135i?
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FamilyDub

3,587 posts

191 months

Saturday 18th May 2013
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hay940 said:
You've covered the reg is pics 2 & 3, but not pic 1? confused

Nice though.

LocoBlade

7,653 posts

282 months

Saturday 18th May 2013
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FamilyDub said:
hay940 said:
You've covered the reg is pics 2 & 3, but not pic 1? confused

Nice though.
This was advertised on Autotrader a couple of weeks ago wasn't it? If so ISTR it mentioning only having one key?

irish boy

3,896 posts

262 months

Saturday 18th May 2013
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Great machines, I had a red one which I very much enjoyed. Never missed a beat or used a drop of oil between services. Replaced with an m135i now, early days but settling in well!

hay940

7 posts

157 months

Saturday 18th May 2013
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yes your right it was on autotrader, but had a lot of timewasters and tyre kickers!you know the way it is. and yes it only has 1 key

LocoBlade

7,653 posts

282 months

Saturday 18th May 2013
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hay940 said:
yes your right it was on autotrader, but had a lot of timewasters and tyre kickers!you know the way it is. and yes it only has 1 key
Yep, not looking forward to selling my 123d for the same reasons. I was considering a 135 which is why I spotted yours but a friend then decided to sell his immaculate 130i with a few tasty BMWP parts on it so I've ended up saving my pennies and getting that instead, maybe to swap for a late 135 or an M135 in a year or two

Darren156

566 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th May 2013
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hay940 said:
The old 'Rag over the number plate' approach! lol

ChrisNic

653 posts

172 months

Sunday 19th May 2013
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It works really well if you cover the plate in all the pictures wink

hay940

7 posts

157 months

Sunday 19th May 2013
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Haha fair enough

aeropilot

40,058 posts

253 months

Sunday 19th May 2013
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The 135i is a fantastic little car, had mine for 2 years now.

The factory M-Sport suspension and RFT's are truely crap though, and I've shelled out for decent non-RFT's on lighter aftermarket rims and the Birds suspension which has completely transformed the car, so much more compliant and devoid of all the crashiness of the poorly designed OEM suspension.

BMW Performance exhaust is a must have as well yesbiggrin

Rich196

74 posts

189 months

Monday 20th May 2013
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aeropilot said:
The 135i is a fantastic little car, had mine for 2 years now.

The factory M-Sport suspension and RFT's are truely crap though, and I've shelled out for decent non-RFT's on lighter aftermarket rims and the Birds suspension which has completely transformed the car, so much more compliant and devoid of all the crashiness of the poorly designed OEM suspension.

BMW Performance exhaust is a must have as well yesbiggrin
Believe I met you yesterday biggrin

Agreed on the uprated suspension and ditching run flats, does make the car a lot more planted and progressive. A remap will take it to a whole new level too........

brakes

104 posts

166 months

Monday 20th May 2013
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Anyone know whether the rear seats fold down? Is it an option or standard on the coupé?

aeropilot

40,058 posts

253 months

Monday 20th May 2013
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brakes said:
Anyone know whether the rear seats fold down? Is it an option or standard on the coupé?
Yes they do fold down. Certainely standard on the 135, and pretty sure it's standard on all Euro spec coupes.

aeropilot

40,058 posts

253 months

Monday 20th May 2013
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Rich196 said:
Believe I met you yesterday biggrin
wink

mikeyscott

1,200 posts

234 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Currently do a 110 mile daily commute to Guildford with a 123d M Sport 5 door on a 59 plate. About to potentially jack that in for a 4 mile commute to Whitely, so 135i has suddenly popped up on my radar as I'd like to get back to a petrol, the other thoughts was trying to look for a 130M

So a petrol based motor, VAG or BMW and a push bike!

aeropilot

40,058 posts

253 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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mikeyscott said:
Currently do a 110 mile daily commute to Guildford with a 123d M Sport 5 door on a 59 plate. About to potentially jack that in for a 4 mile commute to Whitely, so 135i has suddenly popped up on my radar as I'd like to get back to a petrol, the other thoughts was trying to look for a 130M

So a petrol based motor, VAG or BMW and a push bike!
Push bike for the commute.

A 4 mile commute won't do a 135i any good, it won't even get close to getting up to temp.

I used to do a 26 mile each way commute in my 135i, and it wouldn't up to temp until about the 8-9 mile point, and that was only because, after just 1 mile I was driving on a NSL dual carrigeway.

But, otherwise thumbup


dapearson

4,456 posts

250 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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hay940 said:
I have decided that i am going to sell my 135i and it will be advertised from this weekend, i thought i might give you guys first shout. its on a '60' plate. it is in good condition witha few minor scratches. in black. im not sure what engine it is, old or new but i guess you guys may be able to know that. i have owned it from new and it only has 20k miles on the clock. i bought the car with a 5 year serviceing and warranty package ( of which it has only had 1 service) and i beleive this package is transferrable to new owner. I am currently in the birmingham area and im looking for £20,500. any questions please feel free to ask.
Blimey. Seems a bit expensive to me. You can buy an M135i on a 62 plate with 10k miles and from a BMW dealer for £24k!

mikeyscott

1,200 posts

234 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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I'm certainly looking at cycling to work. Just a question of whether the role is accepted as it's amore junior role to what I'm doing now, but paying pretty similar.

mikeyscott

1,200 posts

234 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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dapearson said:
hay940 said:
I have decided that i am going to sell my 135i and it will be advertised from this weekend, i thought i might give you guys first shout. its on a '60' plate. it is in good condition witha few minor scratches. in black. im not sure what engine it is, old or new but i guess you guys may be able to know that. i have owned it from new and it only has 20k miles on the clock. i bought the car with a 5 year serviceing and warranty package ( of which it has only had 1 service) and i beleive this package is transferrable to new owner. I am currently in the birmingham area and im looking for £20,500. any questions please feel free to ask.
Blimey. Seems a bit expensive to me. You can buy an M135i on a 62 plate with 10k miles and from a BMW dealer for £24k!
He posted it for sale last May. Sorry I often search for previous posts rather than creating new topics smile

aeropilot

40,058 posts

253 months

Saturday 30th March 2019
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anonymous said:
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Just too few of them sold in the UK, so, no not really. Getting them rebuilt by a turbo specialist will save a bit, but, its still going to cost close to that if you have to pay someone to do it, rather than wielding the spanners yourself.
A big part of that cost is that, as per the manual, it's an engine out job to replace both of them, so labour costs are the biggie in that amount.
The N55 is the way to go rather than the N54, especially with a cab, as you aren't going to be looking at power upgrades with a cab, because of the wobbly bodyshell, and the only reason people go N54 is for big power upgrades.

aeropilot

40,058 posts

253 months

Saturday 30th March 2019
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anonymous said:
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09 plate will be a N54 with the two turbo's.

First N55 cars will be on a 10 plate, although there will be still be a few late N54 cars around with 10 plates.