135i vs. Cayman comparision by fifth gear

Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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135i vs. Cayman comparision by fifth gear

Just wanted to share this piece of entertainment with everyone. Cause it just ****ing made my day.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3com...ead.php?t=4483
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeahQ...ead.php?t=4483

... and oh how do i embed the vids into the post? XD

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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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The entire episode is up on some torrent sites as well. Downloading now...

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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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135i is the sex!
Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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hell yes.

I kinda wish they would've done the comparison with a Cayman S. I know the 135i would lose, but i think the straight line performance would be similar.
Old Feb 18, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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An STI or EVO would beat both of them for even less than either of them
Old Feb 18, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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STi and the evo is about the same as the 135i :P
tho in straight line performance, i'm not sure who the victor will be. But we dont care for that here now do we
Old Feb 19, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by XkrazyAsianX
hell yes.

I kinda wish they would've done the comparison with a Cayman S. I know the 135i would lose, but i think the straight line performance would be similar.
Yeah but no one buys a cayman S for straight line performance
Old Feb 19, 2008 | 01:05 AM
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by XkrazyAsianX
STi and the evo is about the same as the 135i :P
tho in straight line performance, i'm not sure who the victor will be. But we dont care for that here now do we
well, I was talking about the EVO and STI from FOUR years ago, but yeah, Im sure the new ones will hand both of them their asses too,
Old Feb 19, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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damn. the 135i is pretty awesome. I gotta take back what I've said about it being a poser bmw. Seeing it driving around, definately a different kind of car than the 3 series. Mad, Mad props to BMW
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Got this last week:

Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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i dont like their first 2 tests...

the first one had soooo many variables in it.

the second one was subjective...


give them someone like the STIG...

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