Good afternoon from the Minneapolis Twin Cities!
The 1997 Z3 1.9A that's been in our family since 1999 has come home to roost. Mom bought it off a two-year lease as a CPO car with around 18k miles. It just turned 39k the other week. Perhaps obviously, there's more to the story there. I had thoughts about selling it to make some space, but...
1. It's basically a family member.
2. Every time I drive it – and I've been driving it on and off for 24 years – I get a big stupid grin.
One could make the argument it's the "worst" version of a Z3. I wouldn't disagree it would be happier not dragging around that GM-sourced autotragic, and I may one day swap it. Still, I just adore it. It's a great little car in the spirit of Roadsters I cut my teeth on; Datsun 1600, Mazda Miata, etc. More pictures soon.
Glad to be here.
The 1997 Z3 1.9A that's been in our family since 1999 has come home to roost. Mom bought it off a two-year lease as a CPO car with around 18k miles. It just turned 39k the other week. Perhaps obviously, there's more to the story there. I had thoughts about selling it to make some space, but...
1. It's basically a family member.
2. Every time I drive it – and I've been driving it on and off for 24 years – I get a big stupid grin.
One could make the argument it's the "worst" version of a Z3. I wouldn't disagree it would be happier not dragging around that GM-sourced autotragic, and I may one day swap it. Still, I just adore it. It's a great little car in the spirit of Roadsters I cut my teeth on; Datsun 1600, Mazda Miata, etc. More pictures soon.
Glad to be here.
to the Forum from West Cumbria, England. A Zed is a Zed irrespective of model, sure we'd all like a fire breathing Z3M rocket ship but the fact is most of us don't so we just enjoy our "ordinary" Z3s for what they are, great cars 
