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From: Hertford
any new car will suffer horrific depreciation but surely the glut of new metal on PCP and other anaesthetic drugs (ironic name?) will only make that worse than ever
i was offered a pug 308gti for £21k which looks better value than a focoff. i followed one of those Focoff aRSe today, he kept accelerating up to traffic so it would pop on overun. he looked a reeet cnut to me, talk about trying too hard :ROFL:
nothing really appeals to me and i suppose it is a function of age. my SC S2 is the most bang for buck i could think of, plus you can imprint your own twisted mentality on a modded car without worrying what RBS will make of your spannerwork
new cars are heavier - bad
they cost a packet in depreciation - bad
they generally have smaller, turbo'd motors - bad
they are geared for economy - bad
they have fake sound - even trump says that's bad and he's a womble
they have an ipad in the dash which will be broken and unresponsive in 3 years - bad
my youngest car is 10 next year.. i do have a 17 plate bike though because they aren't shit for some reason
i was offered a pug 308gti for £21k which looks better value than a focoff. i followed one of those Focoff aRSe today, he kept accelerating up to traffic so it would pop on overun. he looked a reeet cnut to me, talk about trying too hard :ROFL:
nothing really appeals to me and i suppose it is a function of age. my SC S2 is the most bang for buck i could think of, plus you can imprint your own twisted mentality on a modded car without worrying what RBS will make of your spannerwork
new cars are heavier - bad
they cost a packet in depreciation - bad
they generally have smaller, turbo'd motors - bad
they are geared for economy - bad
they have fake sound - even trump says that's bad and he's a womble
they have an ipad in the dash which will be broken and unresponsive in 3 years - bad
my youngest car is 10 next year.. i do have a 17 plate bike though because they aren't shit for some reason
A neighbour has a Mountune-abused Focoff ST. The exhaust looks - and sounds - ridiculous. But then again, I've been threatened by da Babylon over a standard exhaust in the past...
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From: Stanmore
I had a quote like that (amount)
When I asked if the £2000 scrappage allowance just announced would come off that figure I was told only £1000 would come off "due to the carwow" discount
They just can't help themselves can they
Crooks to a man/woman
I don't like the idea of paying £15K ish for something that will halve in value in two years
I'd rather buy the two year old for £6K to £7K, not worry about the initial scuffs and have something worth £3K in another couple of years
I am getting meaner as I get older
When I asked if the £2000 scrappage allowance just announced would come off that figure I was told only £1000 would come off "due to the carwow" discount
They just can't help themselves can they
Crooks to a man/woman
I don't like the idea of paying £15K ish for something that will halve in value in two years
I'd rather buy the two year old for £6K to £7K, not worry about the initial scuffs and have something worth £3K in another couple of years
I am getting meaner as I get older
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From: Stanmore
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From: Bidford on Avon
I have a 2015 M135i and i love it. Its quite and comfy for the daily drive around but put it into sport and its quicker than most things on the road. Proper dual personality car. That being said i have now had it almost a year and when purchasing it was between this and an e92 m3 and the itch to swap for the m3 is there just for the added drama.
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From: Nottingham
plus relatively immune to traffic. Missing my loud pipes though, had a twat u turn in front of me this week.. another foccoff
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From: London/Surrey - UK
I have a 2015 M135i and i love it. Its quite and comfy for the daily drive around but put it into sport and its quicker than most things on the road. Proper dual personality car. That being said i have now had it almost a year and when purchasing it was between this and an e92 m3 and the itch to swap for the m3 is there just for the added drama.
Touch wood it's not cost me a penny so far other than 2 services in the 30k I've done with it (first one I did was covered by service pack). I really can't think of any car I'd want to replace it with, not one that I can afford anyway.
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From: Nottingham
My view is the E92 M3 is a GT car.. not that involving, reduced sense of speed.. but you could cruise at 100mph for 8hrs (somewhere abroad).
it's fairly robust, weak bottom ends are probably due to hard use/lax ownership/long service intervals
throttle actuators are carried across from the parental v10 and are still weetabix box quality
interior rattles common
seats uber comfortable and supportive
they age well
it's fairly robust, weak bottom ends are probably due to hard use/lax ownership/long service intervals
throttle actuators are carried across from the parental v10 and are still weetabix box quality
interior rattles common
seats uber comfortable and supportive
they age well
