Hi all,
Thinking about an M140i as a new daily to replace our 17 year old Golf GTi.
Anybody any good/bad experiences to report? Jcx - I see from a forum search that you've had one a while ago- do you still have it? What do you think?
I realise this is no Porsche replacement, but then it's not supposed to be - it needs to be a bit practical (not massively so though - we have an Audi Avant so we already have a load-lugger) and good fun to drive, without costing the earth to run.
I was looking at getting a second hand one in the low to mid twenties but the deals are so good at the moment that, unless you are looking low twenties, there's little sense in not just buying new. There are some particularly good deals on the new facelift due out next month (Shadow edition).
With a used one I'd be concerned that I didn't know how well it had been treated - especially if it was ex-demo/not run-in etc. - but if we go for a new one I might just worry about leaving it anywhere.....
I've never bought, owned or driven a beemer before (apart from recent test drives that I came away very impressed from) so any thoughts much appreciated!
TIA
Thinking about an M140i as a new daily to replace our 17 year old Golf GTi.
Anybody any good/bad experiences to report? Jcx - I see from a forum search that you've had one a while ago- do you still have it? What do you think?
I realise this is no Porsche replacement, but then it's not supposed to be - it needs to be a bit practical (not massively so though - we have an Audi Avant so we already have a load-lugger) and good fun to drive, without costing the earth to run.
I was looking at getting a second hand one in the low to mid twenties but the deals are so good at the moment that, unless you are looking low twenties, there's little sense in not just buying new. There are some particularly good deals on the new facelift due out next month (Shadow edition).
With a used one I'd be concerned that I didn't know how well it had been treated - especially if it was ex-demo/not run-in etc. - but if we go for a new one I might just worry about leaving it anywhere.....
I've never bought, owned or driven a beemer before (apart from recent test drives that I came away very impressed from) so any thoughts much appreciated!
TIA