M135i
Hello all....
Just thought I'd drop in with a few pics of my new 328i M-Sport. Thought you guys might want a nosey as they're still pretty rare at the moment...
That'll change soon I imagine though as they start appearing on more company car lists. At least mine being a petrol 328 should hopefully remain quite rare compared with diesels!
I actually picked the car up on September 1st, but a combination of being away in London on business has meant that I've not been able to drive it that much.....
Handover.....
Spec was pretty simple. I definitely wanted the petrol 328i as opposed to the sensible choice of a 320d. I really wanted a black car again despite the nightmare of keeping them clean, and I definitely wanted coral red leather just to brighten the interior up a bit despite all my friends telling me it'd look too "pimp".
328i M-Sport
Manual
19" wheels
Black Sapphire metallic
Coral Red leather
Professional Nav
iPhone Adaptor
Xenons
Heated Seats
Made the order official way back in May (but actually put deposit down in March!) so it was a long wait.....
Literally soon as I got it, I had to tuck it up in the parent's garage whilst I headed off to London for a long 2 weeks (given the recent ahem, "issues" with BMW' keys, I didn't fancy leaving it at my flat unattended for 2 weeks!)
It was good to get back in drive. Compared to my old FD2, was initially a bit shocked at the body roll, but probably to be expected given the the FD2 rode like it had no suspension.
I much prefer BMW's take on the DRLs - on the Bee-em's, it's integrated into the angel eyes. Looks much tidier and classier than the Audi style band - all in my opinion of course. (admittedly my crappy picture doesn't quite capture it properly...)
Really impressed with the interior - BMW seem to have made much more of an effort to catch up with Audi these days.....
Really like the steering wheel - nice and chunky and soft touch. Still can't decide whether I prefer the wheel in an S3/RS4, but its much improved on the old non M-car wheels of old....
As for the engine, a lot has been said about the death of the straight 6...... Whilst I'd agree that the new engine doesn't have the character of old, you can't argue with the numbers. 60 comes up in under 6 seconds and I don't doubt that. It certainly feels as rapid as my old (mildly tuned FD2) in a straight drag race, and infinitely more punchy through the gears. I can't wait to see what a remap could potentially do...
Finally, there's also a "BMW remote" app now. It lets you do things such as unlock your car, flash the lights or precondition the heater/fan from your iPhone.
There's also a "locate my car" function linked to Google maps which could be potentially useful in checking up on your other half or even as a "tracker" style function.
To be fair, the apps work a bit too slow for my liking. For example, if you "unlock" your car with your phone, its a good 2 or 3 minutes before the car actually responds.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the boring car park photos....
Just thought I'd drop in with a few pics of my new 328i M-Sport. Thought you guys might want a nosey as they're still pretty rare at the moment...
That'll change soon I imagine though as they start appearing on more company car lists. At least mine being a petrol 328 should hopefully remain quite rare compared with diesels!
I actually picked the car up on September 1st, but a combination of being away in London on business has meant that I've not been able to drive it that much.....
Handover.....
Spec was pretty simple. I definitely wanted the petrol 328i as opposed to the sensible choice of a 320d. I really wanted a black car again despite the nightmare of keeping them clean, and I definitely wanted coral red leather just to brighten the interior up a bit despite all my friends telling me it'd look too "pimp".
328i M-Sport
Manual
19" wheels
Black Sapphire metallic
Coral Red leather
Professional Nav
iPhone Adaptor
Xenons
Heated Seats
Made the order official way back in May (but actually put deposit down in March!) so it was a long wait.....
Literally soon as I got it, I had to tuck it up in the parent's garage whilst I headed off to London for a long 2 weeks (given the recent ahem, "issues" with BMW' keys, I didn't fancy leaving it at my flat unattended for 2 weeks!)
It was good to get back in drive. Compared to my old FD2, was initially a bit shocked at the body roll, but probably to be expected given the the FD2 rode like it had no suspension.
I much prefer BMW's take on the DRLs - on the Bee-em's, it's integrated into the angel eyes. Looks much tidier and classier than the Audi style band - all in my opinion of course. (admittedly my crappy picture doesn't quite capture it properly...)
Really impressed with the interior - BMW seem to have made much more of an effort to catch up with Audi these days.....
Really like the steering wheel - nice and chunky and soft touch. Still can't decide whether I prefer the wheel in an S3/RS4, but its much improved on the old non M-car wheels of old....
As for the engine, a lot has been said about the death of the straight 6...... Whilst I'd agree that the new engine doesn't have the character of old, you can't argue with the numbers. 60 comes up in under 6 seconds and I don't doubt that. It certainly feels as rapid as my old (mildly tuned FD2) in a straight drag race, and infinitely more punchy through the gears. I can't wait to see what a remap could potentially do...
Finally, there's also a "BMW remote" app now. It lets you do things such as unlock your car, flash the lights or precondition the heater/fan from your iPhone.
There's also a "locate my car" function linked to Google maps which could be potentially useful in checking up on your other half or even as a "tracker" style function.
To be fair, the apps work a bit too slow for my liking. For example, if you "unlock" your car with your phone, its a good 2 or 3 minutes before the car actually responds.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the boring car park photos....
