M135i - best discounts and finance rates?

[matt21]

Anyone here have the M135i with reg ending YRC in Southampton today?

[illmonkey]

Saw a blue one going steady on the m4 or m5 yesterday, can't remember , ending LDN.

[matt21]

This was a three door in white with the first four numbers on reg identical to mine. For a split second I thought mine had been nicked!

[JonesyVXR8]

marcgti6 said:

Anyone gone for Valencia orange?

I did. Wouldn't ever have really have considered it, but dealer stock car in great spec.
4 months in & I've got to say the colour has really grown on me & suits the car.
Also it is brilliant at hiding dirt, & when clean it looks great.
I probably would've chosen EB, but very happy with VO.

Edited by JonesyVXR8 on Tuesday 16th September 21:00

[Stedman]

marcgti6 said:

Anyone gone for Valencia orange?

Whilst I'm not an owner, i've had the pleasure of walking past one for the last 6 months and it looks bloody fantastic! That photo above really doesn't do the colour justice!

[JonesyVXR8]

Stedman said:

marcgti6 said:

Anyone gone for Valencia orange?

Whilst I'm not an owner, i've had the pleasure of walking past one for the last 6 months and it looks bloody fantastic! That photo above really doesn't do the colour justice!

The colour is very light sensitive - it can look quite reddish in low light.
Here's one of it in the showroom, looks a lot more orange under artificial light.

[Clivey]

I love that colour ...but then I like them all apart from grey!

How is everyone finding the steering on these?

[Sir_Dave]

Clivey said:

How is everyone finding the steering on these?

A LOT better since i dropped it from the 42psi that BMW supplied the tyres with!!!

[marcgti6]

JonesyVXR8 said:

The colour is very light sensitive - it can look quite reddish in low light.
Here's one of it in the showroom, looks a lot more orange under artificial light.

Thanks. I'm amazed how red it looks in your first picture.

It's a great colour. I've narrowed it down to two options now - Valencia orange and black leather or mineral grey with coral leather. Both manual with nav and HK audio.

Really tempted to go for the Valencia orange though...

[JonesyVXR8]

marcgti6 said:

JonesyVXR8 said:

The colour is very light sensitive - it can look quite reddish in low light.
Here's one of it in the showroom, looks a lot more orange under artificial light.

Thanks. I'm amazed how red it looks in your first picture.

It's a great colour. I've narrowed it down to two options now - Valencia orange and black leather or mineral grey with coral leather. Both manual with nav and HK audio.

Really tempted to go for the Valencia orange though...

They're both nice colours. MG is stealthy & the coral leather would really lift interior. As I said in my earlier post, I wouldn't have even considered VO as an option, but it really does stand out & suits the character of the M135i.

[Clivey]

marcgti6 said:

Really tempted to go for the Valencia orange though...

[Hackney]

jon- said:

Auto or manual?

Auto, but in manual mode (and Sport) when I was with the TVR

[jon-]

Anyone else had a fan replaced yet? Mines stuck on for the 3rd time now, thinking of taking it in.

[Sir_Dave]

jon- said:

Anyone else had a fan replaced yet? Mines stuck on for the 3rd time now, thinking of taking it in.

Yup, had mine replaced back in May iirc.

[DeltaTango]

Sir_Dave said:

jon- said:

Anyone else had a fan replaced yet? Mines stuck on for the 3rd time now, thinking of taking it in.

Yup, had mine replaced back in May iirc.

Yes, had to have mine replaced in June. Has been fine since then. Get it done.

[jon-]

Do you know if this is a known fault on the car now? When I had my car in earlier in the year for a different reason, I did mention it and the service guy looked most confused.

[DeltaTango]

The service guy I dealt with also seemed confused initially but I asked him to ring around different dealerships as I knew I was far from the only one experiencing the problem. He was excellent and I got the new part, even though the diagnostics weren't showing a fault.

[Sir_Dave]

jon- said:

Do you know if this is a known fault on the car now? When I had my car in earlier in the year for a different reason, I did mention it and the service guy looked most confused.

Its been a known fault on PUMA since April lol!!

My local dealer knew about it and they are positively useless.

[OppoLocksmith]

Dave not sure if you've done this already but I've got to scratch the E46 M3 itch after the lease runs out on this, IIRC you had one not long ago - how do the two compare?

[jon-]

OppoLocksmith said:

Dave not sure if you've done this already but I've got to scratch the E46 M3 itch after the lease runs out on this, IIRC you had one not long ago - how do the two compare?

I've got both at the moment.

The e46 is a hell of a driving machine, so much more involved than the M135i, amazing throttle response in comparison, the diff makes a world of difference to having "fun". However, most of the time, when you're driving 7/10s or below, the M135i is the better car. It's a nicer place to be.

7/10ths and above there is no comparison, so I'd recommend scratching that itch. I'm actually selling my e46 at the moment, and plan to look at the new M3 when the lease on the M135i runs out.