The Compensator

Ja! I don't go to stealerships much, so I can't tell... Diesels are everywhere. There was not any petrol vehicle in the stealership - 320d, 125d, 330xd, M550xd, 525xd etc. Everything is diesel and xDrive. The E91 is almost perfect. Parents have had two cars since I was born. The Vito is going away as we don't need a big van anymore. Originally it was planned that mom would be have an F20 118d, dad the 320d and everyone expect me would be happy. Then it was a 118iA, then a 125i Coupe, and now the 135i. And we all know that daily driving a thirsty 300hp coupe isn't economically great... Who knows what'll happen. I like the design. It sort of reminds me off the old 2002. I believe those cars are overpriced. They want €34k for a two years old 135 and 56,000 km. €39,000 for a 2013 135i with 20,000 on the clock. 125i's aren't much cheaper, M135's cost about the same. The car we test drove is a total bargain compared to others due to it not having xenons. But it is totally fully loaded except front parking sensors. 8/2012 and 16,000 kms. Retrofitting the xenons costs about €2,000. BTW, we did not purchase it. Hold on, mate. :p I've seen a Valencia Orange and an Alpine White 1 M and must say I liked AW more. There was a damaged US spec VO 1 M in Osnabrück, was sold just yesterday. You should have bought that one instead. We're not sure about the color, yeah. It's too dark and too 'heavy' for such car. Le Mans Blue is way better. Did 210 once I think on the A4 from Zwickau to Erfurt. I don't the names but it was around those cities. It's either road works, speed limits, seniors in Golfs or trucks that are slowing you down. BMW manuals are pretty hard to shift for most people, or at least that's what I've heard. It was pain in the arse to change gears when we got the E91. After few thousands of kilometres it was fine. But true that they're getting lighter. I need to do some research on the gearbox, the salesman said it's normal that it is light. Quite strange if you ask me. The world is small, and it would be even smaller if we had met. Maybe you've seen a white M Sport E91? Not quite common in that spec even in Germany. I'll let you know, of course, if we get it. You really want to drive it, do you. 220d is what she wants. I bet it will be a lovely car. I do like the looks of it but too expensive for us at the moment. Would have to wait another year or two.

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:

Yes. I believe it's one of the 19 Z8's with Individual two tone paint. Photo taken at BMW Hannover dealership. :drool:

Oh yeah.

That's not the stock wing Harley has so I don't think that's him. Hopefully

The rims on the M3 look different to the real ones, the central iDrive knob is too high and is missing a rubber band around it. The two AC buttons have the rubber thing around it IRL, and nothing should be in chrome too. Being it an LCI model, inner kidney slats are not chrome either, they're black plastic. And why there is a BMW logo on the display is beyond my mind. I'm not impressed, Kunos Simulazioni.

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That late? How many time has it been delayed already?

All of those three make one of the best of the best cars, I just don't know which one is the bestest... Is that even a word? Btw, thanks. Many doge slang? Such bmw. Many cool.

Very nice photos, Josh. :nods: I was in Germany from Thursday to Sunday. Here are some iPad shots I took while going there and back home. Got more photos on the compact camera, going to upload them tomorrow.

Of course my team is the best.

Yeah, the modding community is definitely going to be huge so not so much worry about the sounds here. Especially the M3 E92 sounds totally off.

Mohhhh, AC looks really good. :drool:

Haven't played TDU for some time so here are some older pics. Good to see the thread still going somehow. Stance kid much? :cheeky:

Mini?

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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.

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.