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Jan 14, 2019 19:22:05 GMT
Post by bryan on Jan 14, 2019 19:22:05 GMT
The parking spaces where I work are 2.1m wide. I know that's a silly way to look at buying a car, but when you drive a small hatchback you can't get out of most days it does put you off getting anything bigger! I'd be adding the parking bobbins to the spec list 
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Jan 14, 2019 19:37:50 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 14, 2019 19:37:50 GMT
I use full throttle a lot more in the Golf than I do the 750, partly because I can without the TC light flashing (unless it’s dry), partly because the 750 is a lot quicker and partly because the 750 has a lot more torque. Full throttle in the Golf also means power goes to the rear, which sharpens up the way it goes around a corner.
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Jan 14, 2019 19:48:59 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 14, 2019 19:48:59 GMT
I have to admit I regularly use full throttle out of bends or roundabouts and the difference to my old car (which was basically the same car in RWD) is marked. On a track, in a Go Kart etc, I am happy to have lots of oversteer but on the road 4WD just keeps everything where it should be pointing with little drama. My car can easily be provoked into tail out behaviour but that would be a conscious decision to have some fun rather than being caught unexpectedly by less grip than I was expecting. I am definitely a 4WD convert.
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Jan 15, 2019 10:06:29 GMT
Post by Tim on Jan 15, 2019 10:06:29 GMT
I use full throttle a lot - not surprising in a 1.5 or 2.0 diesel but I certainly made a concerted effort to do it every trip in the 370 as well - what's the point in having a car like that and not using the performance if its safe to do so.
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Jan 15, 2019 16:21:18 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jan 15, 2019 16:21:18 GMT
I have to admit I regularly use full throttle out of bends or roundabouts and the difference to my old car (which was basically the same car in RWD) is marked. On a track, in a Go Kart etc, I am happy to have lots of oversteer but on the road 4WD just keeps everything where it should be pointing with little drama. My car can easily be provoked into tail out behaviour but that would be a conscious decision to have some fun rather than being caught unexpectedly by less grip than I was expecting. I am definitely a 4WD convert. If BMW sold the 440i in xDrive flavour in the UK, I would have doubtless bought one. However, my point is that the lack of xDrive didn't put me off buying one. |
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Jan 15, 2019 16:56:31 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 15, 2019 16:56:31 GMT
If BMW sold the 440i in xDrive flavour in the UK, I would have doubtless bought one. However, my point is that the lack of xDrive didn't put me off buying one. Ditto. The new M340i XDrive with about 380hp could be interested, especially if they do the same with the new 4 series when it comes. |
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Jan 15, 2019 20:16:22 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 15, 2019 20:16:22 GMT
Interestingly, I’ve jus5 found an couple of old Autocars in the side pocket of my overnight case, one of which is the Aug 17 issue with an “18-Page Hot Hatch Mega-Test”.
I’m picking out the bits that support my point (as you’d expect!), but they articulate the issue I have with the M140i pretty well, which is why I was so disappointed with a car I wanted to really like and before any test drives was the one I thought we’d end up with.
M140i - The chassis never seems to settle into the road surface. The ride is busy in anything other than the softest damper mode, but still the car feels like it’s sitting up on stilts. It tips and leans this way and that, like a wonky table leg, never falling over but always feeling like it might do. The woolly steering and slightly sloppy body control mean you never feel completely at one with the M140i. The lack of an LSD is a problem too, you just don’t know what it’s going to do when you get back on the power.....etc.
Golf R - Nothing comparable rides an uneven B-Road with the mastery of an adaptive damped Golf R, which has the compliance and chassis dexterity to smooth surface ridges away and filter out nasty imperfections quite brilliantly.
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Jan 15, 2019 21:25:50 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jan 15, 2019 21:25:50 GMT
M140i - The chassis never seems to settle into the road surface. The ride is busy in anything other than the softest damper mode, but still the car feels like it’s sitting up on stilts. It tips and leans this way and that, like a wonky table leg, never falling over but always feeling like it might do. The woolly steering and slightly sloppy body control mean you never feel completely at one with the M140i. The lack of an LSD is a problem too, you just don’t know what it’s going to do when you get back on the power.....etc. So much for "The ultimate driving machine"..... |
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Jan 16, 2019 7:24:39 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 16, 2019 7:24:39 GMT
So much for "The ultimate driving machine"..... It is if it is on the kind of road surfaces we should have in this country! However manufacturers who find that difficult balance between control and absorption will always win on British roads. |
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Jan 16, 2019 8:43:58 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 16, 2019 8:43:58 GMT
I've never bought into this "ultimate driving machine" but come on... I think the writer has been to the Jeremy Clarkson school of motoring journalism.
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Jan 16, 2019 20:26:35 GMT
Post by Alex on Jan 16, 2019 20:26:35 GMT
Little birdie tells me this dilemma has been resolved in a rather unexpected way....
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Jan 16, 2019 22:21:49 GMT
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Jan 16, 2019 22:32:01 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2019 22:32:01 GMT
Have you bought Racing's BMW after falling love with the colour after seeing it in the metal?
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Jan 17, 2019 7:56:43 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jan 17, 2019 7:56:43 GMT
Have you bought Racing's BMW after falling love with the colour after seeing it in the metal? I was going to say, "Don't tell me, you've gone for a Kuga after all" !! |
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Jan 17, 2019 13:32:29 GMT
Post by Alex on Jan 17, 2019 13:32:29 GMT
Have you bought Racing's BMW after falling love with the colour after seeing it in the metal? I was going to say, "Don't tell me, you've gone for a Kuga after all" !! He has. The dealer managed to get him one in dark green with tan leather as a special order. |
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Jan 17, 2019 14:06:49 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jan 17, 2019 14:06:49 GMT
I was going to say, "Don't tell me, you've gone for a Kuga after all" !! He has. The dealer managed to get him one in dark green with tan leather as a special order. Is it a Mustang? |
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Jan 17, 2019 14:12:33 GMT
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Post by michael on Jan 17, 2019 14:12:33 GMT
I’m guessing some sort of fast mini.
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Jan 17, 2019 14:16:40 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jan 17, 2019 14:16:40 GMT
I’m guessing some sort of fast mini. Hyundai N30? |
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Jan 17, 2019 15:33:00 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jan 17, 2019 15:33:00 GMT
I’m guessing some sort of fast mini. Hyundai N30? But AWD was supposedly one "essential requirement". Does the N30 have AWD? I thought it didn't |
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Jan 17, 2019 15:36:45 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 17, 2019 15:36:45 GMT
A BMW 125XD
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Jan 17, 2019 15:44:58 GMT
Post by Tim on Jan 17, 2019 15:44:58 GMT
A BMW 225XD Active Tourer |
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Jan 17, 2019 15:59:24 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jan 17, 2019 15:59:24 GMT
But AWD was supposedly one "essential requirement". Does the N30 have AWD? I thought it didn't I figured "unexpected way" could mean he suddenly went and bought something completely different and possibly not 4WD.
Ergo my flippant Mustang comment (it would never fit in his parking bay).
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Jan 17, 2019 16:49:03 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 17, 2019 16:49:03 GMT
Another Mokka?
I’m guessing surprising because it isn’t an Audi.
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Jan 17, 2019 17:48:52 GMT
Post by PG on Jan 17, 2019 17:48:52 GMT
Surprising - so not an Audi.
Golf R's second hand crossed my mind but that was rules out earlier on, I think?
Probably is AWD.
And small enough to park easily.
Mini Clubman JCW AWD?
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Jan 17, 2019 18:06:03 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 17, 2019 18:06:03 GMT
Surprising - so not an Audi. Golf R's second hand crossed my mind but that was rules out earlier on, I think? Probably is AWD. And small enough to park easily. Mini Clubman JCW AWD? That would be more of a shock than a surprise! |
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Jan 17, 2019 18:07:20 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 17, 2019 18:07:20 GMT
That's a good call because if I remember rightly, Simon doesn't like Minis. |
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Jan 17, 2019 18:11:10 GMT
Post by michael on Jan 17, 2019 18:11:10 GMT
I happen to know the answer and I for one have always liked Tiguan.
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Jan 17, 2019 18:48:12 GMT
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Jan 17, 2019 19:05:30 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jan 17, 2019 19:05:30 GMT
I happen to know the answer and I for one have always liked Tiguan. I'm surprised one fits. They look quite wide. |
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