This BMW 128 Ti Is So Much Fun To Drive! Its BMW's Golf GTI *First Drive Review* 

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New Z4 for comfort and premium feel. I’d you can get an M40i version that’s a winner

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Not driven one to be fair. Only driven the focus RS which was a very cool car to drive. Very fun and asbo, I liked it

Looks great on 19s

Yeah, those seats are a £1,150 option! I went with the standard black cloth/pleather seats. They are great and I have no regrets. Also deselected the ti stickers. Accents are black on my Melbourne red car.

The red seats are an £1,150 extra. The standard seats are black, cloth/fake leather combo. I went with the standard seats and have no regrets.

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@@StefABtv I specced mine without the stickers. The accents are red as mine is a Melbourne red car. Only thing was I did not realise that losing the stickers would also mean I lost the contrasting side skirts, which would have been black on my car. Oh well, still happy with it. And it does torque steer like a b*stard!

I just optioned the tacky stuff away. Mine is Melbourne red with no red bits. They are black instead. And no TI stickers on the side either. So, looks even more like a 118i! A bit of a sleeper.

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I got the 128ti in Melbourne red with black accents. I de-specced the stickers as well. That also got rid of the black side skirts, which I would have liked. Maybe should have left the stickers and then just peeled them off. The torque steer is real as well! I changed from a mk7.5 Golf GTI Performance DSG, and the 128ti is a wild animal by comparison. No regrets though, I did not like the interior of the mk8 Golf, so that settled it for me.

They are good cars

@@StefABtv I'm an old boy racer so the looks are up my street lol

Haha no it’s a fair point but some people like to go around discreet I guess 😂😂😂

I went with a Melbourne red 128ti, and deselected the ti stickers. The accents are in black on my car, which key in perfectly with the black grill. I am also not a fan of grey cars. Although, I do realise that my red BMW can provoke a negative reaction from some road users 😂

Since spoken to mapping peeps and apparently it’s locked down - gutted. If anyone has had any joy holler!!

BMW have a lovely xdrive for you.

This!

I drive a boy racer-mobile myself but geez this is a right cluster****.

Even Ferrari map the 'fake bangs and pops' in the exhaust. It's a thing. And get used to the four pot engines because they are are the last decent fossil fuel engines you'll see. BMW did a really good job with this engine, and the entertainment and control systems are ace. The looks are up for debate, but it's just personal preference; I don't like people telling me what art to like, or what music to listen to. If you buy the 128ti without the decals it looks good. Old School BMW's are good cars too, but that doesn't mean the new ones aren't (suspecting most new BMW haters own old BMW's..)

Someone might like this kind of car, dude. They are fantastic to drive.

You can deselect the red stickers and accents. I ordered mine without, its a red car and has black accents. You can also turn off the fake sound pretty much all the way from the menu. I had to buy an OBD11 device to switch off the fake engine sound in my previous Golf GTI Performance.

I have the 128ti, and it definitely has a firmer ride than the mk7.5 GTI Performance it replaced. My GTI was on passive dampers. So, a new GTI on adaptive dampers would definitely be a more comfortable car. I just wish the roads in Cheshire were not quite so pot-holed!

GTI clubsport for me

Well 300bhp you go for the m135i

Well no because why would anybody consider the 135i if they can get similar performance for a good deal less? There’s a lot more to it than that. But performance alone. Bigger brakes isn’t a problem etc. But it would up the cost plus it’s only trying to squeeze into the gti market. Edit: I’m saying I agree with stef. Remapping is no big deal. Just because it didn’t come like it out the factory doesn’t mean the car and parts can’t handle it. Obviously depending on how much more gain is got out of it.

I think my point was you stated that the engine could be tuned. Hence my if BMW etc.

@@KING0SISQO its not just a remap to get the power figures, the M135i has uprated cooling, reinforced parts etc to handle the increase.

The brakes are the same on the 128ti as on the M135i XDrive. So, the 128ti should already have better braking performance since it is 80kg lighter than the M135i XDrive. The car in the video was on Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres. A no cost option. I ended up with Pirelli P Zeros on my 128ti instead of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4's, as BMW supply from a range of manufacturers against the performance tyre option. As for the suspension, they did make a range of adjustments and changes compared to the M135i XDrive (including to the setup of the Torsen LSD) some of which Stef mentioned in the video. I think the car would easily handle 300bhp without needing any physical changes. But, the likely additional torque steer would be pretty mad!

You can deselect the red highlights and ti stickers. They get switched for black highlights. And they are black as standard on the blue and red metallic paint cars.

I got the grey with no red looks awesome

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Disagree. Look at the motech m135i car.

@@StefABtv the motech one is black , its still the 35i grill

Haha yeah I can see that

You can deselect them at no cost. Then you get black accents and no ti stickers.

The mercs interiors fall apart after a few months and rattle like mad. Bmw is leading interior game out of merc and Audi at the moment imo

@@slen6293 no they don’t 😂😂 utter fucking bullshit that is and if you think the new 3 series interior looks better than the new c class then you’re smoking actual crack

@@madmike6266 had the new A class and so have friends. Rattle box mate and trim moving and falling off all over the place. Sat in the new C class and looks ok, but again, cheap materials and build quality not on par with BMW. BMW is more impressive and that’s also a common thread in all reviews. Merc way too chintzy and tacky

@@slen6293 go get it fixed then u helmet

Thanks Mike

These are miles cheaper on PCP I'm paying 265 on a 2 year old one

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@@StefABtv very nice. Say „Hello“ to Rollo. Like your video. I am considering buying this car but I’m a little bit afraid about the suspension. According to your experience is it rather hard and stiff with little comfort or still sufficient comfortable?

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Except the i30n actually looks good 🙈

@@sysakPL Ouch. Burn 🤣