douglasmoto
09-20-2016, 03:09 PM
I've been looking everywhere and finally yesterday I drove my, new to me, 2004 black on black AT sedan home. After years of 911's, mid 90's Impala SS's, hot rod cars and trucks and many many motorcycles (I own a motorcycle dealership) and now having two small kids I decided that while I want a fun car, I also need a sedan. That's not exactly what led me to find out about the ZHP though...in fact, I've been a fan for many years and just needed the needs for the sedan to make the time right.
I've only had one BMW before and it was a 318. Even that was enough to understand that there's something about a BMW that is a drivers car and can't be explained. So far, after 24 hours now, it's one of, if not the most fun car I've had to date. I live at the base of the San Bernardino mountains so as soon as I have time to go for a fun drive you can bet I'll be enjoying it a lot.
As for the car, it's been maintained very well. I found a date code of 23/3/2015 on the radiator so that was nice and it looks like all hoses were replaced at that time, newish tires, good pads and disks, shifts very firm so I'm wondering if this is a ZHP trait or a sign it was rebuilt. In either case it's feels great. The front grabs freeway grooves a bit so maybe it needs bushings. All this and more to carefully diagnose and fix as needed but this is a 143k car so I expected a few items. Overall this car is an 8 which is almost unheard of unless it had owners that took care of it. I wish I could say I knew all it's history but I purchased from a dealer in Thousand Oaks who got it at auction. Anyone recognize the car?
Looking forward to meeting some other Southern California owners!
Art
I've only had one BMW before and it was a 318. Even that was enough to understand that there's something about a BMW that is a drivers car and can't be explained. So far, after 24 hours now, it's one of, if not the most fun car I've had to date. I live at the base of the San Bernardino mountains so as soon as I have time to go for a fun drive you can bet I'll be enjoying it a lot.
As for the car, it's been maintained very well. I found a date code of 23/3/2015 on the radiator so that was nice and it looks like all hoses were replaced at that time, newish tires, good pads and disks, shifts very firm so I'm wondering if this is a ZHP trait or a sign it was rebuilt. In either case it's feels great. The front grabs freeway grooves a bit so maybe it needs bushings. All this and more to carefully diagnose and fix as needed but this is a 143k car so I expected a few items. Overall this car is an 8 which is almost unheard of unless it had owners that took care of it. I wish I could say I knew all it's history but I purchased from a dealer in Thousand Oaks who got it at auction. Anyone recognize the car?
Looking forward to meeting some other Southern California owners!
Art