Youve been spending too much time with DDtB......it still looks sh*t....but it is a good car.Dominic wrote:Personally, I thought the first one series had challenging looks (esp the standard coupes). The new one looks better, and with a tweak to the headlights could be a half decent looking car.. IMHO.
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Focus ST estate, i3s and more pushbikes than strictly necessary.
....did i ever tell you about the Evora and VX220 i used to own?
....did i ever tell you about the Evora and VX220 i used to own?
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Now listen here Donkey, remember, Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder,...Lazydonkey wrote:Youve been spending too much time with DDtB......it still looks sh*t....but it is a good car.Dominic wrote:Personally, I thought the first one series had challenging looks (esp the standard coupes). The new one looks better, and with a tweak to the headlights could be a half decent looking car.. IMHO.
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"Here for a good time not a long time"
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Amusingly... the more I see it.. the less I like the way it looks.Lazydonkey wrote:Youve been spending too much time with DDtB......it still looks sh*t....but it is a good car.Dominic wrote:Personally, I thought the first one series had challenging looks (esp the standard coupes). The new one looks better, and with a tweak to the headlights could be a half decent looking car.. IMHO.
On paper it's excellent though.. so hopefully we see more 300bhp+ options out there soon with a gear box like that and 30mpg-ish too!
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New BMW 1 series vs. old.. An apt saying springs to mind.. "you can't polish a turd"
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But you can roll it in glitter. Then you have a fast glittery turdThe Hoff wrote:New BMW 1 series vs. old.. An apt saying springs to mind.. "you can't polish a turd"
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2023 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline
2022 Polestar 2 LRSM Plus
2023 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline
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So I test drove the M135 yesterday at Coopers with the 8spd auto and was hugely impressed by it.
The engine/drivetrain package are a bit of a masterpiece. Classic BMW straight 6 rasp, the best auto box known to man with bullet quick downchanges on the paddles. You'd never in a million years guess it was turbocharged. No lag, very linear power delivery and loves to rev. Seriously quick car. Interior beautifully designed and finished. Standard kit very generous. Ride surprisingly good yet excellent handling and very obviously rear driven.
I also adored the packaging, spacious enough but compact and easy to place on the road. It actually took me back to my old 2002Ti.
I was worried that it just felt like a fast BMW but to me it felt 'special', that impossible to define quality that you feel when your driving something that's the real deal.
Stepping out of the car, walking away and looking back at it, it was so hard to believe that something this ordinary looking can be this good. A deal breaker for some but a large part of the attraction for me.
Steering was fine but a little lacking in feel for my liking but then I could say that about 99.99% of modern machinery, especially after stepping out of the Lotus. Not a deal breaker.
So I think come next spring time I could be out shopping for one of these sensational little cars.
Regards,
Jeremy
The engine/drivetrain package are a bit of a masterpiece. Classic BMW straight 6 rasp, the best auto box known to man with bullet quick downchanges on the paddles. You'd never in a million years guess it was turbocharged. No lag, very linear power delivery and loves to rev. Seriously quick car. Interior beautifully designed and finished. Standard kit very generous. Ride surprisingly good yet excellent handling and very obviously rear driven.
I also adored the packaging, spacious enough but compact and easy to place on the road. It actually took me back to my old 2002Ti.
I was worried that it just felt like a fast BMW but to me it felt 'special', that impossible to define quality that you feel when your driving something that's the real deal.
Stepping out of the car, walking away and looking back at it, it was so hard to believe that something this ordinary looking can be this good. A deal breaker for some but a large part of the attraction for me.
Steering was fine but a little lacking in feel for my liking but then I could say that about 99.99% of modern machinery, especially after stepping out of the Lotus. Not a deal breaker.
So I think come next spring time I could be out shopping for one of these sensational little cars.
Regards,
Jeremy
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Claws wrote:
BMW nomenclature has really gone to the wall lately.
*cough*
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That M235I is one of the blandest bodies that I have seen for some time.
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BMW M135
Top tip for anyone considering a Beemer with their new style interior....
Do not leave a coffee in the cupholder for too long unless you want the plastic around the climate control bit to melt and fall apart.
Cheap plastic and a bloody stupid place to put a cup holder... Bit disappointed with BMW for that one.
They should have left them like they were in the E90... They were superb.
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Do not leave a coffee in the cupholder for too long unless you want the plastic around the climate control bit to melt and fall apart.
Cheap plastic and a bloody stupid place to put a cup holder... Bit disappointed with BMW for that one.
They should have left them like they were in the E90... They were superb.
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http://www.carleasing4u.co.uk/car-leasi ... r-26912376
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http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarr ... specs.html
Doh, wrong link, should be to Evo's review with a LSD!
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Not that I have been looking
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http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarr ... specs.html
Doh, wrong link, should be to Evo's review with a LSD!
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Not that I have been looking
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination).
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DDtB wrote:Top tip for anyone considering a Beemer with their new style interior....
Do not leave a coffee in the cupholder for too long unless you want the plastic around the climate control bit to melt and fall apart.
Cheap plastic and a bloody stupid place to put a cup holder... Bit disappointed with BMW for that one.
They should have left them like they were in the E90... They were superb.
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What you're wanting is a sans cupholder E46
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Starting to get annoyed with a 200bhp front wheel drive car. I think what i need is a 26K rear wheel drive bmw
Whats the deal with bmw in edinburgh and test drives? Do they insist on coming with you, and limit you to 15 minutes of town driving, or will they give me it for 2 hours and let me have a play??
Whats the deal with bmw in edinburgh and test drives? Do they insist on coming with you, and limit you to 15 minutes of town driving, or will they give me it for 2 hours and let me have a play??
