I'm a little bit hyped atm. But I entered the bmwcc contest for a Z4.

And just an hour ago 2 great guys showed up in a new Z4(actually don't get the car they drove up in but get to go to the bmw dealer & pick out the car of my choice)!!! Plus a trip to the driving school of my choice in Spartenburg(b/c tomarrow is the last day for the Z4 driving school).
:)


First thing that I've ever won!

wow thats awesome!!!

i met the guy who won the M5 that madonna used in Superstar.

what options are you getting? color?

can you add money and get an m3?

Congrats! Great topless weather coming up! Hope you trick it out to the max!

So that's how they are moving those things!

Just kidding, congrats, that's awesome.

can you sell it for a Z3??? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

dam nice..i wish I could win stuff like that

How does one enter thinks like that? BTW congrates, post pics when you get it.

whoa. i want a Z4

Originally posted by count_schemula
So that's how they are moving those things!

Just kidding, congrats, that's awesome.

Hahaha, seriously tho, I rarely see them. I'd also ask if you can add money and get an M3 or something. I thought a M version of the Z4 was coming out, so ask if you can hold out for that. Congrats!

Congrats, I bought two tickets for it, guess they can go in the trash with the Powerball tics for this week.

If you're a BMWCCA member you should get periodic e-mails or postcards regarding drawings like this.

Holy crap! Congrats! And welcome to the Z3/Z4 Forum! :buttrock

As far as entering, a month or so ago I got some info from BMWCC about entering, so I sent in my money. I thought I paid $100 for 7 chances to win, but apparently I only recieved 1 chance(I paid for it via credit card), but the guys that brought the car over said I was the first person chosen!!! First thing I have ever really won. Just wish I could afford to have it "really mine, but I"ll settle for using it on the weekends for now. :)

Only problem is that I'm 18, so affording tax & insruance is a little hard(tax is going to be over $10k), so I'm going to "share" it with my mom(yeah I still live @ home), ie I get to drive it when I want, but she is the primary on it, and will sell her current car(a 1999 323i, and I'll keep my car). But still pretty cool.

We have already been to BMW and I just drove home the one I think we are going to get.

A 2003 Z4 2.5i in Merlot Red, with a black top & black leather/interior, with the premium package, heated front seats, foglights, premium sound w/DSP.

Oh, and it is a 5 speed. :)

The sport package would be nice, but the only Z4s with it are 3.0's, which would be too much b/c of taxes.

Yes, I could use it towards a M3(can get any BMW, just have to make up the difference), but like I said @ 18 coming up with another $20k or so isn't a real feasible option.

Anyways, I'm going back out driving. :)

Thanks all. :)

If you can at all swing it, the 3.0 is a lot better than the 2.5. Not to be a shit on your special day. Be sure to drive both.

The 3.0 will have more resale as well.

That is great!! Congratulations!

Too bad you have to pay tax, but it is worth it.

I made a new friend at work who has a black 2.5 Z4. We go to lunch in it once in a while. The cool thing is that it is a girl and she is already talking about getting short shift kit and new wheels.

Holy Crap! I am not the only female car nut out there! :clap:

How will the tax on this car be calculated?
Is it at around 50% or something?

I've driven both teh 2.5 & 3.0 today. No doubt the 3.0 is better, but hey I'm coming from a 318i, so the 2.5 is fast to me. :)

The tax on it I'm told will be first 28% income tax(~$10k give or take there), plus the usual tax when you buy a new car(dunno what they will run). So it will be alot, not to mention what insurance might be(hence it not being "my car" atm).

At least the performance driving school isn't taxed I hope lol.

BTW anyone done any of the schools? I'm hoping to do the M School. :)

Back to driving. c-ya

I heard you had to be 21 for the M school.

ah, that sucks about the income tax. i dont think it's fair that the govt taxes a gift that is not money, but whatever. congrats
oh and renee i wish you lived here, there are no girls into cars here!

its not a gift, its a prive because he bought a raffle ticket. yes, it sucks, but it could be way worse.

if you are unlucky enough to have to pay estate tax when you die (or your estate does, i guess), and you have improperly-titled retirement plan assets... kiss away 70%+... in some states it approaches 80%. think about hearing "uncle ned left you $10,000, but now its only worth $2200" that shit really happens.

Perhaps look into a 3.0 with less options for roughly the same price as the 2.5 in question. For every $1000, that's $280 more in taxes....

Maybe even a stripper 3.0... :dunno

why not a CPO M Coupe??? :D:D

I don't think that was the prize.... :D

Wow, congrats! I always see these raffles for different types of cars but never heard about anyone winning. Sucks about the taxes but it definitely could be worse. Have fun and take some pics!!

Would love to get an M coupe. But they have none on the lot, except an imola red m roadster, but it's a '98(and is still like $33k)...
The Z3's they currently have also don't seem to be anything special, ie don't think there are any 3.0's w/manual.

BTW the 3.0 w/o options stickers @ $40250, which is exactly what they would give me, but some options would be nice instead of incredibly spartan...

Anyways, going out now to sign the papers, then more crusing :)
Couldn't ask for much better top-down weather. :)

go to www.bmwusa.com and mess around with the option groups and prices, etc...

A 'stripper' 3.0 should cost the same as your well-optioned 2.5 !! :rolleyes:

Remember, the 3.0 comes with a lot more standard equipment than the 2.5.

Now thats the SHIZZ-NIZZ!!!...YOUR ONE LUCKY SON-OVA-BE-OTCH!!!..Enjoy the ride young man...wish I was pimpin a new drop top when I was 18! Now you can say to all the hoe's that did'nt look twice b4..."Drop top BM I'm the man girlfriend!" Happy motoring:handclap

Just wondering, but could you have taken a cash equivalent instead of the car. I know some contests has that, but the gov't will still tax you on that anyway.

Anyway, I'm jealous. If you win the next Oktoberfest drawing, I'm going to have to hate you. ;)

Congrats.

Mike

congrats u lucky duck!

yes I could have opted to take the cash...but that wouldn't have been nearly as much fun :)

WOW, Congtrats :clap:

I am sure you will love it!

"yes I could have opted to take the cash...but that wouldn't have been nearly as much fun"

Oh....My....God......

Dood, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN!! Buy an E36 M3, buy a Z3 ///M roadster, hell buy a twin turbo Supra or something and still have money left in your pocket for taxes and insurance! All those cars are twice the vehicle that Z4 is!

ARGH! How come I never win anything and get to be smart about it!??!?!

:bawl

Lucky bastid! :clap:

wow, nice!

dude thats awesome.
i love the z4!

Cash equivalent- what's the limit/upper-end? I realize you'd still pay income tax on it (28%), but that could open a few other doors for you...

Have fun and congrats!...

...and, what? No women into cars in MI? You got to be kidding. Or did the last one leave when I did???

Cooper S :)

The cash would be $40,250. So after taxes ~$28,500 give or take a couple hundred. BTW I do get the cash that I save under that amount- though after taxes and selling the 323i I'll still owe money. :( The Z4 I bought was stickered @ $38.8k and I think I got it for $36.9k, and traded a '99 323i in for $18k.

But still hard to argue with getting a brand new car nearly free- though insurance is not pretty.

Congrats again, man. Get us some pics!

Glad you won man! Don't listen to the Z4 haters! If you like it, drive it! Sometimes I think that I am the only onw who thinks they are nice. I really like the look of the front (it reminds me of a Z8).

A brand new car is dope! I may have done the cash plus a loan to get into an e46 M3, but I am a little older so insurance would be reasonable.

Again, congrats are in order!

thx again

& pics probally won't be up till the end of the week(unfortunitly I can buy a new car but not my own digital camera, so I always end up bugging a friend till he can come & take shots for me...)

I hear ya on being sans digicam... :D

hmmmm just got the CCA Oktoberfest M3 Raffle sheet in the mail today.
Maybe I'll buy 3 tix this time.......:cashwalle

I'm definitly entering that heh- would be something to win(though in reality I'll never win another thing in my entire life)!

The odds don't look too bad though, 1 in 2900.

I'm entering as well. Me too! Me too! I want a tax problem!

Looks like the odds are 1:2903 :mad:

Originally posted by count_schemula
I'm entering as well. Me too! Me too! I want a tax problem!

Looks like the odds are 1:2903 :mad:

WAY better odds than the lottery! Im entering too with more tickets this year!

Congrats and good luck with it.. I wish I was that lucky.. never won a thing in my life. :(

Count, don't worry, to keep the odds favorable, they probably only sell a pre-determined amount of tickets, so once they are all sold, they are gone... so it's still 1:2900....

ok finally got a couple half decent pics

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=1119036#post1119036

Looks great!!! Congrats...

Originally posted by SilverStreak
Count, don't worry, to keep the odds favorable, they probably only sell a pre-determined amount of tickets, so once they are all sold, they are gone... so it's still 1:2900....

Congratulations Ridgeway, that is a beautiful car,

I thought I read that they'll take in all tickets and give away as many cars as they have to to keep the odds 1:2900, and for the last drawing if there are only say 1000 entries a cash award would be given reflecting the 1:1000 odds with that fraction of the cash value of the car.

I'm only putting one entry in, it will have to be "The One".

Even better!! :buttrock