|
|
10-11-2010, 05:06 PM | #1 |
Captain
27
Rep 676
Posts |
Driving for no reason
Time to fess up; how many of you take your Z4 for a ride for no reason whatsoever except just... riding?
I for one bought the car in part for that reason. I got rid of my previous ride (a Lexus) because I wasn't putting on enough miles to justify its cost. So this time I wanted a car that went way beyond transportation, but could also be a fun toy. For example, tonight, I had to put the car back in the garage before the rain comes. I hate starting a cold engine just to do that. So the 20 Ft/6 meter move turned into an 8 mile/13 km top-down ride on some hill roads and some heel-and-toe practice. Just because. So come on, who else here enjoys the same guilty pleasures?
__________________
2010 BMW Z4 s35i
2014 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2013 Volvo XC90 |
10-11-2010, 05:16 PM | #2 | |
Private First Class
18
Rep 113
Posts |
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-11-2010, 05:17 PM | #3 |
Captain
26
Rep 805
Posts
Drives: 2011 Z4 35is Melbourne Red
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Portland, OR
|
For sure. Buzz down to the beach for dinner, up the Gorge for lunch, etc.
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-11-2010, 06:03 PM | #5 |
Happy Camper
612
Rep 7,869
Posts
Drives: C63 AMG & 280 SL on Weekends :
Join Date: May 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario - Canada
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 1969 Restored Merce ... [7.50]
2011 M3 Coupe TRADED [7.34] 1987 BMW 535is [1.00] Cars from the Past [6.50] The ///M3 Engine S65 [9.59] |
I think I did one better then you in a 3 week US vacation trip I put on 13,303 KM ...... (Eastern Canada ... to Vegas, Mohave Desert, Napa Valley, LA, back up the Coastal Highway 1 & 101 up to Portland, then back inland via Chicago back home) what a trip what fun
__________________
Cheers, Rolf-Dieter
Life will take us to some interesting places, fortunately The ///M3 will too with a many of us know this very well, now my C6.3 AMG with 487 HP does it too ---> Click here for some good stuff I found |
Appreciate
0
|
10-11-2010, 06:05 PM | #6 | |
Happy Camper
612
Rep 7,869
Posts
Drives: C63 AMG & 280 SL on Weekends :
Join Date: May 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario - Canada
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 1969 Restored Merce ... [7.50]
2011 M3 Coupe TRADED [7.34] 1987 BMW 535is [1.00] Cars from the Past [6.50] The ///M3 Engine S65 [9.59] |
Quote:
__________________
Cheers, Rolf-Dieter
Life will take us to some interesting places, fortunately The ///M3 will too with a many of us know this very well, now my C6.3 AMG with 487 HP does it too ---> Click here for some good stuff I found |
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-11-2010, 06:39 PM | #7 |
Captain
584
Rep 695
Posts
Drives: 2021 M2 Competition
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Portland, OR USA
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 2014 Porsche C4S Coupe [0.00]
2019 330ix Sportwagon [0.00] 2014 Jaguar F-Type ... [0.00] 2021 M2 Competition [0.00] |
Guilty as charged! I take the long way to and from the office, going the twisty back-roads in stead of the shorter drive on the highway.
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-11-2010, 07:10 PM | #8 |
Private First Class
22
Rep 140
Posts |
Something that for us motorcyclists, is common practice. Not to get from point A to point B, but simply riding for the shear joy of it. The Zed4 is one of the few "cagers" that I've owned that I will drive just for the joy of driving it. Although, I will admit, my first choice is still a motorcycle. There is a saying that motorcyclists are the only ones who understand why dogs put their heads out of the window while riding in a car.....I might add to that Zed4 drivers too.
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-11-2010, 10:18 PM | #9 |
Freude am Fahren
34
Rep 383
Posts |
Every weekend baby! Just came back from long weekend trip to Vermont to cruise around in the fall colors. Drove top down from work tonight- 70 degrees in mid-October, not too many days like that left.
__________________
2011 E89 Z4 M Sport (Euro Delivery, Performance Center redelivery), Extended Nappa leather, Eisenmann Sport Exhaust 2003 E46 325i Touring |
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 06:53 AM | #13 |
Lieutenant
5
Rep 446
Posts
Drives: '09 Z4 s35i & '03 Z4 3.0i
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
|
Wouldn't it be easier to ask " Who Doesn't ??? "
__________________
Member ZSCCA 2009 Z4 s35i with Dinan Stage II software, Sport and Exec packages, 19" 296 rims , a stubby and mud flaps
'03 Z4 3.0i Sterling Grey (Hers) '01 Z3 3.0i Sapphire Black, M sport package (Mine) |
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 08:21 AM | #14 |
Happy Camper
612
Rep 7,869
Posts
Drives: C63 AMG & 280 SL on Weekends :
Join Date: May 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario - Canada
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 1969 Restored Merce ... [7.50]
2011 M3 Coupe TRADED [7.34] 1987 BMW 535is [1.00] Cars from the Past [6.50] The ///M3 Engine S65 [9.59] |
I bet on a nice day you head west on Highway 1 for a few KM just to look at the Rockies then head back to the city.
PS. Do the boys and galls still meet downtown monthly in the summer time with there Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsches closing one of the streets? I had dinner outside one June evening and saw it all happen it was fun.
__________________
Cheers, Rolf-Dieter
Life will take us to some interesting places, fortunately The ///M3 will too with a many of us know this very well, now my C6.3 AMG with 487 HP does it too ---> Click here for some good stuff I found |
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 09:57 AM | #16 |
Captain
27
Rep 676
Posts |
I guess so!
It's amazing how forgetful I've gotten since I got this car. "Gotta go back to the hardware store, I forgot that $0.04 washer!"
__________________
2010 BMW Z4 s35i
2014 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2013 Volvo XC90 |
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 10:24 AM | #17 | |
Lieutenant
5
Rep 446
Posts
Drives: '09 Z4 s35i & '03 Z4 3.0i
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
|
Quote:
__________________
Member ZSCCA 2009 Z4 s35i with Dinan Stage II software, Sport and Exec packages, 19" 296 rims , a stubby and mud flaps
'03 Z4 3.0i Sterling Grey (Hers) '01 Z3 3.0i Sapphire Black, M sport package (Mine) |
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 01:45 PM | #18 | |
Happy Camper
612
Rep 7,869
Posts
Drives: C63 AMG & 280 SL on Weekends :
Join Date: May 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario - Canada
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 1969 Restored Merce ... [7.50]
2011 M3 Coupe TRADED [7.34] 1987 BMW 535is [1.00] Cars from the Past [6.50] The ///M3 Engine S65 [9.59] |
Quote:
I took pictures of all them cars, need to find them on one of my computers when I do I post the link, some fine looking cars. I think it was on 5th street or there about (the street run south to north) walking distance from the TCPL tower.
__________________
Cheers, Rolf-Dieter
Life will take us to some interesting places, fortunately The ///M3 will too with a many of us know this very well, now my C6.3 AMG with 487 HP does it too ---> Click here for some good stuff I found |
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 03:32 PM | #20 | |
Lieutenant
5
Rep 446
Posts
Drives: '09 Z4 s35i & '03 Z4 3.0i
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
|
Quote:
When I lived in Bankview I would go in and out to work on 17th Ave, it goes all the way to Highway 22 (with a couple of little jogs through Springbank). Nice and relaxing in the AM with no police patrols, even better coming home Moved to the NW quadrant and just use the #1 now, nice views but not as good a drive. If I get stressed out I like to take a blast out to #22 then north up by Cochrane then do a loop back to my place. It takes about an hour and is very stress relieving....
__________________
Member ZSCCA 2009 Z4 s35i with Dinan Stage II software, Sport and Exec packages, 19" 296 rims , a stubby and mud flaps
'03 Z4 3.0i Sterling Grey (Hers) '01 Z3 3.0i Sapphire Black, M sport package (Mine) |
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-12-2010, 04:49 PM | #21 |
tuned
524
Rep 696
Posts |
GUILTY!!! i love this thread.
__________________
|
Appreciate
0
|
10-13-2010, 12:58 PM | #22 |
Private
10
Rep 94
Posts |
Yeup, I do that all the time. I live 400 meters from work, so I walk to work everyday. But on the weekends, I go on these 5-6 hour drives. Put on over 10,000km (6000 miles) in less than 4 months since I got the car, all from just driving for fun.
|
Appreciate
0
|
Post Reply |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|