After 5 or so years commuting to & fro' to London in the 6 cylinder M135i & latterly the M140i I decided I needed something more appropriate for that journey...
... without giving up that great...
Type: Posts; User: zelig
After 5 or so years commuting to & fro' to London in the 6 cylinder M135i & latterly the M140i I decided I needed something more appropriate for that journey...
... without giving up that great...
For a few laps earlier today it was this ...
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...before a passenger ride (& being shown how to do it properly) in this ...
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Good call - mine has to be 'practical' - but doesn't mean it cannot be fun too.
That Z4 must be a hoot with 340 bhp & even less mass !
z
When I'm not traveling overseas, I (still) drive this thing (2019 - M140i) from Gloucester to London every week...
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More reckless than impressive IMHO.
Especially on public highways.
z
Still enjoying hooning around in this…:devilish:
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6 months on & 6,000 miles later it still brings a smile every...
Thirty something years ago my first car was an orange hot hatch...
A bit like this...
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Not my pic - as mine ended...
Why ?
Recently, I was looking at the new 300bhp 4WD version.
z
Good point. I’d forgotten you have the disco too.
z
Should've taken the Capri - more room in the boot... :occasion14:
z
I've just been browsing (approved) used car prices - & they seem to be on the increase...
Is demand going up - as new car sales are down ?
z
True. I get pence per mile from work so I had a similar decision to make.
a) 60mpg and £20 tax = no fun
b) 35mpg and £235 tax = lots of fun ( when you can use it )
I chose option (b) -...
It is an impressive piece of kit - even in the poverty ‘utility’ spec. we had.
z
This week I have mainly been running around MI in this ...
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A 6.0 litre turbo diesel heavy duty Dodge Ram.
It’s...
Impressive. What’s the insurance like for a 19 year old ???
z
Collected today.
Innocuous enough from the front...
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A hint it might be a bit ‘nippy’ from the back...
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Bye bye XF today...
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Best all-rounder I’ve owned.
Fantastic cruiser - the ride is much better than the Audi &...
Company car policy has changed for the worse - we can only order non hybrids with much lower purchase price.
Or about £10k more for hybrids. However, there is little choice for hybrids (right now)...
It won't rust. But it will corrode. Salt breaks down the passive oxide layer that normally protects Aluminium alloys.
For a more scientific, in-depth explanation of this corrosive processes...
This is week I have been driving this...
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Quite a bit...
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For the past 2 months & circa. 4000 miles it has been the new XF
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Nice alternative to the usual suspects.
z
It's big ! After a few months in an Octavia as a temp car it feels substantially larger.
Mainly because it is - so while it's a bit of a pain to park the upside is it munches the miles with ease. ...
It's arrived
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OK. It's only the 2.0d XF, but it's still not too shabby
z
Not mine, but whilst in the USA I took the chance to take this for a test drive last weekend.
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It is very impressive.
z