M135i all day long, every day. That’s what I call a great motor; “proper” straight six pot 3.0 power as befitting a sporting BMW, all wrapped up in a compact, rear drive hatch package. Awesome.

The BMW Mondial warranty is one of the best in the industry, from what I gather - certainly saved my bacon a few times with the first M5.

My friend has a M135i and it's nice, comfy and fast. Looks dull though and I'm sure you'd be bored with it in a month's time.

A mate at work has an E60 M5, the one that routinely eats its own engine and associated bits and pieces. He's got some sort of mega-warranty on it but it costs a huge amount of cash, like £150 per month or thereabouts. Not sure if it's a BMW Mondial warranty or something else, either way I'd expect the equivalent sort of thing for a 2013 M135i to be a hell of a lot cheaper than that.

That'll be the Mondial warranty. It is a lot of money (which doubles to £300 per month when you get over 60,000 miles) but when you consider that when said engine eats itself it can be upwards of £10K to replace, it is worth it for peace of mind. And unlike a lot of warranties, you can get an option that covers absolutely everything (as long as the car's not over 100,000 miles I think) and there's no quibbling, they just do it.

It means Mrs Hearthly has to 'climb' into the back rather than just open a door and get into the back.

Hmmm right you can get a quote online, BMW want £510 per year for that M135i.

That seems like a reasonable amount to pay for total peace of mind, in all fairness.

My bloody road tax alone costs £500/year...

Just been asked to “give it the beans when I go” by the cash wash lads

What's road tax?

Hmmm right you can get a quote online, BMW want £510 per year for that M135i.

Are the cars that unreliable to warrant such a thing?

How much for three months?

Are the cars that unreliable to warrant such a thing?

They aren't going to be losing money on these warranties.

He'd be buying it from a dealer anyway. There is such a thing as being over-insured.

And do they do monthly warranties

The dealer should carry risk if it is selling cars that lunch themselves and they want the margin. The customer should not have to.

I totally agree Mali, but sadly independent secondhand car dealers can have a, ahem, less than optimal after sales response if thing go wrong, especially badly and expensively wrong.

I'm confused. Can you buy a BMW from an independent dealer and then go to BMW themselves and get a warranty? Or is it just you can extend it if it's already got it?

Provided the car meets the requirements, you can buy a warranty from BMW at any point during the car's life.

Certain levels of cover become unavailable at certain points (I think after 100,000 miles you can no longer get comprehensive cover, for example)

Buying a used BMW from a BMW dealer will mean it's an Approved Used car, and will come with a 12 month BMW AUC warranty on it (which, for all intents and purposes, is as good as the comprehensive one) - and it's often possible to extend that to 24 months (and sometimes beyond!) when haggling during purchase - I wangled an extra year on mine.

If you buy a used BMW from another dealer, then it will either come with a warranty supplied by the dealer (which will be a "pay now claim later" type) or it may come with the remaining term of a BMW warranty on it. The initial manufacturer warranty is transferrable from owner to owner until it expires, and the paid-for BMW warranties can also be transferred in some circumstances too.

Anyone else cleaned a variable vane turbo with Mr Muscle? Tempted to give it a go as it's straightforward enough to do from the EGR end but there are other voices on the internet saying it can fuck you over down the line (can munch the seals).

I really need to be not watching videos like this....

Harris reckons the M135i craps all over the Audi RS3. Better on the road, massively better on the track, and beats the RS3 in a drag race.

My brother has one. It's mental.

The new one so it's 322bhp.

Got a first offer from the mini dealership that lost my number plate- £1000.
Given that GT14LEX is for sale for twice that I’m going to hold out for more.

Watching the Harris video it was astonishing to see how much better sorted the BMW was on the track, where the Audi was just understeering like fuck the whole time.