Saida
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It's a small car with a big engine I've always liked that idea, the car a makes a nice bubbling sound. startups in the morning are awesome its a joy driving, I just can't get enough of driving it at times a drive to the gym always turns to a long drive something I am trying to stop to limit my spending on petrol the car avarages 10.2l/100km which is fair given its a 3l engine may have to do with my speeding though because manufacture says 9.2l/100km.
The 130i comes with the famous N52B30 i6 producing 195kw/315nm this is an award winning engine from BMW in a small family Hatchback which at the time was reserved for high end models equipped in a rear wheels drive a very rare combination we also have manual shifter for performance driving which loves to be shifted above 3000rpm and will pull all the way to 7000rpm with a spine tingling sound won't rev bounce though at the limit like I want as fuel supply is cut to prevent stress to the engine which I feel I should be allowed to if I want to.
On paper the car does 0-100km in 6.1sec with a kerb weight of 1375kg what I've learnt if you want the full power of this beast you have to turn off all traction control to prevent it from retarding timing and cutting fuel supply at full throttle so it will burn the rubbers unfortunately BWM doesn't put LSDs on non M cars this 130i comes with an open differential with eLSD I believe which tries to emitate a LSD.
Why the E87 I wanted the 4 doors for the family also this is the first generation of the one series, the first Hatchback from BMW, the design by non other than Bangle with polarizing opinion from many enthusiasts.
The future now is electric, cars are no longer about driving feel and experience they more like appliances that switch on/off driven by emission control standards and fuel economy manufacturers are not building cars that will last anymore most engine blocks today are aluminum, cast iron blocks is the thing of the past N/A engines and manuals are disappearing slowly being replaced by small turbo engines with an automatic and the future is electric.
The 130i comes with the famous N52B30 i6 producing 195kw/315nm this is an award winning engine from BMW in a small family Hatchback which at the time was reserved for high end models equipped in a rear wheels drive a very rare combination we also have manual shifter for performance driving which loves to be shifted above 3000rpm and will pull all the way to 7000rpm with a spine tingling sound won't rev bounce though at the limit like I want as fuel supply is cut to prevent stress to the engine which I feel I should be allowed to if I want to.
On paper the car does 0-100km in 6.1sec with a kerb weight of 1375kg what I've learnt if you want the full power of this beast you have to turn off all traction control to prevent it from retarding timing and cutting fuel supply at full throttle so it will burn the rubbers unfortunately BWM doesn't put LSDs on non M cars this 130i comes with an open differential with eLSD I believe which tries to emitate a LSD.
Why the E87 I wanted the 4 doors for the family also this is the first generation of the one series, the first Hatchback from BMW, the design by non other than Bangle with polarizing opinion from many enthusiasts.
The future now is electric, cars are no longer about driving feel and experience they more like appliances that switch on/off driven by emission control standards and fuel economy manufacturers are not building cars that will last anymore most engine blocks today are aluminum, cast iron blocks is the thing of the past N/A engines and manuals are disappearing slowly being replaced by small turbo engines with an automatic and the future is electric.
