130i

[Beemer-5]

Seems to be a rare beast, with few owners selling.
Under-rated car, per chance?

[Robatr0n]

Most certainly under rated!

I can't help but feel I am doing myself a great disservice by keep letting everyone know how great they are as when I eventually get one the prices will be sky high!

[pete]

A fantastic little car. Rear wheel drive and a 3 litre straight six in something the size of a Focus, how could it be anything else?

[noble3r]

posted the same topic a week or so back!

been in search of a blue one ever since......today :-)

bought this morning from dealer, sick of waiting for the right one on the private market, there are literally zero for sale.

pick her up next thursday.

[dxb335d]

Not driven one but been out in a friends and i was impressed for sure!

Get one, im sure you will love it!


Carlos

[Ranger 6]

noble3r said:

bought this morning from dealer

Was that the one in Worcester...... That I phoned about yesterday and when they phoned back this morning it had been sold!

[VerySideways]

The blue ones are the fastest, just like Chimaeras

Nice one

[Ranger 6]

Been reading your posts on babybmw - I think I may need to pester when I get mine for some tips - I like the Professional CD conversion!

[VerySideways]

Hey, we live in the same county, i'm happy to help if i can.
Edit: and you've clearly got good taste in cars

Edited by VerySideways on Thursday 28th February 18:33

[dibbly_dobbler]

noble3r said:

...there are literally zero for sale [from private sellers].

I have to confess I doubted this but right enough there are 74 on Autotrader of which 73 are trade and 1 private. Seems a bit odd ?

[noble3r]

Ranger 6 said:

noble3r said:

bought this morning from dealer

Was that the one in Worcester...... That I phoned about yesterday and when they phoned back this morning it had been sold!

indeed it was worcester.

how come you didn't go for it in the end? initial deposit has been placed, I get to give the car the once over on thursday before taking her away.

I hope to find her in fine shape with no evident scratches etc...

[noble3r]

has anyone gone down this route with the 130

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/K&N-HIGH-FLOW-AIR-FILTER...

are they hard to install? being a 'replacement filter I imagine not.

want to try and let the engine breath more easily, can't for the life of me find a cat-replacement pipe on the market. Any suggestions....

[Ranger 6]

Good choice - I phoned about the car when I saw it on the BMW used car list, when they called back they said it had been sold that morning (Thursday) so I'm off to see another more local to me.

Enjoy! It looks great

[VerySideways]

Shush, come on guys, bargain of the century, keep it quiet eh?

[noble3r]

I hope you manage to find one,

there doesn't seem to be many with sat nav/idrive or whatever its called.

have to admitt though the addition of sat nav does make the centre dash look a little plain.

[VerySideways]

I always find factory fit satnavs are rubbish after a few years, Tomtoms are so easy to use and updated much more frequently.
Plus i am NOT a fan of iDrive, so i was looking specifically for a car without.

[Ranger 6]

Have never had factory fit sat nav - My TT1 has been so very good across 5 cars now it would've cost me a fortune in upgrades and speeding tickets

[noble3r]

noble3r said:

has anyone gone down this route with the 130

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/K&N-HIGH-FLOW-AIR-FILTER...

are they hard to install? being a 'replacement filter I imagine not.

want to try and let the engine breath more easily, can't for the life of me find a cat-replacement pipe on the market. Any suggestions....

anyone got any views on this......

[VerySideways]

noble3r, you may get more response asking that question over on http://www.babybmw.net
Nice friendly little site, and there's a few guys with modified 130's on there.

[Ranger 6]

Have a look at http://www.supersprint.com/homeuk.htm  - I think there's someone on Babybmw who used their manifold & system.