Simon Pieman
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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 18:04:17 » |
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The BMW 130 M Sport was slated on Top Gear but thats only cause Clarkson hates BMW and loves Golf's :-))(
The 328 is the old range topper in the 3 series range (apart from the M3)
It had a 2.8 litre 6 cylinder engine with slightly less power than the 330
I'd imagine MPG would be the same roughly. He did have a point though |
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 18:08:18 » |
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No he didn't, the 130 has a truely fantastic engine.
It's the brand new 3 litre valvetronic engine with 265 bhp.
The car's chasis is also fantastic, the only let down is looks but thats just personal opinion.
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 18:09:17 » |
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It wasn't that he slated though was it? He was saying that you had to pay too much for so little and all the optional extras were a con
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Ralphy
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 18:19:33 » |
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130 is £24k new
Golf R32 is £24k new
It's only when you start adding options the prices goes up
Their both the same
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #19 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 18:24:13 » |
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With extras Golf is £27k, BMW is £31k.
Clarkson never slated the engine either.
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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 19:06:25 » |
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don't recall anything being mentioned about the engine.
got the m3 confused with that.
from what i remember, clarkson slated it on the basis the bmw costs more or less the same basic but you have to pay for every tiny little extra, which makes it far more expensive than the golf. and it looked wank.
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« Reply #22 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 19:19:01 » |
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The BMW 130 M Sport was slated on Top Gear but thats only cause Clarkson hates BMW and loves Golf's :-))(
The 328 is the old range topper in the 3 series range (apart from the M3)
It had a 2.8 litre 6 cylinder engine with slightly less power than the 330
I'd imagine MPG would be the same roughly. Which is what I said Trigger! |
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Ralphy
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« Reply #23 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 19:19:36 » |
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The new 3 litre 'valvetronic' BMW engines are some of the best on the market.
Ultra smooth, powerful and sound great.
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« Reply #24 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 19:30:33 » |
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Ralphy, I have another car related question.
I have a rattle from under my car which I am 99% certain is the heatshield. Apparently this is a known problem on the Focus ST170's. If I rip the thing off the car, is this likely to cause any future grief? Seemingly the heatshield is quite pointless!
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #25 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 19:48:16 » |
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Probally is the heatshield your right.
I had this same problem on my old Type R.
Be best to take your car to the dealer and they can tighten the bolts on the heatshield to stop it vibrating.
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« Reply #26 on: Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 21:28:58 » |
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the 1-series looks like a midgets hurse. even my nearly-4yr old nephew doesnt like them.
fair enough, they're probably enginerred to perfection, i would say they're ovr-engineered, i like a bit of character to my cars, i dont want one thats exactly the same as the car owned by matey-boy down the street... exclusivity is (partially) the name of the game!
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Fuck you Leggett, fuck you.
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