RE: BMW M135i facelift: Driven
Discussion
PJZ7 said:
Can anyone explain/confirm this 'artificially augmented' engine noise?
My bro and his missus have the non'Life Cycle Impulse' M135i and we have tried to find the source of this wizardry but cannot hear it or see any function to turn it on or off. We became convinced it didn't exist.
Older BMWs use a symposer in the air induction to increase the noise. It's a vibrating diaphram that is then connected to the bulkhead to give more noise at certain engine speeds. They work quite well. You cannot 'turn them off' without disconnecting the piping and plugging it up.My bro and his missus have the non'Life Cycle Impulse' M135i and we have tried to find the source of this wizardry but cannot hear it or see any function to turn it on or off. We became convinced it didn't exist.
I would suspect the M135i has this also (my Z4 3.0 had it as does my friends 130i).
MitchT said:
Don't get why people are having an issue with the rear - it's the first 1 Series rear that looks good IMO. I've always felt that square rear lights look very utilitarian whereas long, horizontal ones are positively sexy. This is the first 1 Series I actually think looks right.
Me too. A massive improvement styling-wise over the original IMHO.PJZ7 said:
Can anyone explain/confirm this 'artificially augmented' engine noise?
My bro and his missus have the non'Life Cycle Impulse' M135i and we have tried to find the source of this wizardry but cannot hear it or see any function to turn it on or off. We became convinced it didn't exist.
It plays a pretend engine note through the speakers. Like Gran Turismo. My bro and his missus have the non'Life Cycle Impulse' M135i and we have tried to find the source of this wizardry but cannot hear it or see any function to turn it on or off. We became convinced it didn't exist.
GroundEffect said:
Older BMWs use a symposer in the air induction to increase the noise. It's a vibrating diaphram that is then connected to the bulkhead to give more noise at certain engine speeds. They work quite well. You cannot 'turn them off' without disconnecting the piping and plugging it up.
I would suspect the M135i has this also (my Z4 3.0 had it as does my friends 130i).
Nope. It's fake synthesised additional noises through the speakers. I don't mind the induction tube or diaphragm methods. Those are real, just amplified. But I really object to pretend noises.I would suspect the M135i has this also (my Z4 3.0 had it as does my friends 130i).
Ali_T said:
Nope. It's fake synthesised additional noises through the speakers. I don't mind the induction tube or diaphragm methods. Those are real, just amplified. But I really object to pretend noises.
Have you been in one though? it really doesn't sound 'fake' and I can confirm now the weather is better and I m driving with the windows down the real engine noise is very very good indeed.I recently drove a golf R with the real noise induction symposia thing and that sounded far more 'fake'.
It really is a non issue (for me anyway) in fact I didn't know it was fake until a few months after I leased it.
Ali_T said:
"This is a BMW Life Cycle Impulse (LCI)"
God, that is so pretentious. It's a midlife refresh. Everyone knows it's a midlife refresh, so why give it such a ridiculous acronym?
I'm guessing, and this is only a guess, that it's a direct translation from German, which is a language that has it's own particular way of putting things. God, that is so pretentious. It's a midlife refresh. Everyone knows it's a midlife refresh, so why give it such a ridiculous acronym?
As for the car itself, gotta admit I think it looks pretty good, preferable imo to the ultra bland Golf/A3, and less Cheshire than the A45. Plus that peach of an engine, and the fact it sends drive to the correct part of the car, means this would be top of my list if I was in the market for an uberhatch. As it is I'm probably more likely to replace the current 1'er Coupe with a 2 Series, but this would make me reconsider.
YMMV, IMHO, etc etc.
....I wonder what Ron will use when his road cars get their face lifts....as this appears right up his street..
t up...chrispmartha said:
Have you been in one though? it really doesn't sound 'fake' and I can confirm now the weather is better and I m driving with the windows down the real engine noise is very very good indeed.
I recently drove a golf R with the real noise induction symposia thing and that sounded far more 'fake'.
It really is a non issue (for me anyway) in fact I didn't know it was fake until a few months after I leased it.
I test drove both the M135i and Golf R last summer and the BMW is certainly more realistic than the Golf (which sounded awful to my ears), but the BMW just sounded too smooth. Much prefer the resonance tubes of the Focus ST or my Alfa. Real noise amplified is always preferable. I recently drove a golf R with the real noise induction symposia thing and that sounded far more 'fake'.
It really is a non issue (for me anyway) in fact I didn't know it was fake until a few months after I leased it.
Ali_T said:
I test drove both the M135i and Golf R last summer and the BMW is certainly more realistic than the Golf (which sounded awful to my ears), but the BMW just sounded too smooth. Much prefer the resonance tubes of the Focus ST or my Alfa. Real noise amplified is always preferable.
Fair enough as I said just wind the windows down for the real noise.The problem (or not if you're not bothered) is that modern cars are so well sound proofed in the cabin the real noise just doesn't come through anymore!
Ali_T said:
I test drove both the M135i and Golf R last summer and the BMW is certainly more realistic than the Golf (which sounded awful to my ears), but the BMW just sounded too smooth. Much prefer the resonance tubes of the Focus ST or my Alfa. Real noise amplified is always preferable.
Fair enough as I said just wind the windows down for the real noise.The problem (or not if you're not bothered) is that modern cars are so well sound proofed in the cabin the real noise just doesn't come through anymore!
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