[Robert]

He must add sugar and milk to his tea.

[normtrum]

Found this on Ebay. If you've got a spare $135,000 lying around it can be yours.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-...QQcmdZViewItem

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by Driv3r

drove one and it was the purest bmw ive ever driven......wow...the sound with the top down and the engine (doing rev-matches was jizz) running thru the ranges it really showed character....I am dying to drive a Z4M thoughh i hear they are on par if not better.

I hear they drive like sh*t......even this mag I bought (The World's Greatest BMWs) says that Alpina needed to do some crazy stuff to make it atleast driveable.

Nice cruiser as someone stated, but nothing more than that. I personally find it really nice looking and wouldn't even think about driving it aggressively.

[ALPINE6SPD]

Nothing drives like a Z8. Espically one with the 20" Alpina wheels. Its so special from the second you sit in the car. You really have to drive one to understand what I am talking about.

[bimmin]

They're sexxxxy. O:-)

[Johnny Lin]

Never see that many Z8 in my life. Nice!

[94JZA80]

Originally Posted by Driv3r

drove one and it was the purest bmw ive ever driven......wow...the sound with the top down and the engine (doing rev-matches was jizz) running thru the ranges it really showed character....I am dying to drive a Z4M thoughh i hear they are on par if not better.

have you driven a Z3M? while i haven't "driven" a Z8 (i've only been a passenger in one), i do have plenty of seat time in a Z3 M Coupe, and judging by feel and responsiveness alone, i'd have to say that the Z is the more "pure" car from a performance standpoint - a more visceral, involving experience so to speak, despite being way down on power in comparison to the Z8.

Originally Posted by ALPINE6SPD

Nothing drives like a Z8. Espically one with the 20" Alpina wheels. Its so special from the second you sit in the car. You really have to drive one to understand what I am talking about.

hmm...i would think NVH and ride quality in general would suffer simply because of larger wheels and low profile tires. that and the Alpina tune is weaker than the factory tune, go figure. i'd prefer a Z8 straight from BMW over an Alpina Z8...but myabe that's not the experience you were talking about...maybe you were just referring to the experience of indulging yourself in the cockpit of a $130k exotic roadster ?

[finnbimmer]

I think the Z8 looks good and would be nice to have in garage

I have never seen one in person, but there are only 3 in finland

[94JZA80]

Originally Posted by finnbimmer

I have never seen one in person, but there are only 3 in finland

LOL that's crazy...there are more than 3 Z8's in my town alone


then again, there are alot of people with more money than they know what to do with in my town...