RE: BMW M235i M Performance

RE: BMW M235i M Performance

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PoisonJam

36 posts

133 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Dan Trent said:
Apologies but we seem to have picked up a glitch on the site which means symbols and apostrophes aren't displaying properly in homepage stories.
Hi Dan, only looks to be this article? Have you tried deleting and re-typing the characters directly within the CMS? Normally issues with special characters arise when the article has been copied and pasted from another program (e.g. Word) and that program's formatting comes across with it.

Maybe you've tried this - in which case ignore this. Just trying to help smile

Matthew Clarke

301 posts

139 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Want! To replace my 335i (4 series seems a tad large)

But it is hard to justify the cash......


n4aat

458 posts

212 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Apart from the slightly Monaroesque rear end I love this car.

However, the bestest thing by far is that it doesn't have the nowadays obligatory FOUR tailpipes.


BoostMonkey

569 posts

185 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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BTW the new diff is a replacement, you get to keep the old one.

BMW are offering 15-25% off the prices on the article! but they are still stupidly priced.

chris333

1,034 posts

239 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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saw the small version of this pic and thought that Chris had fitted some VERY wide wheels and weird slick tyres....

optician appointment beckoning I think.

herebebeasties

669 posts

219 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Formatting issues are character-set related. Quick fix for people reading is to change the encoding in their web browser (Chrome supports this, Firefox too IIRC - View -> Encoding -> Unicode (UTF-8)).

I've not seen so much tinsel on a car for a while - I can't stand all the carbon tat people put on things. A fool and his money...

g3org3y

20,634 posts

191 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Mermaid said:
Quhet said:
Someone needs to sort out the formatting
Dan's post at 11:00, patience wink
Patience!?

Speed Matters...oh wait. frown

Randy Winkman

16,141 posts

189 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Philb1 said:
Didn't bother reading all of the article as every sentence is littered with euro symbols.
That's why I'm voting UKIP.

Terminator X

15,092 posts

204 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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"And the fake induction noise? I like it."

GTFO redcard

TX.

Pentoman

4,814 posts

263 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Very good looking car and a nice interior too. I'm tempted by one of these to pair with my Vantage.

There is one thing we would quite like to know, that is omitted from the article. Who is supplying and paying for the car? Is BMW giving this for free - as is common for motoring journalists, or is PH/CH actually paying for this? I ask since Autocar always tell the reader when they are being gifted a car by a manufacturer - and I would like it to be admitted when the same is true on PH. It does lead to a certain conflict of interest after all smile.

Riyazc

1,068 posts

242 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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They have a demo one of these at Cooper Tonbridge with the exhaust which i got the chance to have a play with whilst my 330 was being serviced.

How i didn't buy the car on start-up is a mystery. Sounds incredible and for 750 notes - a no brainer. Sounds 'guttural' is all i can say.

Really tempted to get one of these manual with the exhaust - but want it for 30k.

Back from a trip to nurburgring yesterday with a lot of toys and a mates new 135i - and it was stunningly quick. Kept up with an E90 M3 no worries in a straight line.

With a remap to liberate some horses, it could have gotten embarrassing.

fourscore

97 posts

149 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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chris333 said:


saw the small version of this pic and thought that Chris had fitted some VERY wide wheels and weird slick tyres....

optician appointment beckoning I think.
Hehe, I saw the same thing! Carbon wrapped tyres, maybe M are on to something?!

Howrare

304 posts

206 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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bangerturner said:
Virtually unreadable for me
Same here.

fourscore

97 posts

149 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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chris333 said:


saw the small version of this pic and thought that Chris had fitted some VERY wide wheels and weird slick tyres....

optician appointment beckoning I think.
Hehe, I saw the same thing! Carbon wrapped tyres, maybe M are on to something?!

Dusty964

6,923 posts

190 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Shift lights built into the rim of the steering wheel? Not for me thanks.


Ali_T

3,379 posts

257 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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SeeSaw said:
I think the second paragraph said:
A machine so profoundly different to the M135i that it has one different digit and some different suspension....
All it tells me is that it's different. I'd like to know how. What really irked about the M135i was that horrible initial looseness of the damping.

CliveM

525 posts

185 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Terminator X said:
"And the fake induction noise? I like it."

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TX.
^^^^^^

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Jeez, what an absolute load of tat! (with the exception of the diff which should be fitted as std).

For 44k, couldn't you just buy a 6 month old M3/M4 instead?

Dave Hedgehog

14,565 posts

204 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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CliveM said:
Terminator X said:
"And the fake induction noise? I like it."

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TX.
^^^^^^
100% spot on

And 44k with some carbon tat ....

Wills2

22,849 posts

175 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Dave Hedgehog said:
100% spot on

And 44k with some carbon tat ....
I think nearer 50k once you've added nav, stereo, heated seats etc....