...and ended up with a Z4. I'm new to this forum and a first time BMW owner. I figured since now, as unpractical as it is, the Z4 is my one and only car and winter looms not to far ahead, I better make some new friends. Not to mention the fact that I know almost nothing about cars. I figured I'd join a site where people love their cars and welcome new members with open arms...

You guys do that right?

I've read a few threads here and it seems that most of you guys are into this rather hardcore, with Ms and such, so please don't bash me to bad for buying a 2.5 and an automatic at that (I haven't driven stick in 11 years and I only did it for a week back then). Like I said, it will be my only car and although I want to have a lot of fun in it, I also wanted to be comfortable in traffic and on long road trips.

My Nissan had 185,000 miles on it when the transmission started spewing oil all over the place. It is at a friends house now who thinks he can fix it, or at least wants to have fun trying. I didn't care as I was already looking at new cars to buy. I had settled on the Acura TSX (maybe even the TL) because I loved the way they looked and of course the reliability of Japanese cars. Then I started looking at the 350Z roadster. I realized I wanted one, bad.

For around the same price, my friend said "screw the Z, get the Z", so I went to test drive two of them. Didn't make it to the second dealer. Man I love this car. Everything about it is GREAT, well except for the gas mileage...

Anyway, that is a quick story of my new car purchase. You guys can check out pictures of it here www.mooshack.com if you like. I notice most of you on here own Z3s, but if any of you do own Z4s and can share your thoughs, I'm open to them. Thank you!

Mo