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Love my 325i touring. Pretty rapid and practical, the straight 6 sounds great when its opened up.
Would love a few more bhp though, might look at the 340i or golf R next.
So the insurance co have written the car off and offered a whopping £3.5k 😆
Looks like I'm off to test drive some cars...
Boom.
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more of a pffft.
You havn't actually bought a car have you Kryton?
New sunglasses?
Yes and er no. Dad's Essex Taxi is in the garage. Fully loaded ex demo, NRFLT (Whoop!).
Does this count as a yob car?
My new daily runabout, no abs, traction control, aircon or any other electronic driver aid bollocks. It also takes 2 bikes, the child seat and will do 40mpg if you leave the throttle pedal alone!
Proper yob car? Some sort of 1.1 Fiesta / Corsa with a nasty cheap slammed to the max lowering kit and a huge straight through exhaust. It's important to plaster the outside with stickers for the go slower tat you've festooned around your engine bay as well plus a huge stereo sticker on the rear window.
If you want to be proper retro, a Saxo is the way to go. You need to remember that being a yob isn't about outright performance so much as attitude. As long as you can be heard coming from five or six counties away, no-one will care whether your ride goes or handles,
All the stuff suggested already is wannabe performance shopping cars basically, especially those BMWs which are only being mentioned because if you squint enough, they look a bit like a dream STW estate car, ergo they're quite practical. A proper yob car will have a welded in roll-cage and subs in the boot to remove any trace of actual day-to-day utility.
HTH.
Proper yob car? Some sort of 1.1 Fiesta / Corsa with a nasty cheap slammed to the max lowering kit and a huge straight through exhaust.
Isn't that a yob's car? A yob car is a car that behaves like a yob i.e. loud, takes up too much space, always in the wrong lane or parked on the pavement. So, a beemer or owdi (see posts passim).
A yob car is a car that behaves like a yob i.e. loud, takes up too much space, always in the wrong lane or parked on the pavement.
I think our idea of yobbish behaviour may differ. Yours sounds like the automotive equivalent of someone taking a trolley to the single basket checkout in Waitrose or inadvertently leaving the downstairs lights on when you go to bed...
BadlyWiredDog, I'll go with your description as it means I don't drive a yobs car. I think of it as more of an overpowered shopping trolley!
Some of the suggestions seem a bit too much like practical family car.
Looking forward to Cup Killing Season 😀 have fun!
Also.......join cliosport.net worth the subscription (and then some)
Cup killing season???
It had a Cliosport sticker in the back window when I got it so I've already joined, I've saved more than the joining fee already so well worth it.
Cliosports amazing eh! I found it at roughly the same time as finding that no Haynes manual covers a 1*2 - never needed anything but that site in the end
Cup Killing Season is around the end of Autumn, when many of them seem to mysteriously migrate into ditches/hedgerows/fields/etc 😀
Ah I see, mine is currently trying to kill me on bumpy roads as the rear shocks have had it. That's this weekends job!
I've lost hours of my life on Cliosport since I bought the car, I think you could pretty much do any job on the car using that site.
You've got to love specialist car forums, the Corrado one is absolutely brilliant. Not as busy as it once was, but pretty much everything that ever goes wrong with a Corrado is documented there along with the fixes. I love my Storm, but if anyone ever thought VWs were reliable, owning a Corrado will set things straight :-/
no non-hybrid petrols allowed .
Well, there’s always a Polestar, the performance version of a Volvo S60, Petrol-electric hybrid built around a 2 litre, tweaked up to 460 bhp...
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2019-volvo-s60-polestar-engineered-offers-clean-performance/
My yob car days are coming to an end. The C63 has to go, new job and more driving mean a 6.2 V8 isn’t at all sensible. I’m a bit gutted but the £400 per month fuel bill won’t be missed.
im swapping for a C250 estate. Diesel!!
Yob car purchased. Went for a cheap and cheerful option, boxes ticked:
- give or take 300bhp
- more than 4 cyclinders
- can just about squeeze kids/dogs/bikes into it (not at the same time!)
- under budget, low miles for age, fsh etc
May require purchase of baseball cap...
m135i?
and where's the photo's!? 😉
Older Golf R32?
Just to add that I'm another very happy 130i owner. Owned for 3 years and now on 77k. Only issue was the waterpump that went within weeks of purchasing it so it was sorted under warranty (luckily!!!).
We're going to be moving house soon and may need to replace it with something a little less fuel thirsty. I really really hope we don't have to though! Absolutely love it
We’re going to be moving house soon and may need to replace it with something a little less fuel thirsty.
I've done 700 miles in that up there ^^ now, and its a bloody nice place to be, and suits a lots of needs. Its even more comfortable after I reduced the dealer supplied tyres pressures down from 2.8 bar...
Jeez, I think there should be a 130i thread on here. 😉
My waterpump went a couple of weeks ago too! It went at 80k, which is ok, as I was going to replace it this year. Just had to replace it a few months sooner than I was hoping! Luckily its quite an easy job to replace. I have only ever seen one other 130i while out on the road, and it was the same damn colour!
Aye, we need some pics up sharpish! Can't leave us hanging like that..
Regards
M135 yob
Has he put it backwards through a hedge already?!
You're all thinking way too classy.
Defiantly more council estate than an M135i - the "under budget" and "low mileage" should have given that away! 😆
Oh Gawd, Must be the ST then 😉
Got it in one!
Ended up driving a few things and was quite impressed with the little Ford in the end, both in terms of how they drove for a fwd car and what you get for your money.
Decided I couldn't justify spending the extra on something that I'd end up being too precious about especially having 2 young kids, dogs and bikes to cart about.
Just off to pick up my baseball cap and tracksuit. 😆
Milkie, did you have any sort of diy guide on the water pump replacement? It’s on my list of things to do, not the most pressing thing but I’d like to be prepared ahead of time so I can get it done if I find the time.
Well I like ST's.
I'd have one in a shot if I didn't need a van for work.
The wife has a Fiesta ST and a mate has the Focus, and I think they're both pretty great little cars.
Most of that collection seem well out of the yob price range. Unless middle-aged yobs have serious spending power
Clio Trophy or Civic Type R would be the classic yob cars. The Clio is a bit rare now as only 500 were made. For rarity a V8 Clio would be my choice of exotica.
Must be all of them.
The waterpump went on my 130i too.
I own (and have for 8 years) a 130i msport. It really is a great car. Sounds fab.
Excellent. Love it to bits. With some select oem upgrades from the BMW Performance range it makes for a fantastic car. I have the exhaust, intake, short shift and replaced the front sus with bits from the e9x M3. It's a common modification. I've had mine lowered too.
The fact BMW offer aftermarket performance upgrades is a big selling point for me.
It just beats all other hatchbacks in my opinion, the soul of the big straight 6 in a small hatch is addictive and it makes a great noise, better with the upgrades but still great from stock. Silky smooth.
Ohh and it's rear drive, combined with a 3ltr 6.... that's me sold.! No other hatch can boast that configuration. I can have fun a 10mph on a wet mini roundabout or achieve stupid speeds very quickly.
Did i mention the noise?
It's a sleeper too and looks classy. No whizzy turbos, spoilers or center exhausts.
V8 Clio is a great choice for rarity, with a grand total of zero built!
I own (and have for 8 years) a 130i msport. It really is a great car. Sounds fab.
Goes like batshit!
I can have fun a 10mph on a wet mini roundabout or achieve stupid speeds very quickly.
A 130 is hardly very quick. I wish BMW hadn’t diluted the M-tech badge by putting in on non-M cars.
How about the Golf R this 75yo bloke has had built. Only 600bhp...
https://thevolkswagen.com/2018/06/28/watch-75-year-old-brit-rocks-600-hp-golf-r/
Clio is a bit rare now as only 500 were made. For rarity a V8 Clio would be my choice of exotica.
As much as I see where you’re coming from......... Trophy’s take some looking after - shock rebuilds every 10-40,000 depending on your luck, pass. Cup is going to be 99.9% as fun but with no big bills.
A V6 is a show car. Would love to have one but a normal RS is going to be way more fun to be yobbish in.
Theres also the minor problem that both Trophy’s and Vees are appreciating at the moment
I previously mentioned I was looking to sell my 130i for something better on fuel but man maths has won and I’m going to keep it long term.
Mine is standard other than some NRFT, golf tee mod (makes me a proper yob), re-trimmed flat bottom steering wheel and a nice heavy titanium gear knob (makes the gear changes nice and smooth).
Mine is an early 2006 model, M-Sport in Le Man Blue.
Figured if I traded it in for something newer, more eco I’d end up putting 3-4K cash towards whatever we ended up with. So, man manths kicked in and I’d rather stick 3-4K towards fuel and keep it. It’d be dead money but so would the depreciation in something newer.....
Anyone had any other issues with their 130i other than the water pump?
2005 with 130k . Owned for over 10 yrs
Waterpump. A couple of coil packs. Two front springs and a passenger occupancy sensor.
Apart from brakes and tyres etc
30 mpg average
Waterpump Guide for 130i
Basically jack up high, remove under trays, lower ARB out the way and PS lines. Pretty easy, very fiddly getting hoses back on. Bleeding is press a button, hold accelerator for 10s, make a cuppa tea, drink and it’s done. Check level once it’s cooled and top up. Clear code on the ECU.
You’ll need, waterpump, WP bolts as they aluminium and one use only.
Thermostat, as you have to remove WP to get to it.
BMW Coolant & Di-Ionized water
Go onto RealOEM to find out the part numbers for the things you break while dismantling 😉
i like the ST’s, it’s just the repstation 😉
A 130 is hardly very quick. I wish BMW hadn’t diluted the M-tech badge by putting in on non-M cars.
264hp, 0-60 in 6.1, limited to 155. (before mods)
I'd say its pretty darn fast. Correct that other cars maybe faster though, but the overall package is exceptional.
It is 90% of the E46 M3 in my opinion.
I've owned faster cars but the way the engine pulls from 1.5k to right round to the red is amazing and makes it real world fast.
It's not all about that though, the configuration of the 130i is perfect for a fun hot hatch without being chav. No other hatch sounds the same, only an R32 sounds about as good on an equivalent playing field.
2ltr 4 turbos are just so dull in comparison. The Ford 5cyl sound OK but the image of a fast Ford turns a lot of people off, similar to the STI's.
The 130i is not pretending to be an M car at all.
The 130i has never had an M badge. It only has little M stickers on stuff like the door sills, wheels. Because its an M-Sport. Like all BMW M-Sports since the 90's. If you see a 130i with a large M badge on the back or front then its because the owner has done it.
Listen to me defending the little 130i like a possessive parent, I'll calm down. 🙂
Hear hear, well said. That’s why the little 1’ers with the big engines are so great. They’re unique. It’s the only hot hatch with a straight 6 and RWD. I’m planning on keeping my M135 until it’s completely dead