Ever want a 1'r 3 door hatchback?

BavarianN54 · 01-06-2014, 01:21 PM

Not current data, and it doesnt apply to the this generation vehicle 1 for 1, so yes, I dismiss it. You can hold onto that if you choose.
Attack a spelling error and quitting is often the last line of defense for losing a debate.

vertebra · 01-06-2014, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSt|G

I don't care about badge to begin with. As I said before, the 130i tag is used by the 128i community to identify who have done the DISA conversion. There is no real confusion as the forum is 99% US spec cars. If this was BabyBMW I could see the problem.

I think I shall stir the pot a little. Maybe I should change my tag too! This way forum members will know I put the BMW Power Kit and 313 rims on my car. 135i>135is!!!

N54 135is!!!!

shah269 · 01-06-2014, 01:35 PM

A hatch 135 would have been cool but loud. Hatch backs are louder than trunks!

TheSt|G · 01-06-2014, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BavarianN54

Not current data, and it doesnt apply to the this generation vehicle 1 for 1, so yes, I dismiss it. You can hold onto that if you choose.
Attack a spelling error and quitting is often the last line of defense for losing a debate.

It's not a debate when one person is presenting historical facts and trends while the other is saying "no because I said so". Fortunately the only victim of your decision making abilities is you.

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Originally Posted by vertebra

I think I shall stir the pot a little. Maybe I should change my tag too! This way forum members will know I put the BMW Power Kit and 313 rims on my car. 135i>135is!!!

N54 135is!!!!

135is is an actual car. Last I checked there never was a 130is.

IEDEI · 01-06-2014, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vertebra

I think I shall stir the pot a little. Maybe I should change my tag too! This way forum members will know I put the BMW Power Kit and 313 rims on my car. 135i>135is!!!

N54 135is!!!!

fortunately i will be changing my car's name to 195is, so there won't be confusion with your 135is.

my logic? because we have a little club we formed.....to those people east of the hudson river, who DD the crap out of their cars----we get to call our cars 195is so we can distinguish from all the other tossers out there!!!

(renaming a car based on what mods it has makes NO SENSE)

3002 tii · 01-06-2014, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by vertebra

I think I shall stir the pot a little. Maybe I should change my tag too! This way forum members will know I put the BMW Power Kit and 313 rims on my car. 135i>135is!!!

N54 135is!!!!

Or 135m.... Not to be confused with m135i of course

Solo_M_Tech · 01-06-2014, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by vertebra

I think I shall stir the pot a little. Maybe I should change my tag too! This way forum members will know I put the BMW Power Kit and 313 rims on my car. 135i>135is!!!

N54 135is!!!!

LOL why not. I get why the stig rocks the 130is title. Not my thing, but his mods are. I look to his expirience with the mods on his car to shape my modifying scheme.

TheSt|G · 01-06-2014, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinister_1

LOL why not. I get why the stig rocks the 130is title. Not my thing, but his mods are. I look to his expirience with the mods on his car to shape my modifying scheme.

The nice part is when I get PMs on it and can start people down the path of the DISA manifold and other improvement they weren't aware of.

Obioban · 01-06-2014, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by IEDEI

if you've modified your car, you should be PROUD of the 128 badge....rather than run from it and change it to a "130is" in your sig. The problem is that the 130i is a car that DOES exist....so it doesn't make a lot of sense to those who know this.

The 130i is a car that does exist, as you say. The difference between the 130i and the 128i is the DISA manifold and the software to account for it. If he has both, his 128i has become a 130i. Seems like the most accurate way to describe it to me, certainly more honest than 128i!

If you swapped the engine of a 118i to a N52, would it be more accurately badged as a 118i or 125i/128i/130i? The badges have a specific meaning
1 = 1 series
30 = displacement (well, historically. Since BMW went retarded, it means "equivalent to the power of an engine of this displacement")
i = fuel injected gasoline engine

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Originally Posted by BavarianN54

Not current data, and it doesnt apply to the this generation vehicle 1 for 1, so yes, I dismiss it. You can hold onto that if you choose.
Attack a spelling error and quitting is often the last line of defense for losing a debate.

How dense are you? EVERY generation prior has been stiff in this order: sedan without fold through > wagon/hatch (only sold with fold through > sedan with fold through > coupe > vert. Just because numbers are no longer released doesn't mean this doesn't hold true. It's for a simple reason, too-- boxes are inherently stiffer than boards. It's precisely the reason verts have always been extra heavy to have extra bracing to make up for their lack of roofline boxing effect. Wagons and hatches have the most boxing effect, and get the most benefit from it.

Hard to tell if you're being serious in not understanding or intentionally dumb to start and argument...

vertebra · 01-06-2014, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Obioban

The 130i is a car that does exist, as you say. The difference between the 130i and the 128i is the DISA manifold and the software to account for it. If he has both, his 128i has become a 130i. Seems like the most accurate way to describe it to me, certainly more honest than 128i!

I don't agree. The best way to describe a car is by what the vin reads from the factory.

Zombie1 · 01-06-2014, 02:30 PM

And to the other argument that's going on in this thread. Who cares what some guy in a another state, country, or continent does with his car? I'm all for voicing your opinions on the subject, but it just seems like half you guys are arguing over nothing. I do understand that the STIG can rub people the wrong way with his responses. He comes off smug like with his responses to others posts and can make them feel belittled. That's just the STIG for all I know he's just some guy voicing his opinion on the subject and nothing more. Why can't we all get along!!!

IEDEI · 01-06-2014, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Obioban

The 130i is a car that does exist, as you say. The difference between the 130i and the 128i is the DISA manifold and the software to account for it. If he has both, his 128i has become a 130i. Seems like the most accurate way to describe it to me, certainly more honest than 128i!

It's still a 128i. No matter what you say/thank/rationalize....it is a 128i!

TheSt|G · 01-06-2014, 02:42 PM

And once again, I don't portray it as anything but. Everyone on this forum is aware of what my preferred car is. The clearly made up model designation that only exists on this forum is a nod to the recent trend in the 128i section of proper power mods.

vertebra · 01-06-2014, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Zombie1

Why can't we all get along!!!

Because...The E82 and E88 platforms are finished so we have no new news AND because Stig deserves a little razzing for renaming his car!

vertebra · 01-06-2014, 02:48 PM

Starting a new thread for Stig...

130is owners - show us your cars!

Zombie1 · 01-06-2014, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by vertebra

Starting a new thread for Stig...

130is owners - show us your cars!

Do it!

swagon · 01-06-2014, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vertebra

Starting a new thread for Stig...

130is owners - show us your cars!

Or rather "128i owners with or without the DISA conversion - ..."

Guys, guys... It's fun here.

TheSt|G · 01-06-2014, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vertebra

Because...The E82 and E88 platforms are finished so we have no new news AND because Stig deserves a little razzing for renaming his car!

Shrug, knock yourself out.

My recent group buy might really ruffle some feathers if the term "130is" got this much of a reaction.

3002 tii · 01-06-2014, 03:14 PM

Stig and Bavarian should settle this on the track, that'll prove which car is the ultimate driving machine... 130is vs 135i.... dun dun dun

IndyMike · 01-06-2014, 03:17 PM

I have a hot hatch and also an E91 RWD Touring, so I naturally love odd ball (by today's standards) vehicles.

Not sure I would opt for the F20 if given the opportunity, but would at least like to have the option of doing so if NA would allow it.

But they think I have no interest in a hatch, plus in their infinite wisdom they know I'm better off with just a 4 banger Xdrive wagon or 3 GT Aztek looking variant.

TheSt|G · 01-06-2014, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 3002 Tii

Stig and Bavarian should settle this on the track, that'll prove which car is the ultimate driving machine... 130is vs 135i.... dun dun dun

24 hour endurance race?

3002 tii · 01-06-2014, 03:46 PM

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24 hour endurance race?

LOL

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BavarianN54 Banned 6 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Not current data, and it doesnt apply to the this generation vehicle 1 for 1, so yes, I dismiss it. You can hold onto that if you choose. Attack a spelling error and quitting is often the last line of defense for losing a debate.
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shah269 Major 315 Rep 1,035 Posts Drives: 2009 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	A hatch 135 would have been cool but loud. Hatch backs are louder than trunks!
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Zombie1 Colonel 171 Rep 2,347 Posts Drives: BMW 135i 2010 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Island long iTrader: (6)	I'd rock a 3door hatch And to the other argument that's going on in this thread. Who cares what some guy in a another state, country, or continent does with his car? I'm all for voicing your opinions on the subject, but it just seems like half you guys are arguing over nothing. I do understand that the STIG can rub people the wrong way with his responses. He comes off smug like with his responses to others posts and can make them feel belittled. That's just the STIG for all I know he's just some guy voicing his opinion on the subject and nothing more. Why can't we all get along!!! __________________ Mods:-Berkexhaust -alpinaB3flash -CobbAP -Cobb FMIC -ER charge pipe tialQ bov -M3 front sway bar -M3 subframe bushings -M3 front upper and lower control arms -M3 guide rods -M3 rear upper control arms -Mfactory LSD -defiv lockdown kit -TC Kline SA coilovers /camber plates- HP rear toe arms
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TheSt\|G Resident Tamed Racing Driver 298 Rep 4,697 Posts Drives: 911, 130is, E39 M5, E36 M3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Outside Philly iTrader: (2)	And once again, I don't portray it as anything but. Everyone on this forum is aware of what my preferred car is. The clearly made up model designation that only exists on this forum is a nod to the recent trend in the 128i section of proper power mods.
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vertebra Lieutenant 21 Rep 493 Posts Drives: 2010 135i vert Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 Audi A4 Vert [0.00] 2010 BMW 135i Vert [0.00]	Starting a new thread for Stig... 130is owners - show us your cars! __________________
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IndyMike Captain 410 Rep 633 Posts Drives: 11 VO 1 M/22 G42 Thundernight Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN iTrader: (1)	I have a hot hatch and also an E91 RWD Touring, so I naturally love odd ball (by today's standards) vehicles. Not sure I would opt for the F20 if given the opportunity, but would at least like to have the option of doing so if NA would allow it. But they think I have no interest in a hatch, plus in their infinite wisdom they know I'm better off with just a 4 banger Xdrive wagon or 3 GT Aztek looking variant. __________________ Earth hear your Maker's voice, your great Redeemer own Believe, obey, rejoice and worship Him alone Cast down your pride, your sin deplore and bow before the Crucified. "Before You, Lord, We Bow" - Francis Scott Key
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