MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Scottymon on December 09, 2013, 10:30:49 am
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I know we have a plethora of different car owning fans on here... Just wondering whether anyone here leases an M135i? Seems you can get them for a very reasonable £250 a month, 2 year contract. Quite a bit less than a Mk7 GTI and hugely cheaper than an RS3.
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Mike aka 'Tony Danza' is your man :happy2:
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Cool, perhaps he'll pitch in when he sees this... it wouldn't be until next year so I could get a '14 plate but just seems the Beema offers are too good to be true; what got me looking was the M5 TT lease thread the other day.
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Were can you get one of them for that price I know someone who pays over £400 pm for one
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Deako has one too send him a pm about his
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Deako has one as well (although he has probably already swapped it :grin:)
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Were can you get one of them for that price I know someone who pays over £400 pm for one
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Here's one: http://www.contracthireandleasing.com/car-leasing-companies/independent-brokers/central-uk-vehicle-leasing/bmw/1-series/22468700/
Here's another: http://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/BMW_1_Series_3_Door_F20-M135i_M_Performance-45647.htm
Around £250 per month, Personal, 10k per annum, 2 year contract.
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That looks tempting :surprised:
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I've got a feeling this is just a special offer price atm, and won't be around come March 14 -- shame I'm not in the position to change just yet.
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Can't understand this pricing structure BMW use,just seems very cheap to me!
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That is somewhat of a bargain!
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3 week delivery too.
I test drove one and was put off by the cheap interior and pig ugly looks.
My new s3 that's on order has a 4 month waiting list... Go figure!
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Your not wrong with the looks, it is a pig, but we've all done pull a pig night at some point! LOL... How much is the S3 a month mate?
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So 2 years driving a new BMW 1 series will cost you £7700 and you then give it back !
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Buy an Edition 30 for £10k ish and drive that for 2 years and likely to only cost you £2k ish in depreciation , i know what i'd rather do and i will then have £5k plus towards my next car :innocent:
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Your not wrong with the looks, it is a pig, but we've all done pull a pig night at some point! LOL... How much is the S3 a month mate?
Reminds me of the Z3 coupe :sick:
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So 2 years driving a new BMW 1 series will cost you £7700 and you then give it back !
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Buy an Edition 30 for £10k ish and drive that for 2 years and likely to only cost you £2k ish in depreciation , i know what i'd rather do and i will then have £5k plus towards my next car :innocent:
Ah yes, but that assumes your Throttle body hasn't gone, or your arches need to be changed/painted due to rust (or sills or boot), or the clutch/flywheel needs doing because you definitely need to tune the Eddy to get anywhere near an M135i, and then you've got to upgrade the brakes, as those 312's are going to be seriously overworked for 300bhp+, plus you have an older car with all the unmentioned problems, such as coilpacks / cam follower / blah blah...
Don't get me wrong I really love the Mk5's, they brought back the GTI but there's something very appealing about a brand new 320bhp RWD hot hatch with no maintenance worries. :happy2:
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So 2 years driving a new BMW 1 series will cost you £7700 and you then give it back !
or
Buy an Edition 30 for £10k ish and drive that for 2 years and likely to only cost you £2k ish in depreciation , i know what i'd rather do and i will then have £5k plus towards my next car :innocent:
Not everyone wants to drive an old Golf though..?
If a M135i appeals and you can afford it I'd be in the why not camp tbh :happy2:
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So 2 years driving a new BMW 1 series will cost you £7700 and you then give it back !
or
Buy an Edition 30 for £10k ish and drive that for 2 years and likely to only cost you £2k ish in depreciation , i know what i'd rather do and i will then have £5k plus towards my next car :innocent:
Ah yes, but that assumes your Throttle body hasn't gone, or your arches need to be changed/painted due to rust (or sills or boot), or the clutch/flywheel needs doing because you definitely need to tune the Eddy to get anywhere near an M135i, and then you've got to upgrade the brakes, as those 312's are going to be seriously overworked for 300bhp+, plus you have an older car with all the unmentioned problems, such as coilpacks / cam follower / blah blah...
Don't get me wrong I really love the Mk5's, they brought back the GTI but there's something very appealing about a brand new 320bhp RWD hot hatch with no maintenance worries. :happy2:
Apart from the cost of winter tyres for when it snows... :innocent:
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Do it!!!! I've currently driving a m135i at work and then have my own edition 30 at home! Took the eddy in for a MOT today and then had to swop it at lunch! It felt sooo slow and a lot less fun!!! :( but then that an older car for you!
2yrs for a blast why not??
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So 2 years driving a new BMW 1 series will cost you £7700 and you then give it back !
or
Buy an Edition 30 for £10k ish and drive that for 2 years and likely to only cost you £2k ish in depreciation , i know what i'd rather do and i will then have £5k plus towards my next car :innocent:
Not everyone wants to drive an old Golf though..?
If a M135i appeals and you can afford it I'd be in the why not camp tbh :happy2:
But then i'm a tight arse , and i only drive about 2000 miles a year :grin:
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So 2 years driving a new BMW 1 series will cost you £7700 and you then give it back !
or
Buy an Edition 30 for £10k ish and drive that for 2 years and likely to only cost you £2k ish in depreciation , i know what i'd rather do and i will then have £5k plus towards my next car :innocent:
Ah yes, but that assumes your Throttle body hasn't gone, or your arches need to be changed/painted due to rust (or sills or boot), or the clutch/flywheel needs doing because you definitely need to tune the Eddy to get anywhere near an M135i, and then you've got to upgrade the brakes, as those 312's are going to be seriously overworked for 300bhp+, plus you have an older car with all the unmentioned problems, such as coilpacks / cam follower / blah blah...
Don't get me wrong I really love the Mk5's, they brought back the GTI but there's something very appealing about a brand new 320bhp RWD hot hatch with no maintenance worries. :happy2:
Apart from the cost of winter tyres for when it snows... :innocent:
Already have a couple of those covered (the fronts are the same as GTI :)
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Whadda you want to know??
A lease deal is slightly different to a PCP from BMW, but both are viable prospects to get you in a good car for not a lot of money. There's a pukka BMW dealer on BabyBMW cutting deals of around 15% off list. I thought I did well with 10% and a free servicing pack 12 months ago (but then I did get in before the price rise).
The looks I've kind of got used to, I can't say its pretty, but it does look better in the metal. The interior is better than a MK7 Golf and not quite as nice as a new A3... as you'd kind of expect really.
Standard equipment is very high: leather, xenons, all the electronics, big Brembos all round. The engine puts out around 340hp out of the box, many have been tested now. The chassis is completely bespoke to the car from M-division (hence the M135i badge) - shocks/springs/arbs/wishbones/hubs/bushes, as is the eLSD, stability settings etc etc. It isn't just an M-Sport with a bigger engine. Oh, and that engine is a peach!
It drives outstandingly, backed up by every respected motoring journo's reviews. I couldn't be happier with mine.
Cons:
It has an incredibly quick rack (2turns lock to lock) but it's ePAS. Lacks a bit of feel, but is direct enough.
Whilst very light on fuel when it needs to be, it'll rinse through it when you're 'on' it.
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Here's one: http://www.contracthireandleasing.com/car-leasing-companies/independent-brokers/central-uk-vehicle-leasing/bmw/1-series/22468700/
Here's another: http://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/BMW_1_Series_3_Door_F20-M135i_M_Performance-45647.htm
Around £250 per month, Personal, 10k per annum, 2 year contract.
god this is tempting, i was looking at a caddy van for work, but for the extra £50 per month its a no brainer! M135i works van! :driver:
anyone know what the lead time is like?
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I work for BMW and general lead time is about 4-6weeks dependant on spec over an above standard!
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Here's one: http://www.contracthireandleasing.com/car-leasing-companies/independent-brokers/central-uk-vehicle-leasing/bmw/1-series/22468700/
Here's another: http://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/BMW_1_Series_3_Door_F20-M135i_M_Performance-45647.htm
Around £250 per month, Personal, 10k per annum, 2 year contract.
god this is tempting, i was looking at a caddy van for work, but for the extra £50 per month its a no brainer! M135i works van! :driver:
anyone know what the lead time is like?
Think the Caddy is more stylish but the BMW would make a cracking van for the money, ha ha!
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Mad. If I could pay just 250 notes per month for a pocket rocket like this (% based) for life, I'm in.
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I'm paying more than that for my GTI on VW Finance! :confused:
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BMW must have run out of money when it came to Exterior design.
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That is temping 2 years of good fun :driver:
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Cant stop looking at these now...
Gateway2Lease are offering £272 for an auto one. Wonder how much options would be? Its £6 a month more for metallic paint.
Thats with £1600 down too. An absolute bargain if you ask me, they're meant to be awesome.
Has anyone else found any better deals?
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Put £250 a month away for 2 years and buy an m3 :happy2: which you will be able to sell in the end, with the added benefit of not having to look at that awful looking car
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Put £250 a month away for 2 years and buy an m3 :happy2: which you will be able to sell in the end, with the added benefit of not having to look at that awful looking car
But what do i drive in the meantime? Lol.
If you look at all the reports they are meant to be drive really really good, yeah its not the prettiest thing in the world but i could get past that. At that price its awesome VFM i think.
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If you haven't driven one and not a fan of the looks believe me once you have driven it you will not be bothered what it looks like....get a test drive booked!!
Also in that car Auto is a must and I'm a manual man all the way!
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Really? I love my manual, and its box is a huge improvement over my old 135i's notchy unit.
I had mine at a very wet Oulton last month with another auto M135i - there wasn't a fag packet between them, ok so I was having to work a bit harder with heel & toe and shifting, but I consider that challenge more fun. There's no gap in performance other than a tenth or so off the launch to 60 time.
(https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1425647_10151676458920796_1021026200_n.jpg)
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I don't understand what the look thing is all about
I actually like the look of 135i M. I would see it looks nicer than mark 5
Peace bros
Paul
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Nice little video of M135i vs M3 E92 at the Ring... think a Mk6 Golf is in there somewhere too:
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Not that it would be a problem for me, but just seen the service interval on these, not sure if it's correct.............. 30k miles! WTF, are manufacturers trying to FU engines? I thought the SAAB Aero was daft at 18k. :rolleye:
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I've had my 330d for over 3 years and 35k miles. Its had 1 service in that time. However it is now due a second.
The service items are separated out and on different schedules on my car, so coolant is separate, brakes is separate, brake fluid is separate, engine oil change separate etc....
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Deako has one as well (although he has probably already swapped it :grin:)
Not this one!! I love it!!! :happy2: :laugh:
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Whadda you want to know??
A lease deal is slightly different to a PCP from BMW, but both are viable prospects to get you in a good car for not a lot of money. There's a pukka BMW dealer on BabyBMW cutting deals of around 15% off list. I thought I did well with 10% and a free servicing pack 12 months ago (but then I did get in before the price rise).
The looks I've kind of got used to, I can't say its pretty, but it does look better in the metal. The interior is better than a MK7 Golf and not quite as nice as a new A3... as you'd kind of expect really.
Standard equipment is very high: leather, xenons, all the electronics, big Brembos all round. The engine puts out around 340hp out of the box, many have been tested now. The chassis is completely bespoke to the car from M-division (hence the M135i badge) - shocks/springs/arbs/wishbones/hubs/bushes, as is the eLSD, stability settings etc etc. It isn't just an M-Sport with a bigger engine. Oh, and that engine is a peach!
It drives outstandingly, backed up by every respected motoring journo's reviews. I couldn't be happier with mine.
Cons:
It has an incredibly quick rack (2turns lock to lock) but it's ePAS. Lacks a bit of feel, but is direct enough.
Whilst very light on fuel when it needs to be, it'll rinse through it when you're 'on' it.
What he said. Took mine for a 7 hour blast through the Welsh mountains a few weeks back. So much fun!!
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Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedeakin/10893355576/) by LukeDeakin (http://www.flickr.com/people/lukedeakin/), on Flickr
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Cant stop looking at these now...
Gateway2Lease are offering £272 for an auto one. Wonder how much options would be? Its £6 a month more for metallic paint.
Thats with £1600 down too. An absolute bargain if you ask me, they're meant to be awesome.
Has anyone else found any better deals?
Before you do anything Dave, test drive one.
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Not that it would be a problem for me, but just seen the service interval on these, not sure if it's correct.............. 30k miles! WTF, are manufacturers trying to FU engines? I thought the SAAB Aero was daft at 18k. :rolleye:
Condition based, so mine at the moment will want doing at 16-17k.
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And you can still do an oil change anytime you want for peace of mind.
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Cant stop looking at these now...
Gateway2Lease are offering £272 for an auto one. Wonder how much options would be? Its £6 a month more for metallic paint.
Thats with £1600 down too. An absolute bargain if you ask me, they're meant to be awesome.
Has anyone else found any better deals?
Before you do anything Dave, test drive one.
Well yes, it's easy to get excited by watching all the Chris Harris and EVO vids with them sliding it around and declaring it to be the best car ever.... But you still need to drive one!
EVO and Autocar have had a long term car, it's worth looking up the monthly reports to see what they thought of it in the real world.
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Great shots there (Penygarreg I take it)... car looks good, I really like it in 3 door white (Blue would've been my other choice).
Supposedly the M135i in the vid against the E92 M3 is standard, which really places a lot of respect on the driver, a mapped M135i is interestingly (as much as makes no difference) the same PWR to weight as the M3... so my thoughts are it's running a Stage in that video, as he's feathering the throttle on the straights in places. :surprised:
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Great shots there (Penygarreg I take it)... car looks good, I really like it in 3 door white (Blue would've been my other choice).
I'm not sure, it was the reservoirs/dams around Rhayader & Elan Valley.
Estoril Blue is a lovely colour, Mike has an EB M135i. I just didnt want to pay for paint. Happen to love white too, so it helps.