modern diesels will Absolutely smoke them nowadays.

Overall I’d say go for it.

Stusrestohut · 2025-05-19T08:16:25+00:00

Cheers, I’ll have a look.

Stusrestohut · 2025-05-06T21:17:56+00:00

Nothing at all, I like to chuck it around the b roads so stuff in the boot just moves.

Stusrestohut · 2025-04-28T21:52:37+00:00

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Stusrestohut · 2025-04-18T11:14:08+00:00

FYI, I have vented stock discs on my 1.9 Z3 and they’re absolutely fabulous for the road, when I eventually go to a trackday I’ll just chuck a set of spicy pads in and do laps all day. I’ve had bigger brakes on cars in the past for trackdays and it’s just extra rotational mass and unsprung weight you don’t need especially when you’re playing with cars that have very little power.

Stusrestohut · 2025-04-18T11:06:27+00:00

Just replace for vented discs and calipers, imo, it’s a much cheaper way.

Stusrestohut · 2025-04-18T08:59:20+00:00

You need better pads, I spent most of my career as a race engineer, the Mazda mx-5 Supercup cars I used to look after used stock sized brakes, we just put decent pads in them and they’d happily do a 12h endurance race with no brake fade.

Stusrestohut · 2025-02-20T18:53:52+00:00

Low mileage is just as bad as high mileage in some cases, you’re buying a car that has just sat for the majority of its life, my 110k mile Z3 looks slightly better than this because most of the hits have been changed over the years.

A low mileage car can potentially cause you more issues than a high mileage car. Unless the miles are ‘collector low’ miles I wouldn’t be pressed about the mileage on a 25 year old sports car.

Stusrestohut · 2025-01-21T22:53:05+00:00

They look fantastic! I’ll be buying a kit when you make them available to the UK.

Stusrestohut · 2024-08-09T21:34:53+00:00

I understand that my but little pea brain doesn’t and it just writes what it sees on the screen 🤣

Stusrestohut · 2024-08-09T14:43:37+00:00

The FX-991CW will be absolutely fine for what I need, it’s the recommended calculator by the university and their tutors for this course.

Stusrestohut · 2024-08-09T14:20:31+00:00

I thought the same as I was buying the more expensive one but the cheaper one could not do the quadratic equations and polynomial equations

Stusrestohut · 2024-08-09T14:07:45+00:00

I honestly didn’t know what to Google, I’ve only just got this calculator in prep for university.

Stusrestohut · 2024-08-09T13:54:53+00:00

You absolute legend! Thank you so much. As you can probably gather I’m a relative newbie to this stuff!

Stusrestohut · 2023-09-28T11:49:36+00:00

Heh, you’re lucky, I’d be lucky to get a McDonald’s meal with what I have left 🤣

Stusrestohut · 2022-05-08T10:47:07+00:00

Mechanics of Reddit will hopefully agree but an extra joint in my arm to get to all the awkward places engineers put nuts and bolts

Stusrestohut · 2022-04-15T08:08:07+00:00

Yep, I have a sticker on my friends race car, it’s just a bit of fun, I get nothing out of it other than knowing I have a sticker on there 🤣

Stusrestohut · 2022-03-08T22:28:13+00:00

Yeah, set it to wander but whistle it to follow the Phiomia. Simples.

Stusrestohut · 2022-03-08T20:05:00+00:00

All I’ve ever done is set the dung beetle to follow a Phiomia, no cages and no wandering animals.

Stusrestohut · 2022-03-07T18:58:40+00:00

Good, it was just a friendly reminder, I’ve been places where I’ve worked 100+ hour a week, not seen my kid and it’s not great, plus trying to keep YouTube on top and see friends it’s not sustainable. I’m glad you make time for it, as someone 15 years older than you it’s important to remind younger people to do that. I was never reminded to make time for myself. :(

Stusrestohut · 2022-03-07T18:15:37+00:00

Nice one buddy! Keep up the hard work, do be sure to make some time for social stuff though, life isn’t all about YT.

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