Cracking car and worth a small fortune now. Understand why you miss it 🤣
I bought it new, ran it for 12mths, sold it for pretty much what I paid for it. Hindsight's a wonderful things and if I knew what we know now about values I'd never have sold it. But I was going through potential redundancy so at the time I thought that getting out the car financially unscathed was good.
It's a car I'll never forget, BMW at it's absolute very best. Brutal power that blew away things way above its league, feedback through the steering wheel and seat that was accurate and intense, and the chassis/handling was utterly sublime, by rights I shouldn't have been able to throw it around like I did, any other car would have bitten my head off. One of the greats IMO that won't be matched, a modern classic.
I test-drove a M140i before buying the Golf, and yes the 140 is more powerful and sounds better, but the engine feels a bit numb and it lacks driver involvement particularly around the steering feedback. The Golf delivers that in bucket loads, and that's before you get to the practical benefits of the golf over the tiny 140.
Don’t for one minute think I was mocking your decision to sell it as you hit the nail on the head r.e resale values rocketing. Again, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Just heard so many good things about the 1M!
In terms of the m140i I disagree with your comments regarding the engine. To me there’s no comparison between a straight 6 and a 4 pot. The refinement, Rev Range, noise, power delivery and the linearity of it is a league above the GTI. Don’t get me wrong, the GTI engine is a cracking motor, but it’s just not a straight six. Golf GTI is a great all
Rounder but for pure driving experience to put a smile on your face the B58 motor is the better of the two.
Having said that, I don’t want a pure driving experience as I only use my 340i to commute Monday to Friday. Hence the reason for considering a car that does everything, hence the Golf GTI
