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Another day, another troll.
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I'd be lying if I said I didn't love my ancient (leggy, rattly, noisy, crappy interior, cheap, chavvy, any more?) Subaru. But then if I had bought an M135i I would probably be lying to myself that the warm hatchback on my drive wasn't boring every time I looked at it.
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Come on guys it's Christmas, each to their own (I expect neither of you would think much to my car for instance, but I like it and that is what matters) and to be fair to Mike he did say that despite his reservations about the M135i it was still better than a modern WRX STI and that'll do for me
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Come on guys it's Christmas, each to their own (I expect neither of you would think much to my car for instance, but I like it and that is what matters) and to be fair to Mike he did say that despite his reservations about the M135i it was still better than a modern WRX STI and that'll do for me
Happy Christmas all!
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I cannot believe how weird and childish you are about your car, you seem to get insulted when people dislike it. You can insult any of my cars all you want the M5 is awful in many ways, crap mpg, usless auto mode, fragile clutch but the only thing I have considered changing it for is a gtr or a 997 turbo. I have a disco 2 as well you can insult that, I won't get all upset and petty if you don't like it. The golf had always been a better car than the equivalent 1 series in my opinion , that's why I got the Mrs a Golf. If I was trolling I like to think I would not have gone to the trouble of buying a car to wind up a stranger on the Internet.
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I cannot believe how weird and childish you are about your car, you seem to get insulted when people dislike it. You can insult any of my cars all you want the M5 is awful in many ways, crap mpg, usless auto mode, fragile clutch but the only thing I have considered changing it for is a gtr or a 997 turbo. I have a disco 2 as well you can insult that, I won't get all upset and petty if you don't like it. The golf had always been a better car than the equivalent 1 series in my opinion , that's why I got the Mrs a Golf. If I was trolling I like to think I would not have gone to the trouble of buying a car to wind up a stranger on the Internet.
So thanks for you input but unless you have no interest in driving, a 1 series is crushingly superior; deeper boot too.
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The last of the decent golfs were the mk4's, after that I lost complete interest in them. A few drives in later versions confirm I have missed nothing.
All cars have come on massively over the past 10 years since my e46 was built, but not necessarily in a good way. The one series seems to embrace this modernness but still be an entertaining drivers car, a trait I have not encountered in any other modern hatchback.
All this from driving a 116d, the m135 must be superb.
All cars have come on massively over the past 10 years since my e46 was built, but not necessarily in a good way. The one series seems to embrace this modernness but still be an entertaining drivers car, a trait I have not encountered in any other modern hatchback.
All this from driving a 116d, the m135 must be superb.
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Nicely put.
I've only driven a current shape 120d and two M135is (one for a year) and I love them; even the 120d was rapid; the 125d and very much overlooked 125i are very quick too.
Small, quick, plenty of modern tech, RWD; there's nothing else like them - especially with a 3 litre twin scroll turbo'd six pot motor under the bonnet
I've only driven a current shape 120d and two M135is (one for a year) and I love them; even the 120d was rapid; the 125d and very much overlooked 125i are very quick too.
Small, quick, plenty of modern tech, RWD; there's nothing else like them - especially with a 3 litre twin scroll turbo'd six pot motor under the bonnet
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Pmsl, he sure does love talking about his posh women's car.
Same with his 335i poverty spec SE touring lol
Oh I'm leaving,......no I'm not,,,,I've come back to talk more about my car when other forums get sick of my rants!.........then I call everyone who talks about my car a troll..........then I'm leaving again!
Yawn!
Same with his 335i poverty spec SE touring lol
Oh I'm leaving,......no I'm not,,,,I've come back to talk more about my car when other forums get sick of my rants!.........then I call everyone who talks about my car a troll..........then I'm leaving again!
Yawn!
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Just like in your M3? I have kids and like them to come along too...
Busta; comedy rant. What's upset you? Has your Mum taken away your Xbox again? This is a thread about the 1 series: why are you reading it? To troll by any chance?!
Enjoy your classy Impreza...
Busta; comedy rant. What's upset you? Has your Mum taken away your Xbox again? This is a thread about the 1 series: why are you reading it? To troll by any chance?!
Enjoy your classy Impreza...
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Some are quite classy. Yours isn't one of them.
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Whoaaa.... hold on Superman, I was having a joke.
I also have two kids - they come along with me in a real M car when necessary.
Perhaps I should have quantified thus - ' the engine's in the wrong place for a weekend toy '
That better?
I also have two kids - they come along with me in a real M car when necessary.
Perhaps I should have quantified thus - ' the engine's in the wrong place for a weekend toy '
That better?
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Did I miss the bit about a weekend toy? Z4MC manages quite well
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Yes, that's the car.
The very same one that gets a kicking from people who haven't actually lived with one for more than a few weeks, or those that give it a kicking because they've read some journo says its crap after an hours drive.
Sheep.
The very same one.
And which pompous **** comment?
You reading through beer goggles or summink?
The very same one that gets a kicking from people who haven't actually lived with one for more than a few weeks, or those that give it a kicking because they've read some journo says its crap after an hours drive.
Sheep.
The very same one.
And which pompous **** comment?
You reading through beer goggles or summink?
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The one that's only 50% M and has a suspiciously similar engine to the 30% M M1/235i?
The one that got a right shoeing in Evo's PCOTY?
Come on, we know you like to play the geezer done well card at any opportunity but "my real M car?" Pomposity defined.
The one that got a right shoeing in Evo's PCOTY?
Come on, we know you like to play the geezer done well card at any opportunity but "my real M car?" Pomposity defined.
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Matthew my dear boy....
Unlike yourself, I really couldn't give a flying **** if anyone - be it the most revered journalist, Jeremy Clarkson, the Queen or whoever - dislikes any of the cars I've had.
As for the 'geezer done good at any opportunity' - are you serious?
Really serious??
I think maybe, just maybe, you need to look back at all my posts from the last 13 years and see where I've bigged myself up.
Again, unlike yourself.
Now stop being a **** (again, remember?) and lighten up.
Unlike yourself, I really couldn't give a flying **** if anyone - be it the most revered journalist, Jeremy Clarkson, the Queen or whoever - dislikes any of the cars I've had.
As for the 'geezer done good at any opportunity' - are you serious?
Really serious??
I think maybe, just maybe, you need to look back at all my posts from the last 13 years and see where I've bigged myself up.
Again, unlike yourself.
Now stop being a **** (again, remember?) and lighten up.
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I moved up from an AMG to an M car, in some ways the AMG engines are better but the v10 is just special. It grumbles when cold like you have just woken it up from a hangover, AMGs don't do that. When it comes to it though the only car I have kept for years is the muddy smells of dog discovery, it's the perfect tool for what it does so I have had it for years. Really, everyone needs to accept that you need an old discovery and a 306 gti-6. 306 drives better than almost every other car on the road.
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I moved up from an AMG to an M car, in some ways the AMG engines are better but the v10 is just special. It grumbles when cold like you have just woken it up from a hangover, AMGs don't do that. When it comes to it though the only car I have kept for years is the muddy smells of dog discovery, it's the perfect tool for what it does so I have had it for years. Really, everyone needs to accept that you need an old discovery and a 306 gti-6. 306 drives better than almost every other car on the road.
In all seriousness it's a good thing we aren't all the same and the BMW M cars are generally pretty special
Your observations on the 306 are interesting. It's a long time since I drove one, but I did drive a Mk 2 Golf GTI 16v a few weeks ago just for a bit of nostalgia, but expecting it to feel ancient and out of date, however it drove fantastically well. It felt nimble and you felt in touch with the road. Somewhere between those days and now manufacturers lost their way in terms of pure driving enjoyment.... I guess all the extra weight and safety stuff took its toll maybe.
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Your observations on the 306 are interesting. It's a long time since I drove one, but I did drive a Mk 2 Golf GTI 16v a few weeks ago just for a bit of nostalgia, but expecting it to feel ancient and out of date, however it drove fantastically well. It felt nimble and you felt in touch with the road. Somewhere between those days and now manufacturers lost their way in terms of pure driving enjoyment.... I guess all the extra weight and safety stuff took its toll maybe.
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Pflowers adds a thread praising the 1 series BMW; I own one and like it a lot so contributed to the thread.
The usual suspects got a little huffy so trolled the thread adding a load of spite filled nonsense despite never having driven the car in question.
It then turns into an irrelevant **** waving exercise way off topic.
And so the cycle continues...