It's the same as s-line or R-line or AMG line. Big wheels big bumpers, big badges, pathetic 4 cylinder diesel under the bonnet. It used to be people bought the badges and did it themselves now BMW will sell you a 1.5 diesel M sport for only 26k..
'M' sport badges on every BMW has annoyed me today. Sat at some lights when a youth in a 1 - series pulls up along side, going onto a dual carriageway so expected him to get a move on, he pulls off and ahead of another car then fails to get anywhere. I see looking at the back it's a 118 with M badges all over it.
The car he fails to get away from is an old boy in a 406 estate.
Seriously no point trying to look cool in a fancy car with M-Sport all over it if you can't put accelerate a sensible family estate car from the late 90s
Perhaps he just chose not to put his foot down (118i = 136 hp; 118d = 150 hp) :idea:
Sounds like he out-accelerated the Golf next to him though, if you were left looking at the rear of his car :devil:
But seriously, I agree that M-Sport badges have no place on low-end models. They should be reserved for top-end models (who then de-badge to make them less attractive to thieves).
It could've been even worse. They do a 116d M-Sport (116 hp) !
It was a 118i. (I suspect as it didn't sound like a diesel)
I was sat behind the 406, once we all got to the end of the slip road I over took them both.
Golf is 150bhp (euro6) but isn't exactly supermodel svelte being a cabriolet.
I like M cars, my brother is restoring a e30m.
It cheapens the badge when they stick it on anything and everything.
A proper M car would be disappearing over the horizon as the light turns to green, it shouldn't be holding up an old man on his way to the allotment in his estate car
Nice to see the Deer on the way home. Shame about the Silverback in the poor mans Evoke.
Ds3 replacement is ordered....I should be happy it's replacement is not a diesel or a ds3
But it is an almond green C3 in this exact spec.
It has the turbo petrol though and weighs nowt for a modern car so despite looking as sporty as a Wellington boot it's about as fast as your average s-line, R-line diesel. Suppose at least that could be fun especially given the just over a ton kerb weight should mean it's very nippy 0-40..
The acceleration of the old original mk2 punto was what made it a very fun little car to drive, a very low Range 1st gear so speedy acceleration but could go up to 30mph in first.
Newer cars with more power are likely to be more fun.
That said assuming that's a 1.2 petrol then the polo 1.2 R- line will hit 60 2 seconds quicker. [emoji848][emoji57]
It's a 1.2 turbo 110 my figures on a polo would suggest it's slower by half a second. 9.3 seconds to 60 would be the official figure being small light and petrol you'd assume it is fast off the mark then tails off as you get going.
Edit looks like they've made the R line slower for 2017 now 10.8 seconds..however I was more thinking it would be a fun tool to wind up pretendy m-cars rather than actually traffic light gping other super minis.
In any case the new citron looks good like the colour and respectable figures for a little car.
Rather bizarrely although I know they are not always the best I have a think for the quirkiness of citrons.
Our failure of the marea last week.
Turned out it' d shed the LARGE bolt from the stabilising engine/gbox the floorpan mount.
PIA to access the mount bush...
But once off the car I could check its thread dimensions...
And I found a spare bolt in a tin of parts from a
1978 FIAT. 127 SPORT...!!!
Then on a road test I spotted the one that had broken free after 110k miles
And I found a spare bolt in a tin of parts from a
1978 FIAT. 127 SPORT...!!!
Then on a road test I spotted the one that had broken free after 110k miles
Don't keep us in suspense.....where was it ? just outside your house, in the gutter ? or somewhere between here and your country cottage ?
Strangely - on the verge of a large roundabout.. just a couple of feet before the point where it made horrible noises...
Remarkable..