The Chris Harris thread

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[ColinG]

That Mercedes really does sound dull as dishwater IMO, mind you..I can't seem to get my BM to sound as loud inside as that one?! It's either some clever microphone trickery or my sound symposer is broken?!!!!!

 

[The Boosh!]

I met him today - Genuinely nice guy.

 

[Sam@NP]

Owwww I want an A45 sooooo badly. Everything the Audi RS3 should be.

 

[Munson]

That Mercedes really does sound dull as dishwater IMO, mind you..I can't seem to get my BM to sound as loud inside as that one?! It's either some clever microphone trickery or my sound symposer is broken?!!!!!

Turn the volume up?

I thought M135i used fully synthetic noise channeled through the speakers?

 

[ColinG]

Turn the volume up?

I thought M135i used fully synthetic noise channeled through the speakers?

No it's more clever than that, there is no volume as such,it gets louder in sport mode but still not that loud really, I know you can have it coded to be louder but bmw won't do this themself,

 

[Munson]

I was joking, but I am under the impression that it is electronic, rather than a symposer tube.

 

[Mr Burns]

I know Chris is using the word "bargain" as a relative term, but both cars seem very expensive in my eyes. Maybe it's the hatchback thing, I guess you expect to pay less for a 'smaller' car. Both are nice cars but don't seem special enough to warrant the price tags IMO.

 

[Ian_182]

Both cars are stupid money and as harris said they have inflated prices based on performance.

That said i like it that manafacturers do this because somewhere down the line in a couple of yrs they will have lost 20k and thats where i come in.

AMG for me please,love the leather and general interior and of course the 10 seconds to 100 is brilliant for for a hot hatch

 

[Munson]

I don't think the average person appreciates the costs involved in engineering cars like this.

 

[Mr Burns]

It's good that they do I guess. With constant pressure from the government to put us all in eco-friendly three-cylinder turds it's reassuring to know that manufacturers are still developing machines like these.

 

[ColinG]

Can I just say that the list price on a 118d M sport is almost £24k and you get fook all spec wise, tick a few boxes which the m135i comes with such as leather, xenons, M brakes etc and you can see why it's cheap at £30k ish

 

[Ian_182]

But its 34k really once you tick the right boxes.

 

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I should be earning royalties for starting this thread. I've decided.

 

[Matt Cup]

Lovely looking car!

 

[Sam@NP]

Looks great in Le Mans blue. This or a 2.9 Cayman if you're in the market.

 

[The Boosh!]

I really like that!

 

[Sam@NP]

I really like that!

What do you like about it? It does very little for me.

 

[Nick172Cup]

Love the last bit of that video, the guys such a legend.

 

[Mr Burns]

Pretty much agree with Chris, it seems accomplished but uninspiring.

 

[kpowell911]

Is the M135 lump the same as the 1M Engine? How different is it in terms of a 335I or 535i lump?

 

[Matt Cup]

 

[Slammed172]

That was superb! Italy is awesome, cars are awesome, Harris is awesome!

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[leeds_182]

Top gear take note - a thoroughly entertaining video.

 

[Adamm.]

Is it me or does he really need to shave that beard? Bloke looks like a tramp tbh.

 

[DaveDreads]

F*ck me he was slamming those gear changes!

I wonder how he gets on in airports with his Al-Qa'ida-chic beard?

 

[Al_G]

Is it me or does he really need to shave that beard? Bloke looks like a tramp tbh.

What does it matter...

Does it make his opinion any less valid or are you gay?

 

[Adamm.]

F*ck me he was slamming those gear changes!

I wonder how he gets on in airports with his Al-Qa'ida-chic beard?

Lol! Probably angry because he hasn't seen his razor for months!

 

[Ian_182]

If they got rid of hammond and gave us Harris top gear would be complete

 

[Sam@NP]

Love it.

 

[gez 172]

Totally random sort of post, but in the Merc A45 AMG vid, when he's explaining the suspension at 2:30'ish, it sums up the Clio 200 Cup suspension I think.

proper rigid ride, that makes you think " does the car really need to be this stiff? " then when your driving it hard, you appreciate just how good the suspension is and how the car copes with things you throw it into (bends etc)

 

[Mr Burns]

Bit of a lame video by Chris's standards IMO, but then I guess he can't be doing something awesome every single week.

 

[Waitey]

Now he's just copying Clarkson...

 

[Andy93]

Now he's just copying Clarkson...

I knew the video seemed familiar! Bit of a cop out by Harris.

 

[MarkCup]

He's probably got loads of these, unpublished and in an archive somewhere, ready to wheel out on weeks when he's not driven the latest Porsche hybrid supercar, or attached the Mille Miglia in a 300 year old Jag.

That's the Fiesta he had back in April when he made his original ST film...he probably rattled this one out while he had it and filed it away.

Nice life if you ask me...do some serious things, drive cars mortals can only dream about, AND to fill in you get to arse about doing completely stupid car stuff.

 

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Achtung!

 

[Mr Burns]

There's something about fast estates that's just cool for no apparent reason.

 

[Sam@NP]

There's something about fast estates that's just cool for no apparent reason.

This, I love fast estates the dynamic difference between the saloon is minimal too in most cases.

 

[DaveDreads]

If this doesn't get you excited, then you're dead inside.

 

[Adamm.]

Actually watched that more than once .

Epic epic machines, that old italian bloke at the end was on it!