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      01-26-2010, 03:38 PM   #23
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I always thought the Z3 coupe looked like an upside down ballsack, fwiw
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Im interested in hearing some opinions on this car. I personally love it and have been looking for one for a few months now, but they are difficult to find in good condition with reasonably low miles. IMO there is nothing else like it on the road, and having driven a few i can say that the raw driving experience it offers also makes it unique in my mind. It is, in fact, the most rigid chassis BMW has ever produced. So what are your thoughts on it?...

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If you like the styling of the Z3 M coupe, you must like the look of this also.
Z3 Coupes other alias AKA clown shoe
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If you like the styling of the Z3 M coupe, you must like the look of this also.
Z3 Coupes other alias AKA clown shoe
Yes, bread wagon (hence the user name), elf hearse, ambiguously gay duo car, rolling penis, etc. At least it's polarizing, having a Z4, you might know something about that.
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It's not a matter of agreeing that it is the stiffest BMW ever...it's a fact.
http://www.insideline.com/bmw/m/1999...-roadster.html
I've decided that I'll fly anywhere in the country where I find the one I want, and just drive the sucker home...I have to have it!

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Until the built the Z4M Coupe.

"As far as handling is concerned, the BMW Z4 M Coupe has a chassis with almost double the torsional rigidity of the previous Z3 M Coupe, which no doubt helped it in posting faster lap times than the Z4 M Roadster and the BMW M3 on the Nurburgring."
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Until the built the Z4M Coupe.
I think the Z8 was also stiffer, at least until the frames started to crack.
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i have a Z3M roadster and its a great car. i have quite a few friends that have the M coupe and if i had to do it all over again, i would have gotten a coupe (although convincing the wife would have been difficult).

i'm pretty familiar with the subframe issue, so if you have any questions, let me know. bimmerforums has a lot of good info about it also and many have the famous Randy Forbes fix which is truly top notch.
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i'm pretty familiar with the subframe issue, so if you have any questions, let me know. bimmerforums has a lot of good info about it also and many have the famous Randy Forbes fix which is truly top notch.


here are some pics that Randy took after finishing the sub-frame reenforecement on my brother's S52 M Coupe:






...and here's a picture of another Randy Forbes reenforced sub-frame on an S54 M Coupe:




and rightfully so, as i can imagine that it makes quite a bit of frame twisting power & torque:

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