Rossi1985
New Member
Hello!
I've always loved the RCZ and am looking to purchase one in the next 6-12 months (I'm in no rush and will wait for the 'right' car to come up for sale).
I drive a BMW Z4 2.5 at the moment, which I've owned for almost 4 years, but at 23 years old and 102k miles, something new breaks almost every week, plus the sub frame rust will kill it in 3-5 years. Taking all that apart, sandblasting etc is well beyond my DIY abilities and way more than the car is worth if I get a garage to do it, so it's time for a change.
My other family car is also a Peugeot, a 2020 registered 3008 but the 300BHP Hybrid4 in top specification GT model (before they stripped it back with the Covid chip shortage). This has been a great car in the 3 years I've owned it and I plan to keep it long term. So it would be nice to have two Peugeots
So I've done some research and am aware that the petrols can have some issues. My top end budget is going to be circa £10k maybe £12k at the very most, which I know could just about get me into 'R' territory, however the running costs put me off of those (is it really several thousand Pounds for new brakes!?). Ideally I'm hoping I'll be able to buy a low mileage (sub 50k) car with all the toys. Heated memory seats are a must (my wife is very vertically challenged!) and I'm only interested in the cars with the pop up sat nav screens. The radio / orange screens on the lower spec models look very dated now.
Is the diesel potentially the way to go and how safe is remapping these to nudge up the power a bit? If I buy a car that breaks as often as the Z4 does, my wife will kill me!
Also, I think the facelift (2013 onwards) car looks vastly better from the front end, though hardly any of the facelift cars, even the GT spec models seem to have the JBL stereo, which seemed to be standard on the GT trim on the pre facelift cars? Is this upgrade worth it and why is it so rare on the later cars? Revised front end aside, does the facelift provide any other benefits?
One last thing, I appreciate the newest possible cars are still 11 years old now. Is rust an issue and are there any other common age related issues?
Thanks in advance for your help. I'm in Rayleigh, Essex, UK, I'm assuming there are decent amount of UK people on this forum?
I've always loved the RCZ and am looking to purchase one in the next 6-12 months (I'm in no rush and will wait for the 'right' car to come up for sale).
I drive a BMW Z4 2.5 at the moment, which I've owned for almost 4 years, but at 23 years old and 102k miles, something new breaks almost every week, plus the sub frame rust will kill it in 3-5 years. Taking all that apart, sandblasting etc is well beyond my DIY abilities and way more than the car is worth if I get a garage to do it, so it's time for a change.
My other family car is also a Peugeot, a 2020 registered 3008 but the 300BHP Hybrid4 in top specification GT model (before they stripped it back with the Covid chip shortage). This has been a great car in the 3 years I've owned it and I plan to keep it long term. So it would be nice to have two Peugeots
So I've done some research and am aware that the petrols can have some issues. My top end budget is going to be circa £10k maybe £12k at the very most, which I know could just about get me into 'R' territory, however the running costs put me off of those (is it really several thousand Pounds for new brakes!?). Ideally I'm hoping I'll be able to buy a low mileage (sub 50k) car with all the toys. Heated memory seats are a must (my wife is very vertically challenged!) and I'm only interested in the cars with the pop up sat nav screens. The radio / orange screens on the lower spec models look very dated now.
Is the diesel potentially the way to go and how safe is remapping these to nudge up the power a bit? If I buy a car that breaks as often as the Z4 does, my wife will kill me!
Also, I think the facelift (2013 onwards) car looks vastly better from the front end, though hardly any of the facelift cars, even the GT spec models seem to have the JBL stereo, which seemed to be standard on the GT trim on the pre facelift cars? Is this upgrade worth it and why is it so rare on the later cars? Revised front end aside, does the facelift provide any other benefits?
One last thing, I appreciate the newest possible cars are still 11 years old now. Is rust an issue and are there any other common age related issues?
Thanks in advance for your help. I'm in Rayleigh, Essex, UK, I'm assuming there are decent amount of UK people on this forum?