Configuration as shown below.
On-going impressions:
- Great looking car; rare on the roads
- Dinan tune Stage II makes it a bomb when you want it
- DCT (using paddles/shifter) is absolutely superb
- Excellent visibility with top up or down
- White nappa leather is holding up well but has some minor rub creases left bolster driver side that seem to have worn away the color coating
- Sound system is great
- iPod hookup is flawless
- No bad comments on the handling - car does what you want it to without fuss
- Sport setting seems right for everything except long trips (Normal) and perhaps Sport+ for aggressive driving
- Zero oil used - is now at center of range on DIC
- DIC shows 7000 miles to first service
- Deep Sea Blue is surprisingly good at masking dirt; much better than black
- Top mechanism has been flawless
- The trunk is really big (top up) for a 'vert
- Dealer-provided floor mats suck - have velcroed them down to keep driver side from tangling underfoot
Mods:
- Dinan Stage II (at Chris Chapas's C2Design in Tampa - great shop)
- Debadged 's-drive 35i' from both fenders (really easy, many threads say how, cannot screw it up) - left 'Z4' on the trunk - looks much better now
- Removed the actuator hose to the exhaust system butterfly valve at right tailpipe - sounds great
Troubles: pump for windshield washer leaked - repaired under warranty; only trip to the dealer since new.
Earlier reports here:
Car is on a 30-month lease. Intend to buy the car at lease end. This is my 8th BMW and by far the best I've ever owned or driven (though would move to an M3 were I to start regularly tracking a car).