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Re: M135i
« Reply #190 on: 23 November 2019, 12:04 »
https://youtu.be/i8LPgonuJ98

Thought the BMW would do much better with all that extra torque.

Goes to show how much skill it takes to drive these latest generation 4wd auto-box hatches quickly.
Absolutely zero.

Good to see the Golf holds its own still.  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: M135i
« Reply #191 on: 24 November 2019, 13:15 »
https://youtu.be/i8LPgonuJ98

Thought the BMW would do much better with all that extra torque.

Goes to show how much skill it takes to drive these latest generation 4wd auto-box hatches quickly.
Absolutely zero.

Good to see the Golf holds its own still.  :lipsrsealed:

Do people generally want to buy a car that aims to crash and kill them if they haven’t the skills of Lewis Hamilton???

I’m quite happy with a car that is safe and stable in all situations?
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Re: M135i
« Reply #192 on: 24 November 2019, 14:00 »
https://youtu.be/i8LPgonuJ98

Thought the BMW would do much better with all that extra torque.

Goes to show how much skill it takes to drive these latest generation 4wd auto-box hatches quickly.
Absolutely zero.

Good to see the Golf holds its own still.  :lipsrsealed:

Do people generally want to buy a car that aims to crash and kill them if they haven’t the skills of Lewis Hamilton???

I’m quite happy with a car that is safe and stable in all situations?

A little bit of an extreme view! I can’t think of many modern cars that try to kill you so long as you drive to the conditions.

Let’s just go with ‘un-involving’ when doing traffic light Grand Prix style driving as per the vid.
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Re: M135i
« Reply #193 on: 24 November 2019, 16:34 »
Interesting video.... just proves all of the current 4wd 300bhp hot hatches are.... pretty much the same in a straight line.

Hard to be scientific about it if you are talking driving a circuit for lap times too, I expect they'd pretty much be the same there as well.

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Re: M135i
« Reply #194 on: 25 November 2019, 08:36 »
https://youtu.be/i8LPgonuJ98

Thought the BMW would do much better with all that extra torque.

Goes to show how much skill it takes to drive these latest generation 4wd auto-box hatches quickly.
Absolutely zero.

Good to see the Golf holds its own still.  :lipsrsealed:

Saw this at the weekend as popped up in my YT feed, was keen to see how the 'old' Golf got - pretty well it seems.

How boring does the A35 sound? Merc must have had to put a lot of effort in to make it sound that crap. M135i sounds great though and goes well.

Had a nosey last week in my local BMW - which happens to be one of the largest in Europe  :smiley:

They had an M135i in the blue with the optional 19s, the less 'spokey' ones and it looked very purposeful. Outside I prefer the rear angles to the front angles I think.

Very nice inside, seats are lovely. The steering wheel is far too thick though, really no need for it to be like that.

Still looks like a slightly squashed X2. Not 100% sure about it looks wise.



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Re: M135i
« Reply #195 on: 25 November 2019, 11:20 »
LOL, yes - they seem to make steering wheels for Andre the Giant sized hands!

I had the optional alcantara one in mine, it was a bit thinner thankfully.
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Re: M135i
« Reply #196 on: 25 November 2019, 18:36 »
How much was that option ?

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Re: M135i
« Reply #197 on: 25 November 2019, 20:28 »
Oddly I love the feel of the BMW steering wheel. Feels just perfect and really chunky. My wife also mentions it after she drives the car too
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Re: M135i
« Reply #198 on: 25 November 2019, 20:46 »
I didn't feel like the thicker steering wheel was a problem - and I don't have hands like shovels.

The Mk8 Golf btw is stated to have gone chunky too...
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Re: M135i
« Reply #199 on: 26 November 2019, 08:17 »
Interesting that a Golf which is basically mechanically unchanged from 2014 is still keeping up with the latest batch of hot hatches.

Got to admit though, that M135i did sound nice.
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