M135i

[Jim_mk7.5]

Obviously all of those grey colours are a bit marmite, but I've wanted that sort of colour for ages. The TCR obviously delivered it and it looks really good on the Golf!

The video I saw was this:

https://youtu.be/NZQI2ZXbuSQ

As I said, it would look better with the chrome trim swapped for black, but hey ho.

White... no, the red isn't as nice as Golf Tornado red, the blue... is bold. The other colours definitely not, so probably the grey.

And yes Jim, I really like this forum, it's a lot of fun even though I'm not a total petrol head or into modifying cars!

What sort of money are you roughing looking at after discount Fred for your spec of M135i?

[fredgroves]

Should be a touch under 35k and a list under 40k.

[Ginagee]

I've just had a CarWow quote from BMW Grimsby with 13% off (Saving £5,138) - for the xDrive Step Auto M135i Plus Pack, Automatic, Petrol with sunroof, in Metallic Misano blue. Never ever liked a BMW before, but this one looks fantastic. Help, am I being tempted by the dark side!

[fredgroves]

I've just had a CarWow quote from BMW Grimsby with 13% off (Saving £5,138) - for the xDrive Step Auto M135i Plus Pack, Automatic, Petrol with sunroof, in Metallic Misano blue. Never ever liked a BMW before, but this one looks fantastic. Help, am I being tempted by the dark side!

Have you seen, sat in and driven one yet?

Its very Golf.... and very nice to drive.

I keep saying it, in almost 8 years I have seen nothing that comes close to a Mk7 performance model... not in style, tech, practicality or price but now I have.

[barrym381]

I've just had a CarWow quote from BMW Grimsby with 13% off (Saving £5,138) - for the xDrive Step Auto M135i Plus Pack, Automatic, Petrol with sunroof, in Metallic Misano blue. Never ever liked a BMW before, but this one looks fantastic. Help, am I being tempted by the dark side!

Pull the trigger now  or use the quote to try a local dealer

[Jim_mk7.5]

Should be a touch under 35k and a list under 40k.

A decent discount. My worry would be the huge depreciation that BM's suffer. You can already get a fully loaded new shape 320i M Sport will del miles on a 69 plate for £30k. That's £40k car with nearly £9k gone already. And a 3-year-old M140i with sensible miles, auto and 5 doors can be snapped up for around £20k...

[mcmaddy]

Is the BMW auto as good as dsg? Some reviewers have said the gearbox is a bit of a let down in the 135i

[fredgroves]

A decent discount. My worry would be the huge depreciation that BM's suffer. You can already get a fully loaded new shape 320i M Sport will del miles on a 69 plate for £30k. That's £40k car with nearly £9k gone already. And a 3-year-old M140i with sensible miles, auto and 5 doors can be snapped up for around £20k...

I did get a PCP quote from the dealer I visited for the test drive.

From memory a £39k car (that dealer didn't offer me the discount, CarWow did) after 4 years and 32,000 miles was worth 15k. Can't remember the deposit amount on that quote.

I've yet to sit down and look hard at that - from memory VW Golf residuals were a LOT higher.

Its one of the things I need to do before I drop the hammer on this.

When you are playing the PCP game, its all about cost of ownership - for example, my current GTD actually costs less than an equivalent(ish) Astra over three years...

[fredgroves]

Is the BMW auto as good as dsg? Some reviewers have said the gearbox is a bit of a let down in the 135i

Its not DSG, which is a positive and a negative depending on what you are doing...

[davyk31]

Take a look at lease deals on the M135i as I found they were a lot cheaper than PCP. The discount in my PCP quotes was only 10% but still the leasing seems a lot cheaper. Especially if you can qualify for the BMW ALphabet finance.