Bought my first BMW as a first car for my daughter.

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2001 z3 3.0i roadster convertible. 115k miles. Silver and chrome with black top. Dual vanos and drive train good. Rest needs some love.
Wow is it a fun car to drive!!!

My daughter just turned 16 and gets her license this week. I bought the car last month, had so much fun, I drove it down to Louisville from Michigan for work and everything!!! She got full possession yesterday and loves it!!! Its getting new paint this winter and Misc parts as I can get them

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Its also first BMW and classic I've ever bought or tried to restore. Its going to be a father/daughter project and we are pretty much clueless lol
 
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2001 z3 3.0i roadster convertible. 115k miles. Silver and chrome with black top. Dual vanos and drive train good. Rest needs some love.
Wow is it a fun car to drive!!!

My daughter just turned 16 and gets her license this week. I bought the car last month, had so much fun, I drove it down to Louisville from Michigan for work and everything!!! She got full possession yesterday and loves it!!! Its getting new paint this winter and Misc parts as I can get them

Wow! 3.0 Z3 as a first car. Z3Dad indeed. 👍
 
Welcome.
Never get a licence here at 16 and never get insured either, doesnt stop done of the little oiks though.
What the crack with insurance then, how does it work over there..
 
Hi and :welcome: to the forum from me too in Stafford, England. Very lucky daughter:thumbsup:
 
My son learned to drive in NSW (Oz). There you could get a provisional license at 16 and take your test at 17. After 12 months of accompanied driving, he passed the test first time on his 17th birthday. That is a very good system that we should adopt in the UK.
 
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