1998 BMW Z3 Roadster from UK and Ireland - Comments

Major leaks in the boot, from somewhere.

Leaked in through the drivers door rubber seal.

Car wandered over the road even with the steering wheel kept still.

Clonk noise from the back axle.

Problems selecting reverse.

I was so upset about this car.

I hoped it would be all that I expected.

It was just awful. The seating position was poor and the offset pedals were very awkward. The gear box was OK, but my wife found reverse too difficult to select at all.

The handling was very wobbly and shaky. It stuck to the road well, but bounced around unbelievably.

I really feel that this is the worse car I have ever had. I am about to sell it and lose a lot of money, but I can't live with the leaks and bad handling any more.

Sounds like you bought a 'lemon'. I've had 4 of em' steadily gaining more power all the way. still sorry that you haven't enjoyed the car as much as others have though...

Very best regards.

Dave.

Sound like you actually bought a car with some sort of rear damage... previous accident highly probable. Always take your car for a relatively long journey before purchase, B type road, highway etc.

With past BMW motoring I have found that the rear tracking causes this problem. Can be realigned, but the bushes do die in time. But I have had one that had just been reversed on to a drive just up and over a slight pavement lip about 7cm this actually was enough to stress the arms and need them replacing. (check rear tyres for uneven tread this will indicate the above problem)

Sounds like yours was crashed at some point. when I bought my 318ti a few days of driving later and I thought the shocks might have gon on the front. anyway after my inspecting of the underside it turned out that the anti roll bar was completely disconnected and the bush arm things were sitting between the wishbones and steering rack making a noise similar to that of ruined shocks, when you drive over bumps. I reconnected them with some nuts I found in the shed anyway. Had the car around 6 months now and havnt had any more problems yet.