There are days when your life is bad, when your friends don’t call and it rains and you are so broke McDonald’s Value Meal sounds expensive. I’ve been there. But then there are days when you can drive a BMW Z4 3.0 through winding roads, sun shining through the summer trees, top down and feeling the 85 degree air whip hair into a tangled mess. Those are the days I feel like I’m in a commercial, and that I truly am blessed, and a bastard.
In fact, that’s 94% of everything wrong with this car. When people see a young, 31-year-old guy driving a BMW Z4 on a summer day with his young wife sitting shotgun, you immediately gain their disdain. I had so many people NOT let me merge, NOT let me into traffic, and generally NOT look at me with nice expressions. I can understand, driving this car, I must look like a guy who has it all, and probably hasn’t had to work that hard for it. Whether or not that’s true is not up for debate. When people see you in this car, that’s what they’ll assume.
The other 6% wrong with this car? It looks like a shoe (a friend actually called it that), it only seats two people. The trunk is tiny. Hmmmm. yeah, that’s all there is. Everything else about this car is amazing. Fantastic. Unbelievable. Go out and drive one as soon as you can and enjoy every minute of it.
The Z4 has fastest electronic convertible roof I’ve ever experienced, it’s honestly probably around seven seconds. It’s also the only car I would ever imagine switching over during a red light. It’s probably not recommended, and may not even be legal, but this puts the top down so fast, I would anyway. And when you can put it up and down that fast, you don’t let any opportunity to put it down go unnoticed.
The seats were the M bucket seats and the car had the sports suspension, wheels, and tires. Translation? This car is one of the most fun cars I have ever driven. You get in, turn it on, and the joy starts spilling out into the cockpit like air coming out of the heater vents. Several of my friends lined up for a ride, and all of them got out smiling from ear to ear. It can turn on a dime, take off like a jet, and give you a sense of confidence that’ll make you laugh for an hour without ever even really needing to exceed the speed limit. It’s a blast in the city just like on the country roads.
But to be fair, we need to discuss that this car does look like a shoe. However, for some reason, that’s ok. I’m not bothered. My neighbor laughed about it, but still fell in love the moment he rode in it.
Now starting at $42,000, this car is definitely an expensive toy. It’s very impractical for every day driving, and not even an option as a family car. At best, it’s a alternate car in the stable. And that’s a lot of money for that kind of car. Also, there are other cars out there that are probably cheaper and may even provide a similar experience, similar fun, and similar aesthetic. And while it’s true that you might be able to have this much fun in another car, that shouldn’t take away from how amazing this car is. 5 stars.
