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Owners intial comments on his BMW 140i

vrskeith
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    Likely that BMW knew they just needed to design a driving machine as they were unlikely to be Taxis or Hire cars and there was no need  to impress paying passengers.

  • Ally_bassman
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    I've been offered one at £349 PM with a £349 deposit.   If I didn't have a baby due in the next 8 weeks i'd be all over it.

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    i know it has a 3.0 multi turbo inline 6 but the fact that BMW call it a 140i still seems wrong to me(i'm old enough to remember when BMW put a 4.0 V8 in the 5er and thinking that's badass) guess its

X-drive is practical but the RWD cars drive better.

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1 hour ago, Aspman said:

X-drive is practical but the RWD cars drive better.

Winter tyres at the ready, to calm things down a bit !? in your neck of the woods Aspman.

1 hour ago, vrskeith said:

Winter tyres at the ready, to calm things down a bit !? in your neck of the woods Aspman.

 

335d is xdrive only. I drove a 330d rwd and it was honestly a nicer car to drive. But just not practical if there is any snow or frost at all.

Very mild winter but there was a little bit of snow just after I got the car and the 4x4 let me crawl up the drive without an issues.

 

Mate of mine has a 330d xdrive and he reckons winters are really still essential. Big fat run-flats are not good in the snow even with 4x4.

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    The xDrives, are they primarily RWD until traction is needed? 

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    Birds Tuned variety.

     

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    I've seen a few M2s kicking around and they are a nice wee car.

     

    I thought Birds only did porsches.

     

    [Clicky click] Birds  135/140 might be running 420hp. That's going to be a wee widowmaker.

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    So Dandanfings a Briskoda member that had a Mk2 Fabia vRS with some 'Interesting' Video reviews & mods, and a Audi S3 with some very 'Interesting' Video reviews & mods is now a BM driver.

     

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    8 hours ago, Awayoffski said:

    So Dandanfings a Briskoda member that had a Mk2 Fabia vRS with some 'Interesting' Video reviews & mods, and a Audi S3 with some very 'Interesting' Video reviews & mods is now a BM driver.

     

    BMW throwing some heavy discounting offers at present ,as my son-in-law has just got a X3 with massive discount, as high UNSOLD stocks persist in UK

    S3/M140i to 335d?! Strange one

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    Much strangeness , the videos of the leased S3 with various downpipes, remap, dynos and accelerations on the private public highway.

    The Fabia vRS re-mods after remods & the car always running worse than standard made compulsive viewing.

     

    PMSL when it was advertised on Briskoda as the G/F's car.

    eg   (& re not running standard boost = tuning box fitted because the tuner 'APR dealer'  failed to unlock the CTHE ECU....)

     

    Cut off by a BMW just changing lane and so a few years later thinks, must get me a grey BMW coz will suit my driving styleeee

     

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    Watched some of Dandanfings videos.

     

    Agree with a lot of what he says, but I get nothing near 50mpg, think the suspension is ok but the brakes are underpowered.

     

    What was more of a shock was that his standard car made 340hp on a dyno. That's 27 up on the book.

     

    [clicky click] 335hp+ seems to be the norm for the 335d. No wonder the bugger feels so fast.

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    Is this Dandanfings?

     

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    Joe configuring his new special shadow edition M140i -perks of a YouTube celebrity vlogger / salesman for BMW dealership at Heathrow.

     

     

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    w660_9452194_m140iheader.jpgDeals to be done!

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    Heathrow BMW - Dealership breathed on with the help of Motech, M140 I Shadow Edition.

     

    Prices shown in vlog.

     

     

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    Advantage of having painted alloys not the diamond cut that dissolve in water.

     

    My radio buttons have split again. Stupid little things but it does put you off the brand.

     

     

    Went to my local dealer and took a 140i out yesterday, forgot how smooth and effortless they were at launching up the road :D

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    This week i will be watching out for the leased ones running the tyres they were delivered on being driven gingerly, or sliding to the kerb and slithering at junction.

    In Aberdeen being where this is going to be an almost certainty.

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