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ZfrkS62 · 04-30-2005, 08:49 PM

Not like the boxy lunchbox shape that most hatchbacks are adopting now (Golf? Civic? 307?)...

Not to mention the Scion Xb

Perfect example of shoebox styling

crayzayjay · 04-30-2005, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Sir_GT

Originally Posted by crayzayjay

I agree. I think it will grow on a lot of people though...

What options did you go for?

Most of what came standard with the "sport" package (including the lower suspension, sport seats, auto climate control, etc.). Just added the paint (which was an extra), aluminum kodiak trim (i think that's what they call it), and a few comfort bits in the interior. I didn't opt for iDrive because I didn't think it was necessary.

I didn't pay up for the 17" rims because I'm planning to get the 18" M sport wheels (like on the 5 series sport versions) when the standard tires wear out. I'll just sell the standard rims on eBay after that.

I'm not sure exactly which alloys you mean. Point them out please:

http://zoouz.free.fr/wheels.htm

Sir_GT · 05-01-2005, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by GTO

Nice car, I saw it up close. Hey Sir GT did you test drive the car though??? Had a friend looking for a car and everyone had an opinion, so the tested them all! lol
He looked the 1 but he said that here (Sydney) its too expensive for what it is but the handling and interior he said was first rate. Though he said the STD engine was weak

Which standard engine? The 116i's? If so, yeah, it's bloody asthmatic.

Realistically, you've only got 3 choices. 118d is the lowest you should go, then it's either the 120i or the 120d depending on what you fancy... that is, until the 130i is released.

crayzayjay: The 17's that they offered as an upgrade option was style 142 (E87). The one I think I will get when I change the tires will be style 135... or, if they would be so kind, style 194.

Mind you, style 101 is incredibly rare... but just by the look of it, I can see that the price is probably the reason why you don't see it at all on the road.

abbor · 05-01-2005, 01:37 PM

Congrats man...

I'm sure you'll love to drive the car, but personally I think it looks like shit...

I'd love any other beemer though...

pharzo · 05-14-2005, 07:07 PM

I actually like the look of the thing. First I thought it was a bit iffy, but a guy down the street from has one, and it's actually very good lokking. Much more so than any other 5/3 door hatches. Looks a lot more handsome, rather than pretty, as opposed to other bm's

Sir_GT · 05-15-2005, 06:00 PM

pharzo: your post is basically a summary of how I felt.

dani: Cheers mate. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't goodlooking "guwapa" in spanish?

TransAm · 05-15-2005, 06:20 PM

Sir GT

When do you pick the beemer up?

Sir_GT · 05-15-2005, 08:30 PM

dani: Not at all. I'm spanish by ancestry, but I never brushed on up the language.

The only thing I know is what my relatives keep saying when I visit... "Conyo de su madre" and all that shit.

TransAm: Early to middle of June is what they told me. I'll take pics next to my mum-in-law's C-class so that everybody (with regards to you boys in the USA) can get a good size comparison.

TransAm · 05-15-2005, 09:20 PM

coolio, I look forward to it

thekillingroad · 05-18-2005, 03:45 PM

Congrats!

really nice choice... May be slower than the S or GTI... but the feelin of the 340nm comin from the rear axle... awesome!!