New member in SoCal

[GSTIAG]

Hello all - New ZHP Mafia member Greg from Irvine California.

I decided to finally join this forum after I rescued an 05 330CI ZHP 6-speed Graphite Metallic 105K from a high school kid a couple months ago. It had a real solid history up until three years ago when the second owner gave it to his kid when he graduated high school. Still in decent shape but needed a ton of deferred maintenance. Could take a year, quite a few bucks and many aching backs to get it where I want it to be.. I do everything myself except jobs that take special tools or have to be done on a lift.

I also have an 04 M3 coupe 6-speed. Titanium Silver with 50K miles. Awesome car. But not a daily driver. It resides in the garage under cover all week. I try to drive it every weekend to keep everything working properly. Only early morning when there is no traffic.

Previous cars:
05 330I ZHP Sedan Titanium Silver automatic. Had 70K when I sold it to my brother a couple years ago.
05 330I Sport Package Sedan Titanium Silver automatic. Had 80K when I sold it to my Dad about five years ago.

That is it - Looking forward to being part of the ZHP Mafia community.

The 'rescued' ZHP:

[Vas]

Welcome

[Lorenzo]

Welcome to the forum! Love the black.

[san]

Welcome! Nice color


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[3ZHPGUY]

Welcome!

[KevinC]

Welcome! I spent many years living behind the Orange Curtain™ myself. Nice pair you have there - a ZHP is a perfect garage mate for an E46 M3.

[slater]

welcome! that color always looks great on coupes. looking forward to hearing about your rolling restoration.

[fredo]

Welcome ! The ZHP looks good. Hope you enjoy the project.

[Dr Dynamite]

Welcome Neighbor! I love the color. Post more pics?

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[Smilez]

welcome to the best and most respectful forum you will ever encounter.

[wertyu78]

Welcome to the group! Ditto on what Smilez said, this is an awesome forum.

I am just across the county line in Long Beach. I'd love to meet up and help wrench on the car. I'll PM you my information.

[wsmeyer]

Welcome!

A few of us in the area. We'll have to organize another meet up.

[johnrando]

Welcome from yet another SoCal. Nice car. I'm def up for a meet.

[BMWCurves]

Welcome, fellow west coaster! Looking forward to your car's restoration (what does it need?). You should start a project thread over in the car project forum when you do get down to maintenance.

Any more pics?

[Oli77]

Howdy from further East (KY). As smilez said, best forum ever.

[NorCalZman]

Hey Greg, welcome! I am also in Irvine. I live near the Spectrum and the office is near John Wayne. I have a silver-grey sedan. Ill keep an eye out for your ZHP.

[PdZHP]

Welcome!

Another OC ZHp here.

[Terry]

Welcome Greg (although I see you in person every day!), so glad you finally signed up with the Mafia! For those reading, Greg is an awesome guy and big time bimmerphile. We can safely say he's been a longtime ZHP-phile as well. Greg works two doors down from me and takes great care of his cars. Occasionally brings them by to utilize our lifts and hang out. Greg, you no doubt rescued this ZHP...and it's coming along very nicely.

-Terry
Irvine, CA
98' 318ti 'Spactive'
03 S54 ZHP

[wertyu78]

Wow, a lot of us are here in SoCal. We should arrange a meet & greet; a cars and coffee of our own, ZHP style.

[Oli77]

I was an anteater once (graduated in 86 I think).

[GSTIAG]

Wow - Thank you all for the welcome. I might have to hang out here for a while.

[danewilson77]

Welcome

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[ELCID86]

Love that color. Hope you'll stick around!


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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - an e46f member

[ZacharyMikel]

Welcome to the forums, beautiful car!!


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[twentyniner]

Welcome and good luck with your project!

[CarbonZHP]

Welcome. Come say hi sometime

[D1ESEL]

Love the color!