Anyone driven a BMW 125D (F21)?

[wemorgan]

I've seen an excellent lease deal on a BMW 125D M Sport manual. Has anyone driven or owned one, care to share their opinion?

Cheers.

 

[sallison1504]

Wrong forum matey. You will definitely attract the evenings grumpies lol!

 

[wemorgan]

Wrong forum matey. You will definitely attract the evenings grumpies lol!

The correct sub-forum

"MB Defectors to Other Marques Forum"

 

[st13phil]

A friend of mine had one on the Plant Oxford car scheme.

Performance-wise it was a hoot, but make sure you can tolerate the M Sport suspension which can be punishingly hard.

 

[C36fan]

Will why you to now that ??
They drive all the same cheap and nasty!

 

[wemorgan]

The deal is cheap, for the daily drive it could be good enough.

225/months 1+23 10k

 

[C36fan]

The deal is cheap, for the daily drive it could be good enough. 225/months 1+23 10k

for that sort of money is really good value for money you can't knock
It!

 

[SmartMAC]

Babybmw.net

Great forum.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

The deal is cheap, for the daily drive it could be good enough.

225/months 1+23 10k

Did I read that right, 1+23? Bargain

 

[wemorgan]

Did I read that right, 1+23? Bargain

Yes, it's a very decent price I agree......if they have any cars remaining.

 

[def90cars]

Had a Alpina D3 Bi-turbo..... similar specs in power.
Very nice to drive.
Pulled from tick over all the way through to 6500 redline.
Best between 1500 and 3500 - wide enough band and no lag to speak of.

 

[Lee C63]

I had a 123D and re-mapped it to 287BHP.

It was wickedly quick and no matter how hard i tried i struggled to get below 35mpg around the town!!!!

 

[Spin_bowler]

I test drove a 125d manual a couple of years back and thought it was a cracking little car, with one exception I couldn't live with the overly hard suspension though so I dismissed it. Drive one first if you can.

 

[C36fan]

Had a Alpina D3 Bi-turbo..... similar specs in power. Very nice to drive. Pulled from tick over all the way through to 6500 redline. Best between 1500 and 3500 - wide enough band and no lag to speak of.

6500rpm in a diesel you sure??

 

[def90cars]

6500rpm in a diesel you sure??

I was as shocked as you. You never needed to rev it that far.
In fact a little flat after 5000rpm.

 

[wemorgan]

Update: I've gone for this car. I went for the 8-sp auto and 15k/yr which both adds to the premium, but it's still a very good deal when compared to the A-class for example. Delivery in March.

 

[wemorgan]

For anyone wanting a similar deal on a 1-series

Business Contract Hire BMW 1 Series Cars

Prices have risen a bit since my original post. The website only lists manual, but they will quote for an auto.

 

[Peter DLM]

15k/yr

From the deals I've seen, it's usually cheaper to pay the excess mileage fees than building it into the deal. Did you enquire what the excess mile fees are?

 

[Doodle]

Should be a nice steer for the next couple of years.

I was sorely tempted by a 135, but it's overkill for commuting work really.

 

[wemorgan]

From the deals I've seen, it's usually cheaper to pay the excess mileage fees than building it into the deal. Did you enquire what the excess mile fees are?

I didn't check what the 10k excess mileage rate is, but for 15k it's 8ppm.

By comparison it's 15ppm for my 10k SLK.