My Z3 is having a birthday

It was about 65 degrees and sunny in the Washington, D.C. area this afternoon so I took my Z3 out for a ride for it's 4th birthday celebration. I picked it up from BMW of Arlington on Feb 8, 2001 about 1 hour after it rolled off the truck from Spartanburg.

The good news is that I have had exactly one problem with it during this past four years. This summer the hydro unit that moves the top up and down stopped working. I switched the top over to manual operation and got the hydro unit replaced this past week just before my 4 year/50,000 mile warranty expired.

The bad news is that I now have over 1,000 miles on the odometer. 1,013 to be precise. I know that most of you will say I am crazy and this time I would probably agree with you but that's the way it is.

In any event I still get a kick out of driving my Z3 every time I get behind the steering wheel.

Enjoy yours!

Fred Meloan
Customer Satisfaction Consultant

Reply » My Z3 is having a birthday

are you serious?
in 4 years you have yet to even pass the break in point?
may I ask why you drive it so little? or even keep it to drive a mere 250 miles a year?

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What else can I say?

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Fred,
It's amazing that you've put that few miles on your car over the last 4 years and I must commend you on your great self control. Heck, you put 250 miles on average per year on your car. I put 250 miles on my car when I go to the corner store to pick up a loaf of bread and a quart of milk. Mind you, I enjoy the trips immensly.
For you, every ride in your car is like that very first ride, so the joy never ends. Every drive seems magical. I congratulate you!
Have you considered selling the car to me? Just kidding, I already know the answer.

-John C

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Holy crap! My car just had its first birthday on January 22. My odometer is just over 3,900 miles and I thought that was low! My car has never felt the rain, and only been washed about 3 times... I keep it zainoed, dusted and covered so it's always spotless.

I totally understand how you feel. I can only speak for my own "craziness" as someone who does drive their Bimmer "sparingly." I can say that each time I drive it is special. And there is a a special feeling, almost like driving it off the showroom floor, everytime I drive knowing that it is so clean. It's a special form of OCD, I guess. It does make for some strange looks from passengers when I hang a u-turn to avoid water in the road!

Congrats on keeping the Z3 like new. I'm so jealous, I'm not going to drive my car for the next five years! I hope my top mechanism doesn't break; I must admit that everytime I do drive, it's with the top down. I can't resist the open air!

--J.

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I don't get it. Why did you buy it? Drive it as if you stole it! mines a 98 with over 80k dripin a little oil with a few nice mods, treated nicely kept in a garage but driven the way it was built to. Lotsa miles many more smiles that can never be replaced. Take it out and let it breath........... If mine gets tired and starts puffin blue somke I'll buy another like yours and let it run like the wind....
Oh yea my daily driver ios a 99 F250 lariete diesil dog power stroke w/ 185k chiped, cai, etc..
PS YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE

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