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2006 BMW Z4 (E85) – Titan Silver – 78,434 miles – £9,500 (based Lincoln)

Hi all – hope you're well!

I joined this community in 2022 hunting for an E85 Z4 as a weekend toy for my 40th, hoping my son and I could enjoy it together. He never quite caught the bug, and these days the car barely gets driven — it genuinely bothers me seeing such a mint e...

Well this is a bit of a shocker - I have a cracked windscreen which needs replacing (duh).

I've had this before a few years ago, and previously National Windscreens have sourced a Genuine OE BMW glass no issue, so requested the same again this time.

They phoned me back - the OE screen is now NLA through BMW!! They did say if I could find somewhere with ...

I have water ingress into the cabin on both sides. I did a trickle test, and can see the water entering the cabin at this seal:



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It appears to be coming from the dash area. Mechanic took a look at the engine and said it wasn't that and seemed like something in the dash area. I took it to the garage as I noticed when coming to a stop at lights, I would have to downshift earlier than usual, failing to do so would cause the car to stall. This happened once ad the engine light stayed on in amber...

Great event.