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[Prophecy]

Woooo, over-excessive sized trucks!

[paradox8831]

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[Margebadze]

after hard day

[killalldude]

So I should've posted this back in March, but...

 

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad96/killalldude/Fws8F9n.jpg

 

As soon as I could I made it look like this:

 

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad96/killalldude/jhj.jpg

 

Hopefully I'll get some less chrome-y wheels soon.

[Jacob]

I actually like the wheels. And is that the SRT-8?

[killalldude]

I actually like the wheels. And is that the SRT-8?

 

Yup. :)

[The Compensator]

We're test driving an E82 1 Series. Probably a 135i. In Germany. Yes, we have to travel 900 km to test drive a car because there is not a single example of a 1 Series Coupe in the Czech.

[Fear Deer]

it's also 900km for an ugly car to be test driven :eek: :run:

 

 

The E46 based bmw compact is uglier though :p

 

 

have fun^^ xD

[The Compensator]

I'd like to test drive the M135i or the new M235i if it was available. Production of the 2 Series started last week so I guess they're going to appear at steslerships in January.

 

I don't like the fact that the E82 is old, the interior really shows its age. But in white it looks purdy.

[Mb]

Slapped my winterwheels on.

 

[cis4care]

And thus, after a gruesome 27-hour bus ride to Osnabrück, Germany, 8 hours of combined sleep in 5 days, 16-hour driving stints, getting lost in Poland (twice), 20 speed camera captures and getting stopped by probably the most beautiful traffic police officer on the planet, here she is:

 

 

My Mk.IV Golf GTI 2,3. Yes, that's the V5. Yes, it sounds awesome. Yes, it's quick enough to go beyond this:

 

[Ryzza5]

Looks great Hayley

 

Don't forget to share some videos as well

[killalldude]

...getting stopped by probably the most beautiful traffic police officer on the planet...

 

Pics or it didn't happen. Clean GTI though. Any plans?

[GTAMADDOG]

Looks great Hayley

 

Don't forget to share some videos as well

 

Yes, videos/sounds of that engine. The V5 and V6 sound equally awesome to me.

[Emir13]

If you took this picture well... you're not so bright :P

 

Btw very nice Golf!

[cis4care]

Pics or it didn't happen. Clean GTI though. Any plans?

 

Sell it.

 

If you took this picture well... you're not so bright :P

 

Btw very nice Golf!

 

Photo is courtesy of myself, but I'm faring pretty well in the brightness department, thanks.

[T1M]

Wowza, that's awesome :eek:

[Eudemon]

That is a good looking Golf, I've always liked that generation.

[The Compensator]

Congratulations, cis!

 

Anyway. As some of you may know, we've been wanting to buy a new whip for quite some time. I think about two years already. I won't go into details what led us to the car I'm writing about and why we want it and why the hell everything. When we buy the right car, you'll know everything. Long story short, as a part of a recent business/family trip to Germany (Thursday to Sunday), me and dad went to a BMW dealership in Oberhausen (pretty much where Hayley picked up her Golf) to test drive a BMW 135i Coupé. Hell yeah! Those cars are rare. There is not a single E82 available in the Czech. Not even a stupid 118d. They even gave me a two years old brochure in English!

 

Almost 980 km away from home, we arrived in Oberhausen in the late evening on Friday. The car had been parked between the billion of 520d's for a long time. The battery was low, the dealer had to jump start it. The power steering (BTW, electric) wasn't working due to the dead battery, so the sales agent? wasn't keen to let my father behind the wheel. I could barely fit in the back, but... DAMN. The sound is awesome. The power. Damn, even better. Daaayuuumm, do I want it! :eek: 10 minutes after, got back to the Autohaus, parked it inside the building so we could check it under lights. Spent some time talking to the dealer. He was an enthusiast, so we agreed that the 70's and 80's were the golden era of motorsport, my dad was remembering the 3.0 CSL flying through Brno Circuit and the dealer said that manual transmission is the best. Give this man a cookie.

 

The short Probefahrt, as Ze Germans say, wasn't enough. To make sure this car is the right one, father needed to get behind the soft and fat M Sport steering wheel. Signed some papers, jump-started the 135i, put a few liters in the fuel tank and... got stuck in the traffic. Hopefully, we somehow managed to get on the Autobahn, but it was busy too. 190 km/h was our maximum speed we could hit. Drove back to BMW, parked it, locked it and went to the guy's office with a big stupid smile on our faces. He asked us how we liked it and all I could say was "uhhh, yeah, awesome".

 

Quick impressions on the car (really, didn't spend much time driving it; 25 mins): Dad said that the clutch and transmission is very light. Much lighter than in our E91, which was surprising being it a sporty coupe. That's probably the biggest dislike about the car apart from cheap plastics in the cabin. It felt a tiny bit softer than the E91, again we did not expect this. 'Faster' steering, too, but this is done by the optional Active Steering. The engine? Powerful. Enough said.

 

The price of this car is really, really good but some idiot forgot to add xenons and my mom is not keen on the color though. So not sure if this is the right one.

 

 

Sorry for the crappy photos.

 

 

 

Deep Sea Blue, Titanium Silver, Space Gray.

 

Ready to rock.

 

At the fuel station. Oyster/Black interior.

 

 

I am in love with the 135i. Like, totally. It doesn't matter if you don't like the looks. Drive it. I think the 125i will be too slow for us after having driven this little pocket rocket.

 

 

Any grammar mistakes? Tell me. Any questions? Ask me.

 

BMW + RWD + 6 cylinders + 3 pedals = :drool:

[Emir13]

135i = Beautie!

[calster17]

The 135i, a wolf if sheeps clothing! Why i love it. :D

 

Spent some time talking to the dealer. He was an enthusiast, so we agreed that the 70's and 80's were the golden era of motorsport, my dad was remembering the 3.0 CSL flying through Brno Circuit and the dealer said that manual transmission is the best. Give this man a cookie.

 

Much better than the sales guy I had, he was more interested in flogging me a diesel, Auto with a ton of extras than anything else, even after me saying I wanted the petrol & it had to be a manual! (the sheet I left with with all the payment plan & spec up still had 316d on it...)Typical of German dealers in the UK though from what I've gathered...Still may try my luck with the new 135i if i can.

[Fear Deer]

Does sound nice :nods:

Manual in a 1 series with a 6 cyl should be plenty of fun if you're going to accelerate :nods:

I do like the colour :nods:

I do agree no xenon is not really clever :nods:

I do however think your 3 series is a much better and more practical car as a family car and if you do buy that 135i, once the hype about the powerful engine goes down you'll start to moan about things in which it's worse than your 3 series. The looks are not that great.

However if it is a 2nd car then it's a great lovely toy^^

[Ryzza5]

Nearly test drove one of those - except the stupid sales manager took it out to get his lunch and I wasn't going to wait for him to return. My main dislike was perceived value/price (probably a lot cheaper in Europe). The car was specced worse than a Hyundai and they wanted over $60k for it.

 

Congrats on the purchase :)

[cis4care]

-awesome-

 

Not surprised about your mum not liking the color, once you see one of these in Valencia Orange, you pretty much fall in love. I did, at least.

 

I got up to 195 on an uphill on a busy bahn test driving the Golf at around 6pm, so it's not really that hard unless you're in the wrong lane. It's all about flashing those high beams. There was some old poop in a brown PT Cruiser chugging his old shoe along on the inside lane, no less.

 

Lightness of tools is very Germanic. Those will only get lighter as new cars come, and I'm very surprised how people still go for flappy paddles and automatics because of that (apart from those improving along as well, but nevermind). New manuals are an absolute gas to drive, and I thought even my 15-year-old Golf is surprisingly pleasant in that respect. Apart from the crunch in first. If your parents DO end up getting it, and I sincerely hope they do, actually invite me along next time. I can't believe we had both come so far and were so close, I could have driven past you!

[GTAMADDOG]

Funny, my mum is looking at the 1-Series Coupe now because VW aren't doing much to help her get into a MK7 Golf. She's not looking at getting a petrol though, I agree she probably needs a diesel due to her annual mileage. I didn't think it was too bad in the back of the 1-Series Coupe though, I had some space left over even with the front seat back to how the person in front wanted it and I'm not exactly short. I did get her interested in the new shape 125D despite its ungainly looks, then I found an Estoril Blue 120D that she also liked and is in her price range (same price as the previous generation 1-Series Coupe :s ) so I'm hoping she might want to look at that and not go any lower than a 120D. I made her laugh evilly when I told her it had the same power output as my step-dad's 330D :p

 

They had a Imola Red 135i with beige leather and nav at the dealer we visited which I really, really liked, but 50 miles a day at 30MPG or less will probably naff me off no matter how good the car is.