Another, Another New Car!

[tim]

Here's a clue



go on - get it out of your systems now... :p

[McSwede]

Here's a clue



go on - get it out of your systems now... :p

Excellent!! I love mine. What colour, what extras??

[Simon]

Here's a clue



go on - get it out of your systems now... :p

Will you be doing much driving in the rain? Or on motorways?

[tim]

Black Shadow Edition, black interior, Auto of course. Adaptive M suspension, electric front seats and front & rear parking sensors. I only wanted the adaptive M suspension but this was a car immediately available so took it. 20% off list via CarWow.

[Jobbo]

Will you be doing much driving in the rain? Or on motorways?

Or on straight roads?

[Carlos]

Dangerous RWD again

[DeskJockey]

The Timculator strikes again.

[JonMad]

Replacing the Octavia?

(Lovely thing, congrats)

[scotta]

Currently eyeing M240i as a replacement for the R.

[NotoriousREV]

Coming soon:

[McSwede]

Black Shadow Edition, black interior, Auto of course. Adaptive M suspension, electric front seats and front & rear parking sensors. I only wanted the adaptive M suspension but this was a car immediately available so took it. 20% off list via CarWow.

Nice one. The adaptive dampers are a must have as far as I am concerned. I rides so much nicer during day to day driving than one with passive dampers and for the amount of motorway miles I do that's great. The Shadow Editions are nicely specced as standard too.

[tim]

Black Shadow Edition, black interior, Auto of course. Adaptive M suspension, electric front seats and front & rear parking sensors. I only wanted the adaptive M suspension but this was a car immediately available so took it. 20% off list via CarWow.

Nice one. The adaptive dampers are a must have as far as I am concerned. I rides so much nicer during day to day driving than one with passive dampers and for the amount of motorway miles I do that's great. The Shadow Editions are nicely specced as standard too.

Yeah the Harmon Kardon hifi is a nice addition - the one thing I didn't like about my M135i was the shit standard stereo. They have Nav as standard now as well, but whether it's the professional one or not I don't know - either way in-car navs are usually shite compared to Waze.

My vRS has done 10k in depreciation in 3 years and 40k miles, which isn't too shoddy all told I thought. It's been a fabulous car that I've really enjoyed owning, but I've unfinished business with the M and the right deal was in front of me. Hard to say no to. Will probably miss the space a bit, but we'll manage.

[McSwede]

Black Shadow Edition, black interior, Auto of course. Adaptive M suspension, electric front seats and front & rear parking sensors. I only wanted the adaptive M suspension but this was a car immediately available so took it. 20% off list via CarWow.

Nice one. The adaptive dampers are a must have as far as I am concerned. I rides so much nicer during day to day driving than one with passive dampers and for the amount of motorway miles I do that's great. The Shadow Editions are nicely specced as standard too.

Yeah the Harmon Kardon hifi is a nice addition - the one thing I didn't like about my M135i was the shit standard stereo. They have Nav as standard now as well, but whether it's the professional one or not I don't know - either way in-car navs are usually shite compared to Waze.

My vRS has done 10k in depreciation in 3 years and 40k miles, which isn't too shoddy all told I thought. It's been a fabulous car that I've really enjoyed owning, but I've unfinished business with the M and the right deal was in front of me. Hard to say no to. Will probably miss the space a bit, but we'll manage.

All std BMW sound systems I've experienced are pretty shit. The HK one is pretty good IMO. IIRC the prof nav was an option but is very good especially used in conjuction with the connected drive app.

Yours will be a PPF equipped car like mine but mine ran really strong on the dyno running upto 360hp and 406lb/ft, which makes it rather brisk You'll notice it'll be quieter than your previous one being a PPF car but after a few miles mine started to pop nicely and does even more so if you activate dynamic stability. It's more sublte and less shouty than the pre-PPF cars and I like that.

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!

[Simon]

Will you be doing much driving in the rain? Or on motorways?

Or on gentle undulating straight roads?

FTFY

Seriously though, nice one Tim. I'm sure you'll love it.

Probably a good time to get into one considering how close we are to the end of the current '1' and that the next will be FWD/4WD.

[tim]

I read somewhere that they're releasing the FWD 1'er 2nd qtr of this year. I wonder if this is why they're knocking the current ones out 8+ grand off list, but either way I'm happy to get in before the rot!

[simon_g]

Nice. Yep, if you want a 6 cylinder RWD hatch then there's not long left to buy one.

They're obviously not Octavia-sized but was fine for us with a baby (so pushchair, travel cot, high chair etc when you go away). Once kids are bigger and you don't need all that stuff they're fine family cars IMO.

Looking forward to cringeworthy dealer unveiling pictures. Wear your best trousers!

[Swervin_Mervin]

Excellent darts Tim. Last of its kind as well

Black Shadow Edition, black interior, Auto of course. Adaptive M suspension, electric front seats and front & rear parking sensors. I only wanted the adaptive M suspension but this was a car immediately available so took it. 20% off list via CarWow.

Nice one. The adaptive dampers are a must have as far as I am concerned. I rides so much nicer during day to day driving than one with passive dampers and for the amount of motorway miles I do that's great. The Shadow Editions are nicely specced as standard too.

Y'see, AFAIC the adaptive dampers are irritating. It just doesn't feel as well tied down as it should. It's also too soft in Comfort and too unforgiving in Sport. I only use Sport to speed the rack up as that's irritatingly slow in Comfort. Just give me a good passive setup please.

That said, my experience is with the non-MLite models so it could be bob on for all I know!

[JonMad]

I just wandered onto Carwow and yeah, loads off
A guy I work with recently got a 135i for a good price too.

[tim]

Yours will be a PPF equipped car like mine but mine ran really strong on the dyno running upto 360hp and 406lb/ft, which makes it rather brisk You'll notice it'll be quieter than your previous one being a PPF car but after a few miles mine started to pop nicely and does even more so if you activate dynamic stability. It's more sublte and less shouty than the pre-PPF cars and I like that.

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!

I just went onto BabyBMW and found a thread about this. I need to start hand-wringing and wailing about it now or something. I dunno. I think I might just enjoy my new car.

Picking it up Friday next week.

[McSwede]

I just went onto BabyBMW and found a thread about this. I need to start hand-wringing and wailing about it now or something. I dunno. I think I might just enjoy my new car.

Picking it up Friday next week.

One make forums always get a bit "special" about things like this. Enjoy your new car. They're great!