blackman
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- Joined
- Mar 1, 2007
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- 388
- Location
- Bochum, Germany
- Car(s)
- '06 Cooper S / '89 316i / '15 MT09 Tracer
Hey Everyone!
As some of you might know I asked for advice here on which car to buy in this thread:
http://forums.finalgear.com/general-automotive/help-me-find-a-rwd-sportscar-in-germany-49388/
Well now I've taken delivery of my 123d Coupe, and first things first I love the car!
The ride and feel of it makes me wonder how I could live with my old Seat Ibiza for seven years
But let's see some pictures:
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0328.jpg
Obligatory proof of ownership
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0326.jpg
One more just to be sure
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0002.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0003.jpg
This is how it looked when I spotted it on the dealers lot.
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/DSC_0020.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/DSC_0022.JPG
This is how it looked when I picked it up, a week later.
As you can see the car is pretty much immaculate. It's three years old, was the third car of the first owner, so it has barely done 15000km. Buying from the BMW dealership gets me 1 year of full warranty and new MOT. Aside from that every possible service was performed, like oilchange and change of brakefluid and the likes.
It's got a lot of goodies like 18 inch forged BMW Performance wheels, xenon headlights and adaptive lighting, rain sensor and all kinds of clever gizmos I'm still discovering.
But even all of that put aside, BMW does not boast when talking about "Freude am Fahren". It is a blast to drive. The engine is superb and definetly the best of the 2l turbodiesels. It generates 204hp and 400Nm of torque, and has the most usable powerband I've ever seen on any diesel, thanks to the twin turbochargers. And it does that using 6.3l per 100km, or 37mpg us or 44.8 mpg imperial, when driven hard (which is basically all I do, it's way to much fun to be driven slowly )
Top speed is 250kph, 0-100kph is done in 6.7s.
So there you go, people of finalgear I bought the car you guys recommended and it was a perfect fit! Thanks a lot!
As some of you might know I asked for advice here on which car to buy in this thread:
http://forums.finalgear.com/general-automotive/help-me-find-a-rwd-sportscar-in-germany-49388/
Well now I've taken delivery of my 123d Coupe, and first things first I love the car!
The ride and feel of it makes me wonder how I could live with my old Seat Ibiza for seven years
But let's see some pictures:
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0328.jpg
Obligatory proof of ownership
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0326.jpg
One more just to be sure
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0002.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/IMAG0003.jpg
This is how it looked when I spotted it on the dealers lot.
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/DSC_0020.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blackman/2011/07/03/DSC_0022.JPG
This is how it looked when I picked it up, a week later.
As you can see the car is pretty much immaculate. It's three years old, was the third car of the first owner, so it has barely done 15000km. Buying from the BMW dealership gets me 1 year of full warranty and new MOT. Aside from that every possible service was performed, like oilchange and change of brakefluid and the likes.
It's got a lot of goodies like 18 inch forged BMW Performance wheels, xenon headlights and adaptive lighting, rain sensor and all kinds of clever gizmos I'm still discovering.
But even all of that put aside, BMW does not boast when talking about "Freude am Fahren". It is a blast to drive. The engine is superb and definetly the best of the 2l turbodiesels. It generates 204hp and 400Nm of torque, and has the most usable powerband I've ever seen on any diesel, thanks to the twin turbochargers. And it does that using 6.3l per 100km, or 37mpg us or 44.8 mpg imperial, when driven hard (which is basically all I do, it's way to much fun to be driven slowly )
Top speed is 250kph, 0-100kph is done in 6.7s.
So there you go, people of finalgear I bought the car you guys recommended and it was a perfect fit! Thanks a lot!
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