My Z8 is sitting in the showroom waiting for me to collect, and I have to admit to being rather excited! However I have some concerns ... 1) The hardtop has not been delivered with the car and the cold and rainy weather will soon be here. I think BMW have a bit of a nerve expecting customers to take delivery of a vehicle and pay full-price upfront when the car lacks a roof... ! Is this a piss-take or just arrogance ? 2) In Germany, the Z3-M Coupe is rumoured to have had better test circuit times than the Z8. How can this be so when the Z8 has 2 litres extra under the hood and a stiffer chassis ? ... so am I paying almost double for an 'inferior' performing car ? And why does the 3.2lt engine deliver 100 BHP per litre and the newer 5 ltr engine only deliver 80 BHP per litre ? Is it deliberately de-tuned to provide reliability ? 3) Does anyone actually know the DM (German) price of the car ? So I can determine whether we are being ripped-off in the UK .... at the Earls Court Car Show in Nov.1999, one of the BMW UK stand reps assured me that the UK price would be a direct conversion from the DM price plus country taxes and a bit extra to cover the cost of a 'drivers course'. Can anyone help here ? Regards, Adam.
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