The new Z3 is finally home
 

Just got it back from Bill Brewsters shop where they did some clean up work, gaskets, hoses, brakes etc. Took some pictures before the Global Warming starts again this afternoon, supposed to get a bunch of it tonight and tomorrow.
It looks big next to the Vanagon-for sale- but an optical thing. I like it.

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I always loved those things. Enjoy it.

Nice, any mods or is it stock?

I apologize for mocking you when you first posted pics ot the cars arrival... jealousy is such an ugly emotion.

Afterward I did an Internet search was surprised to find that if I save a few bucks maybe in a few years I could afford one myself.

Enjoy it in good health!

Gorgeous! One of my all-time favorites!

mmmm red.

Nice car But i will forever think of them as clown shoes. Sorry. :)

love it.

Totally stock.
I didn't take offense at all, I have really have been mocked here. This 2001 is less expensive than a 2001 Porsche. Not as fast, but quirky, I like them. About 230hp and about 3000lbs. This now has what could be considered in Porsche terms a re seal of the engine. Every gasket, hose, belt, line, etc now is new and the car has 62k miles. It started raining, but you know that, so I put it away. I have only driven it 25 miles.
I hope it works good for a couple years. Buy my van.

Reds OK, I just don't have this one anymore.
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I guess that's what people call them, I was thinking of a plate

SHUZZZ or since it is the color, HELLROT.

What is the story with, he van?

89 with a Subaru motor, less than 100k miles on the van, about 60k on the motor.

TheSamba.com :: VW Classifieds - 1989 Vanagon GL with 2.2 Subaru, price d

Ahh I want an M Coupe/Z3 Coupe badly! Someday...

Congrats.

Did you bring it to Cars & Coffee this morning??

Sweet!

I overslept, I woke up 3-4 ish and the Global Warming was still coming down, I went back to sleep and didn't wake up till 6:30 and the sun was out. I went to the local Dana Point gathering. Not a lot of cars, but hung with the ones there for awhile. No roadsters. No other Z3s.

everything old is (sort of) new again!!
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dont do this sort of stuff...leave it original or very close to original!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1298140267.jpg

every one needs to own a shooting brake...


I wish your Van had a pop top on it, Dean...

Yeah but they weigh more.

Here's an older version from this months Motor Trend.

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Very nice. Congrats!!

We, Brewsters, put Swepco in the Trans and it shifts better now, I think it shifts better than the G50 in my Targa did and I liked it, this is smoother and easier. Still tight getting into reverse and sluggish 1st to 2nd when cold. Oh, 12 years newer. It does feel different than the Porsche in corners, I will have to get used to it. But it does feel faster, quicker. It just isn't a Porsche. and I knew it wasn't. I put 120 miles on it today and liked it, just getting used to it.

Nice car. I've always liked the Z3 coupe. Drove around Streets of Willow with one. Very capable track cars if the need arises. :)

One of my favorite BMWs, well done.

Cool car!
I like "The Shoe".

Reeaally Nice! Congrats!

Karl
88 Targa

Actually, we used to call it The Clown Shoe. I had two friends with Estoril Blue M Coupes back in the day. Decent driving car, with some engineering details unfinished (like it would get so hot behind the dash that the radio would turn itself off).

I hardly ever listened to the radio in the Porsche but this exhaust is so quiet I found myself playing with all the stations yesterday. I hope they fixed that flaw before they made mine.

I like them.

A couple shots today overlooking the harbor.

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I have been cleaning it.

What's the sticker to the left of the rear wiper?

BTW, the temp plate goes on the rear plate bracket :p

Looking good!!

I just taped it in the window. Waiting for the codes to reset after the work, still two not reset. Can't get the smog yet and the new plates. I have had to drive it a lot. Damn. How about ZZZ SHU or SHU ZZZ or HELLROT or SHUZZZ, haven't checked if any are available yet, waiting until I pay the blood money to the DMV.

It's pretty easy to find out if those vanity plates are available. Just go to the DMV website, type a plate in as if you're ordering it, and it'll tell you if it's available or not.

Yeah, I did that with the Porsche, 89 615 for the year and last three digits of the VIN. People asked me if that was for HP. Yeah, sure.
Just haven't cared enough to look it up yet.

That's a handsome car!

when are you putting 22's on it?? ;)

I'm lookin on Ebay as we speak, just call me playa