The BMW Z3 M Coupe Is the Weirdest Modern BMW
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2018
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At the end of the video, I made a HUGE factual error regarding a major moment in US history. This event took place in 1992, not 1986 like I stated in the video. I considered deleting the video because of this horrible mistake, but decided to live with the shame instead...
Hoovies Garage Typical Hoovie 😂
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You aren't weird really you don't have a Donald Trump fibreglass hairstyle.
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Get off the damn cars!
Hoovies Garage what about BMW Z4 coupe?.....
It took me a full minute to realize that "Your wearing the shoes" and not standing on the cars
Took me 1 minute and 26 seconds lol
I didn't get it until reading your comment after watching the entire video
Yea that went over my head I thought he was just being weird...well he is
You finally figured it out! You don't have to keep buying cars to make videos.
"Just because it is rare doesn't make it valuable" - Juke Nismo
Nissan Quashqai cabrio
Donax695 no.... Really? Is there such a thing.
yeah google it if you want to make your day more shitty :D
Stephen Butler it was the murrano cross - cabro here in America great idea bad design. Apparently was only made because the wife of a Nissan Executive wanted an awd convertible suv
Just googled it and I can't stop laughing
WHY U DO DIS TO ME HOOVIE NOW I WANT A BMW AGAIN
Tavarish z4 coupe maybe?
Hopefully not one of these BMWs
How about a flood damaged i8 😂😂😂 or a salvage title x5m...
Please please please make a swap!
S85 V10 in a clown shoe
Not I
Actually love the looks of the Z3 coupe 😶
matt crisp exactly, shooting brakes just are something special
Then I've got some bad news for you.
Andrew Samy I know my taste is shit, that's not bad news
This car looks much better in real life though. Wasn't fan until I saw one in person at an auction.
Cottar Evan I saw a coupe Z3M full options euro spec in a showroom back when they launched, it was anthracite metallic/pearl with leather/alcantara black on black interior with the M 3 color stitching everywhere... I would never touch a cabrio Z3 but goddam the coupe was one of the sexiest cars I've ever seen in person which is a lot since I've ridden in and been around testarossa, F40, Countach, Diablos, loads of porches etc.
It gave me the same kind of feeling like a handbuilt Swiss watch....
Having two is perfectly logical. As you can see you need a spare one in case the other breaks down.
Monique yea! so you have one to use when the other starts smoking!
Louis Barningham you're so overdramatic..
when the other one...
Daniel Stance It literally smoked in the video
CODMarioWarfare yeah I'm not blind, thank you. Smoke does not equal broken.
The valve cover gasket is probably old and in need of replacement (it's common on the M5x engines), so it has most likely started leaking a little bit. Fast and easy fix, and is considered a maintenance thing.
Body shape also comparable to the much newer Ferrari FF
Wow I like it more now
took me 58 seconds in to realize he was wearing clown shoes
took me until i read the comments
Opening the video wearing clown shoes haha how fiddling
Mike Arredondo wut m8
JFC that was "funny" for about... .2 seconds, then just was dumb.
Mike Arredondo how WHAAAT?!?!?!??!
Mike Arredondo FIDDLING?!?!?
I like the look.
That noise coming from the rear might be caused by the differential mounts ripping apart from the subframe. It's a common issue with these cars.
Don’t you need to weld it to stop the issue?
M coupes with BBS rims lowered has such a beautiful stance omg in black with silver wide rims almost like the one in the vid to the left. Back then it was the original Ferrari FF.
Minus AWD. But yeah this and the Ferrari FF are my dream cars.
I always couldn't tell if this car was wicked sexy or resembled a deformed shoe. Thanks for clearin that up for me Hoovie.
Any fake version in China yet?
I can’t believe that you watch hoovies garage that’s super cool and I love your videos @laowhy86
did not expect to see your comment here, car spotting in china maybe?
Laowhy!!
i saw ONE z3 coupe in 10 years of china
5:00 V70R too? This guy has good taste...
Glad someone else noticed
I am happy i wasn't the only one to notice
V70r is sutch a stereotypical dentist car 😂 not hating tho nice car
I got one too my self😁😁😁
Volvos are fucking sick! Did yall see vinwikis new vid?
From the day I first saw one, I fell in love. Its always been one of my most favorite cars ever. I had hopes I would own one one day, but with prices the way they are, I doubt I'll ever get to
Me, too... but I'd love a simple Z3 Roadster as well, just the coupe looks better.
I bought an '02 M-Coupe for my wife 15 years ago new. We still have it but it is now a garage queen and rarely gets driven. I'll save it for at least another 5 years to see where the prices go on them. It has been one of my favorite cars I've owned to date.
Still no lights on the dash too....
worldsails2000 keeping a car in a garage all it’s life is a surefire way to make sure it’s never driven again ever lmao.
10:16. Selling the M3??? Why? Did she like the Lexus ES 300 more? Or was it the Buick Park Avenue?
because shes an idiot that doesent apperciate an m3 and should stick to her toyota
Your name suggests some bias. Don't get it twisted, I love the M3. But shit, let the girl like what she likes.
i think Hoovie mentioned several times that she actually drives the Porsche Cayenne
I showed my brother the Buick park avenue video as he just had to find a car for work but there wasn't any in our area :(
demilishing find your bro a Buick lacrosse 2005-2007, 008/009. Same engine as a the others . Cheap prices; but quiet and comfortable . Will need new replaced shocks/suspension being 10+ years old. But good on gas.
I didn’t pick up on the fact he’s using them like shoes until later in the video, that’s a nice touch 😂😂😂😂
Hey hoovie I got a hooptie for you. 2002 Subaru outback with the flat 6. The a/c isn't working and a rear window is broken. 195,000 miles and it's never failed to start. Asking a grand
They don't put V6's is Subaru's buddy. That's a flat 6.
Hard Workrr12 whoops, my bad. Your right. Edited to reflect. I doubt he'll have much interest cause it's in Texas and not an enormously unique car but figured worth a shot
Haha, I live in Texas too! 🤠
When I wanna break my car I am gonna have Hoovie review it lol!!!
Well it doesn't take much to break a Bimmer
David Porowski yeah that’s a lot of money just to keep it running. I had a BMW for almost 3 years and it would leave me stranded every other week. The CPU ended up short circuiting and the car caught on fire.. don’t get me wrong it was great when it ran but the Germans can’t make a reliable car worth a shit.
Meanwhile I’ve had my used Infiniti for 5 years and the only thing I’ve done is oil changes and new battery’s and it has NEVER had any issues
you probably got a lemon most bmw's don't break have my 1997 M3 since new and only every done normal maintenance on it. Besides Porsche is German and those cars are some of the most reliable cars on the market. But like I said you can find lemons in every make. I have friend with Infiniti and it barely gets out of the driveway with breaking. not hating here just pointing out facts
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Tyler, the seat rocking is a common issue on all Z3 chassis cars and is the bushing in the seat track, originally rubber, it just wears out -not the motor. A cheap fix is to install a delrin bushing but requires seat removal.
The clunk in the rear of the M is referred to as the coupe clunk and many an owner has chased this issue to no avail. Mine has had it for years and I’ve spent hours tracking it down.
Short of any obvious diff/subframe issues it’s illusive.
Thanks for the review.
Hello, does the non M coupe have the same clunk?
I am in love with my Z3 Coupe. It's not an M; just a 2.8cc; but it gives me tons of fun and it's very reliable.
Dude... You are great!!!! Clowningggg in the beginning. You have great humor and content man I love evwryonw.
Clown Shoes and no red nose. Fake clown confirmed.
It reminds me of that darkwing duck 🦆 vehicle
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I purchased a Z3-MCoupe new in 2002..
Saw them unload it from the truck, and knew I had to have it.
Drove a Z3 3.0 a couple times, all of them were 6 speeds, and of course, the Z3-MCoupe went home with me..
Same S54 motor as the M3, but smaller, lighter, and literally a Rocket at any speed.
Very comfortable inside, drove it to Texas from Northern California to break it in.. Drove Sacramento to Tucson, Arizona and wasn't even tired..
Awesome car in any conditions..
The only knock imo is the archaic e30 rear suspension
I remember the first time I saw one of these. Downtown Atlanta, Georgia driving down Marietta street in Le Mans blue ebbing between the shadows of skyscrapers and the sunlight driven by a black business executive in a very nice suit. I was all of 16 years old. I was absolutely entranced by that weird looking shiny blue shoe car. This car has an appeal Hoover. Don't sleep on them lol. You did educate me to the fact that there are non M variants of this car which I've never actually seen in person.
I should add that I have owned 2 of these. A Z3 and currently an S54 M Coupe.
These are the easiest cars I have ever worked on. Literally. My Chevy pickup and Toyota Tacoma are more difficult. These cars are very simple, very little wiring, and loads of engine bay space. Get a Bentley manual and there is no reason a shade tree mechanic can’t keep these running. Even the rod-bearings are easy.
Are the red bearings easy? Is it the same as working on an e46 m3?
I've always like them i also have been accused of having poor tastes. Love your videos.
that will be one bad taste for me as well, gotta love that ass
You say poor taste, I say refined taste.
I don't think so, NSX is beautiful who ever came out with that weird concept that you can not appreciate more car producers? Germans have different taste when it comes to easthetics than Italians or Japanese, just because one outlook is closer to your heart it does not mean the other see it automatically wrong. You should also differ between cars fanbase and cars in general, my whole point is: I don't care about car fanbases but about cars. I like old Alfas, Datsuns, Porsches I am not ever going to drag someone down just because I bough different car, on the end of a day passion is still the same no matter what car you choose
I like that they got the pair both in the same color. Nice to have a stock one and a performance one
Hardly ever seen these. When they first came out, I loved the shape. Still do tbh. One of the few bmws I like.
The rear view mirror falling apart speaks volumes about the ride quality...
dvrify1 typical bmw long term quality (or lack thereof)
Alex G the lack of quality... it started smoking!
Louis Barningham That's why you need two of 'em! lol
Louis Barningham leaking valve cover gasket. In case you didn't know, rubber gaskets eventually gets old, and dries out and get hard. So they break. Easy and cheap fix.
Cheap fix when you don't have to remove half the engine to access it...
Did you know the second one has been lowered? He definitely didn't talk about that enough.
If you do this in the future I recommend standing farther back from the car and zooming in so you basically have the same shot but it would create a better illusion. You would appear bigger in relations to the car.
I have a 2.8 roadster as my daily. It's pretty reliable (except for the plastic rear window) and lots of fun to drive. I bought mine with 75k-miles for $7,000 in good condition and put 20,000 problem free miles on it in two years of ownership. I drive it hard like a 196hp sports car should be driven. It's a blast to break the rear free around town and comfortable on long trips to visit family cross-country. The exhaust note is perfect; not too loud but sounds like thunder on the dow-rev. I love it.
The clown shoe beginning had me dead!!
When you hit 1 million subs you should do a face reveal
You're the best Tyler! I love the M Coupe and I'm glad you posted a video about it
Whats up man, love your videos. Two question, what type of lapel mic and cam do you use? Asking for a friend. 😋
"I want Z3, thats a two-seater boy"
I need a Beamer boy
The M Coupe sounds magical.
I've got an X5M and i need one of those rock guards, there are more metal than paint on it. where could you buy one from ?
I used to have a Z3 2.8, and that jiggle in your seat isn't actually the seat motor. It's a bushing that is on the seat track. You can find replacement nylon bushings for cheap, and they're easy to replace.
I’m not convinced but I guess I wouldn’t turn down the chance to drive one either...
Review the Cadillac Escalade hybrid/GMC Yukon Hybrid
Axion yes! hahaa its trash though!
i think you should do some dramatic spirited driving shots sweeping around a corner with wide angle lens or driving across a plane capturing the landscape, or things like that, with a drone lol. Dude I love this car. I remember sitting in a cobalt blue one at the dealer years ago. The driving position felt so focused, no messing around. It looks weird but in a good way, and I think the chassis is super stiff, but not sure how stiff. Enjoyed your videos, as always. Have a nice weekend and God bless.
Had mine smoke the same way last week. Ordered the set and will do it myself. The brake pad warning comes on really early. Always track ready or conservative engineering. Has gone ~1K miles before scraping finally started. 94K miles and 17 years and still love it.
I love BMW Clownshoes, I wish that more of these existed.
What’s the Doug score
Henry McComments I'm surprised Doug hasn't done one with all it's crazy quirks.
OMG a neighbour had one of these and I was always in awe of the design. Just amazing.
Love that music at the end. Its like a mix between Night Rider and Buck Rogers.
I always knew these were going shoot up in value. They're fantastic cars and I think the looks have aged brilliantly!
I bet there was an optimal time to buy these just a few years ago
mipmipmipmipmip I remember looking at these as a kid in 2007 when you could pick up a pristine example in the UK for under 15 grand, and slightly ropey ones for sub 10 grand. Now they're pushing 40/50.
Yeah you used to easily find pristine ones in every color sub 20K. Every time a channel like this does a video, more people discover them and the prices continue to climb
Halcykhan yeah it makes you realise where they're headed. As these increase, they're taking low mileage straight 6 Z3's with them too. Seems only yesterday everyone was telling me how dog they were, now even those are creeping up to the 10k mark!
Lol salomondrin had one as a giveaway car
I like that, even though you're gaining subscribers at a furious pace, you still leave in mistakes/bloopers and act like a goof just like you always have. Don't ever change, Hoovie!
Does anyone know what Hoovie meant by Ostrich interior? I'm curious to know what it looks like.
0:14 When the owner emails Tyler if he wanted to make a video about them, I didn't think he meant ON them XD
4:43. You can see the guy checking up on Tyler, making sure everything's alright lol
In my honest opinion, I prefer the Z3 convertible over the coupe. The convertible looks so much cuter and sporty than the coupe.
Haha, Like your new shoes Hoovie.
if you drive a lowered car avoid pot holes ...and hit speed bumps on a angle and keep the wheels straight dont wanna blow a fender ...love this channel
Owned one of these for a few years. Wish I never sold it. The feel behind the wheel was absolutely insane, and if you had the bravery to keep your foot down through a 130mph sweeper, it handled wonderfully. Super stable all the way up to the limiter.
One day I'll own another. I wish I had Hoovie money. I can barely afford to maintain my old Mini with its $67 brake pads. But my coupe's clutch was going and it needed struts and I was just too damn broke (it was all due for replacement at over 150k miles). Shame though, it was dead nuts reliable. Only problem these cars had was the single ear differential mount that had a habit of ripping the trunk floor right out of the car (all z3's had this problem, from the 1.8 4 cylinder convertible to the S54 Z3MC) - though for about 5k (as of a few years ago) the god of the Z3, Randy, could reinforce and fix the problem for good with a 2 ear mount from an e36 m3.
Also, weirdly enough, the non-M z3 coupe was the rarer of the two. Also weirdly, not a single z3M was ever sold with an automatic.
And EVEN WEIRDER, alpina made a prototype, one of a kind version with a 5.0 v8 from the current m5. It was never in production. But for some reason every auto part store on earth got a catalogue that included a 5.0 v8 as an engine option for the car, so you had to always say "no, not the v8" whenever you needed parts at a regular parts store, like an oil/air filter.
but with the s54 its a dream
Colin Davis Nah, I would prefer the S50 one, the EU spec of course haha nobody needs a 240hp fake M motor.. It has only 20hp less and sounds way better, too.. i hate the rasp the S54 produces.. doesn’t matter which exhaust, headers you run you never get fully rid of it ✌🏻
they're the seat bushings that fail, not a bad fix
Just replaced mine a few weeks ago. Worst part was carrying the seats up to my third floor walk-up so I could set them down.
I fell in love with the Z3 coupe when it first came out. Of course at the time, I could not afford one! Watching this video makes me want to search for one
Man I can’t begin to tell you how much I love the coupe I had an m convertible in blue same year, but man I love the coupe so much more
7:20. Yep. 9:28. Yep².
79 thump thats bmw for you!
Louis Barningham you're a kid lol.. You have no experience with anything, so why talk like you do?
I love those Z3's - all of them. I had a '97 British racing green w/black convertible top Z-3 6cyl in great condition. Loved driving it w/no problems. Then I saw the cloth top beginning to rot and got quotes of about 2 grand and got cold feet. Sold it for close to what I bought it for. And go figyar, I went back to a diesel golf.
picked up a salvage title s52 m coupe for $5000. Got it running after a bit of work and couldn't be more happy now. Don't plan on selling it for a long time
Hoovies is the kind of guy who wears clothes made for teenagers.
Viking Raiders You mean jeans and a t shirt? Lemme guess, youre sitting on your couch or your jerkoff station inhaling dorito dust in a tuxedo?
JackstandJohnny
No I'm wearing a boiler suit and steel toe cap boots since you asked.
Viking Raiders im wearing denim shorts and a tshirt
The European versions have much more power. Probably don't get any air to breathe by the time they pass US restrictions. Amazing once they are running properly, and if you want to go drifting you really can't look any cooler for the price
James Thom completely different engine.. the eu spec ones came with an S50B32 at first ( the real one with 321hp lol) and later on with an S54.. the Us spec got the junk S52 one with 240hp (which is basically a derived and modded M52B28 haha)
You can get wayyy more powerful cars and that look 100x better than a z3 😂😂😂 and without the shit bmw reliability
David Stevenson you’re an idiot. Obviously there are better cars out there but that’s not the point of this discussion. You probably don’t even have a car or a license.
How many of these you saw drifting? 😀
And in Canada we even got the S50B32 Canadian/euro version m3 with 286hp I was lucky enough to get one 15 years ago its a 4 doors model with a 6 speed it's a very rare model spec. I still have it and probably never sell it as the prices are shooting up especially this model
How much of a difference in power did you feel between the 2. The non m seems to be a 3.0i with 225 hp vs the 3.2 s52 st 240hp. The 3.0i and the s52 have very similar numbers 0-60, can you confirm that by driving the 2 back to back? Also the m coupe was said to be modded but in what way besides wheels, suspension, and steering wheel
In the uk the m versions were 320bhp. I saw a uk review of it with the differences in engine choices for different world markets. Also the rear end or parts of it were like the old e36 compact so was e30 bits under there.
does anybody know where to buy those magnetic stone guards?
You seen the Z4 coupe?
I love the Z4 coupe.
Mitchell Guyon did you lose it?
I have one. Black 3.0si, totally cherry. Absolutely love it.
LIL Pump. OUU
addwa macws Clown shoe gang
Based on the E36 Chassis if i remember correctly, I'd still prefer to have the 3 series but I love the Z front end, it always gets me...
My M Coupe was destroyed while parked on a road in an industrial area. Hit by a large truck carrying pipe. On the one hand, I was super depressed; I wanted to be buried in that car! On the other hand though, getting parts for it was impossible. I dinged a wheel on a pothole, and was told it would take 4 months to get one from Germany! I ended up finding one in LA. And I live in Toronto!
Speaks well about the owner for letting you drive the M Z3 after you returned the other car smoking. Well, he probably knows these kind of things are what BMWs are good at (breaking down every once in a while). Not much you can do about it... Just get another car.
at least the engines aren’t as fragile as a Wankel engine ;)
+mipmipmipmipmip Haha, probably not
Apex Seal because the smoke was from a minor issue that's a simple and cheap fix..
+Daniel Stance Yes, possibly a minor oil leak dripping near the exhaust pipes, therefore creating some smoke. (I didn't mean he "broke" the car, haha)
mipmipmipmipmip It’s not that engine’s are fragile rather than surrounding components wear out over time more commonly such as plastic cooling components and other random shit depending on the model.
350z review!
smoking!!!...you break it - you bought it! lol - great channel BTW mate :)
Did the guy with then used to live in valdosta Georgia? Used to see one with the same wheels!
there is a z3m for sale in Britain for £70,000 and that doesn’t even have an s54 in it!
oliver dodic probably low miles, and good history then
skurt wasn’t the lowest i’ve seen, it had 32,000
Wow! Cars are usually cheep in the UK. But I guess there are exceptions. I can only find one Z3M coupe for sale here in Sweden but its "only" about £ 28,000. A 99 with some 100 000 km on it, but it looks great.
Yeah but it makes nearly the same power as the S54, doesn’t have our pathetic S52 with: just 400cc and 40 more HP than a 328i and nothing else changed. The S50B32 is 90% of an S54B32 with its redline, ITBs and double vanos, but the S52B32 is more like 50% of an S54B32 with its 240hp vs 340hp.
oliver dodic so ?! The EU spec S50B32 has only around 20hp less.. which pretty much makes no difference 🤷♂️ also, S50’s sound alot better then S54‘s ✌🏻
Probably should blur the address.......😶
I don't know much about the engine in that z3 but the gasket around the variable valve lift motor can break down. It will leak just like a valve cover gasket. My E90 did it all the time. I bought spares and fixed the problem once a year.
My E90 had the n52b.
Last guy who wore clown shoes so well was John Wayne Gacy. Great job hoovster.
Where's Farghini?
Yuck
What’s up with those RICER WHEELS on these Z3’s, especially the M?? Why would you ruin such a cool car?
sva60_ cyyz how is bbs a ricer wheel?
Joseph Rizzo he probably doesn’t even know that bbs produces/produced wheels for BMW lmao 😂
it’s period correct
"Ricer"
Dan Morgan you don’t even know what ricer means this car is not riced out in any way
I think what makes these so valuable, especially the S54 version, is the way they handle on a racetrack. You need to do an S54 review at a racetrack.
They handle like garbage
In family we have the 3.0i coupe version. It's fantastic.
That second one sounded *way* better. I like its sound. But those things are godawful ugly. And they're 2000s BMWs -- unreliable technology-for-technology's-sake crap. I wouldn't own one if you gave it to me.
I was going to offer but... I guess I'll give my Z3 M to someone else.
The s52 is bulletproof
This is actually a Chrysler Crossfire made by BMW. I can't believe this.
Except Crossfire engine, transmission, suspension and steering are garbage.
No you're thinking of the Mercedes slk early version
The SLK shared the same DNA as the crossfire - not the M Coupe.
Wtf. Even the 1.9 Z3 would shit all over a crossfire
Wtf? Crossfire was a Mercedes you know
I used to think these were super goofy looking but now I love them!
I've always liked those for some reason. They kind of remind me of the old MGB GT hard top coupes. - - fun fact about that magnetic thing in front of the rear wheel. You can get paint protection film put there and it's called the Dog Leg. If you need an idea for a video, find a guy that installs paint protection film and just film his shop for a few days. It should have a lot of nice cars go through it. We used to install on Ferraris, Vipers, Lexus etc. all the time.
Ugliest damn thing on the road. Do they actually sell for what they’re asking or are most of the people just being hopeful.
Jimmy Grant Honestly Its a tie between a pt cruiser
Man stop fuckin hatin
John May Its preference bro not hate
John May writes opinion *STOP FUCKIN H8in BRO*
John May I tell it how it is but the Z4 coupe looks good.
I absolutely love the look of these. They look great, and these 2 examples are beautiful.
I wonder if that sound around 9:40 is the rear subframe going. If you get to it before it goes, you can do a preventative fix.
Hoovie, the only guy that can review BMW's in bare feet and cause a BMW to break.
Gotta love induction noise. -One of my greates car related regrets is not buying one of those that I could get for cheap. -That sound from the back might be the subframe coming a part. They tend to do that 😁
I fell in love with those things when they came out. What cool cars.
Where can I find those magnetic rock protectors???? Any idea??
Ebay
"...getting angry because people won't floss..." 😂😂😂😂
Love your videos
What rims (dimensions) do you drive at your Z3 M?