Bought a 2002 Z3 last November and after a lot of underbody rust stripping and sealing, did my first serious trip today to car show at Weston Park. Met up with another Z3 owner and compared cars. One think I don't like about mine is that the selection of reverse and first gear is stiff. Very stiff in fact for reverse.
On the way there I was in a traffic jam and nose to tail, first gear to neutral was a real pain. I'd heard that these gearboxes were a bit agricultural. In fact so much worse than an E30 or an E46 I'd owned which I thought were near perfect. The guy said his was similar. He let me feel the gear Selection on his car and in fact yes it wasn't light, but nowhere as bad as mine. I'm wondering if this can be remedied. Maybe some adjustment in the linkage if in fact there is a linkage or maybe a change of gearbox oil with a slick type additive.
I'm new to this site so hope I've put thus question in the correct section.
Another thing after reading articles here is 'Zed Shed' . What's that about. Sounds interesting.
On the way there I was in a traffic jam and nose to tail, first gear to neutral was a real pain. I'd heard that these gearboxes were a bit agricultural. In fact so much worse than an E30 or an E46 I'd owned which I thought were near perfect. The guy said his was similar. He let me feel the gear Selection on his car and in fact yes it wasn't light, but nowhere as bad as mine. I'm wondering if this can be remedied. Maybe some adjustment in the linkage if in fact there is a linkage or maybe a change of gearbox oil with a slick type additive.
I'm new to this site so hope I've put thus question in the correct section.
Another thing after reading articles here is 'Zed Shed' . What's that about. Sounds interesting.
