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      06-08-2014, 05:08 PM   #23
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Wow I got upset when I read it wasn't in English but then surprised when I found out I understood it since I speak Slovak (the video is in Slovak for those wondering)
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      06-08-2014, 05:33 PM   #24
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The M235i can't beat a M5, maybe the M5 was on confort mode but not on M2 or M1 mode, impossible ! Don't dream the M235i kill the 0-60 in 4.7s or 4.8s not 4.3s as i rode on a previous review...

The M135i Xdrive auto (4WD) kill the 0-60 on 4.5s the M235i can't be faster with the RWD only

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      06-08-2014, 06:53 PM   #25
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The M235i can't beat a M5, maybe the M5 was on confort mode but not on M2 or M1 mode, impossible ! Don't dream the M235i kill the 0-60 in 4.7s or 4.8s not 4.3s as i rode on a previous review...

The M135i Xdrive auto (4WD) kill the 0-60 on 4.5s the M235i can't be faster with the RWD only

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It has everything to do with the driver more than anything else.

Some people given the best car, still can't drive thar car correctly.

Great video regardless...
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      06-08-2014, 07:00 PM   #26
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i'm waiting for m2, let's see what this car will bring to the table...
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      06-08-2014, 07:54 PM   #27
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Why don't the big cheeses running our fiscal stimulus program in Washington build a few roundabouts and highways to nowhere that these European countries have gotten?? It sure would ease my post-2008 economic pain having a few empty roads like that to drive on!
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      06-08-2014, 07:59 PM   #28
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Thanks for sharing! Nice video.
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      06-08-2014, 08:34 PM   #29
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I wouldnt call it BS since the M5 weights what? 4000 lbs?

Dont get me wrong the M5 is a whole different league but 0-60 times might be close
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      06-08-2014, 09:18 PM   #30
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I call BS. Sure, they may be close in 0-60 times, but beyond that the M5 is going to eat it's lunch. I drive an E60 M5 and I still beat any N55 or N54 (unless it is super modded.) Furthermore, I live in Colorado at 6,500ft altitude, so I am down about 20% of my horsepower due to the altitude. (I am not bashing the M235i, awesome car, just the video report.) I previously owned a 135i that out handled my M5. But as they say, once you go ///M, you will never go back!

The quoted statement is further proof not to buy manuals, you lose to little cars with less horsepower. And before you flame me, my SMG M5 is the first non-manual I have owned in 27 years of driving and 13 different cars...

Other than that, the filmography was awesome, right up there with Top Gear UK!
Well, even you admit 135i outhandles your M5, so that leaves the 1M to leave it in the dust. Nurburgring times stock about the same and 1M much more amenable to mods than your V10 beast, so I don't think you can shut down "any" N54 and that likely would include lightly modded M235i...
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      06-08-2014, 10:06 PM   #31
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Well, even you admit 135i outhandles your M5, so that leaves the 1M to leave it in the dust. Nurburgring times stock about the same and 1M much more amenable to mods than your V10 beast, so I don't think you can shut down "any" N54 and that likely would include lightly modded M235i...
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Well, even you admit 135i outhandles your M5, so that leaves the 1M to leave it in the dust. Nurburgring times stock about the same and 1M much more amenable to mods than your V10 beast, so I don't think you can shut down "any" N54 and that likely would include lightly modded M235i...
Sir, I was referring to the drag race they did. That I call BS on.

Congratz on the 1M, I missed getting one of our local allocations by 3 days...still regretting not making the decision earlier to order one.
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      06-09-2014, 06:08 AM   #33
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M235i for 60K euro.. try adding another 10k euro, that's the price BMW Indonesia charge for an M235i.
talk about expensive. price tag for F80 M3 is around USD.162k
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      06-09-2014, 09:52 AM   #34
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Can someone translate if the test car had LSD or not?
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BMW just can't help itself. It's best at making small powerful and very well handling coupes.

But then they found out they are VERY good at marketing (like Apple) and have that cool factor, and can charge premium. Step forward capitalism on steroids. They are churning out crap load of cars, all like U2 songs - all not amazing but good. And you got the X4s, and X6s and 650 Gran Coupes, and all that stuff. And the 3 series is now a 4, so they can charge more. And it's gotten bigger, so they made a hatch and damn it it is good but that's not supposed to be... aa... and they made the fking Active Tourer because BMW cash.

And when all that crap is said and done... there is that guy up top who still has the balls, who remembers to... approve the goddamn little coupe that handles well. Cheers to that guy. Thanks to him we still got the 1M, we get the 235i, we go the brilliant V8 M3 and so on.

Come to think of it... kinda like Porsche they are. Need to sell a lot of cars (SUVs) in order to do the true thing.
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Nice video!
Since I could not understand the language, I interpreted the intro as follows:
BMW made a minivan...
The world is ending...
There is no hope...
But wait.....M235i
We are saved...
We are saved until BMW pricing decided to make this car an "exclusive prostitute" that line deserves a sticky.....
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Sir, I was referring to the drag race they did. That I call BS on.

Congratz on the 1M, I missed getting one of our local allocations by 3 days...still regretting not making the decision earlier to order one.
Can't argue now! Got the only one my dealer got by getting on board before it had a name!
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Sir, I was referring to the drag race they did. That I call BS on.
Yup. Just cuz it was filmed means nothing.

It's just a hoax.

Or it's the driver.

Or the tires on the M5 must have been bald.

Even the track times between the M235i & the M5 here are part of this far-reaching conspiracy:

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/willow...of_willow.html

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Can someone translate if the test car had LSD or not?
I re-watched the video with the added English subtibles, and at 1:10, he mentions LSD but I'm not sure if he meant it was an available option or if his test car had it...

Man, this video is awesome. It's almost a masterpiece
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FYI - the same guy did review the Audi S3 here:


SPOILER alert!

He didn't think it's fun...too much electronics shielding you from the driving experience.
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not in english or subbed, unfortunately. still some gorgeous shots.
Edit: English subs added!

Nice find.

And yes, apparently there are languages other than English spoken by many people around the world. German for instance, springs to mind, as I hear ze Chermans make good cars...

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The M235i can't beat a M5, maybe the M5 was on confort mode but not on M2 or M1 mode, impossible ! Don't dream the M235i kill the 0-60 in 4.7s or 4.8s not 4.3s as i rode on a previous review...

The M135i Xdrive auto (4WD) kill the 0-60 on 4.5s the M235i can't be faster with the RWD only

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Why..? Because you say?
What about the 1M.. the 135is... ?


Why can't the M235i be 4.3?
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      06-14-2014, 06:02 PM   #44
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Why ? Because it's logic....

The 1M kill the 0-60 in 4.5s it's a manual gearbox, 20hp more and lighter than a M135i Xdrive... The M235i has 20hp less than the 1M, the weight are nearly the same and if you read the article the M235i is 0.2s faster, LOL !

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