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[73CSL]

I was collecting my new daily from Cooper Teesside BMW yesterday

I get on well with the salesman so he very kindly let me have a quick play in the new i8 :thumbs:





excuse the daft grinning bloke in the drivers seat :whistle: , the photo was for my 9 year old daughter who's favorite car in the world is an i8




Never ever been in a hybrid of any sort before , but in this instance I love it. Amazing car really, slightly weird starting the car and driving off with no noise etc , but when the petrol engine starts up in sounds like a V8. Seemless transition when the petrol & electric work together. Has some punch too , nothing like my modded 996 turbo, but still quick.

Its a wonderful showcase of new technology.

If I had the money I'd buy one over a 991 and use it as a daily ... its even got good sized rear seats for the kids :thumbs: . It is a bugger to get in & out of though !

As it is, I don't have the money so will have to make do with the CSL and a diesel bmw for daily duties

[digi]

certainly looks great! :thumbs:

[E46CSL]

very good value for money. amazing attention magnet - perhaps too much

[MarcM]

EVO Magazine seem to rate it highly :smokin:

[MCSL]

Nah, it's too Greenpeace for me. It's just not right

[mattCSLnut]

very good value for money. amazing attention magnet - perhaps too much

Exqueezzmee !?!? :119: You do realise it's a 2+2 tiny futuristic coupe with a (BMW) Mini 3 cylinder petrol engine, shit loads of heavy batteries and complicated electrical components with a £100,000 + price tag... right ?

[shimmy]

Exqueezzmee !?!? :119: You do realise it's a 2+2 tiny futuristic coupe with a (BMW) Mini 3 cylinder petrol engine, shit loads of heavy batteries and complicated electrical components with a £100,000 + price tag... right ?

It is fantastic though

[mattCSLnut]

It is fantastic though

Only if someone else is paying for it

[MarcM]

Nah, it's too Greenpeace for me. It's just not right

Yeah, you can get a lot of fossil burners for £100k. The tech is impressive though, quite like the 918 spyder. While we are talking tree hugging got passed by a Tesla S the other day.

[Trawler]

Yeah, you can get a lot of fossil burners for £100k. The tech is impressive though, quite like the 918 spyder. While we are talking tree hugging got passed by a Tesla S the other day.

What the tree huggers forget is that the energy for the batteries has to come from somewhere.

[cslsuperfan]

Exqueezzmee !?!? :119: You do realise it's a 2+2 tiny futuristic coupe with a (BMW) Mini 3 cylinder petrol engine, shit loads of heavy batteries and complicated electrical components with a £100,000 + price tag... right ?

Bang on Matt

Had a mooch round the i8 @ Bartlett in September

WTF!!

GT3 money for a BMW concept milk float.....nah

Soz if any tree huggers are upset but BMW has lost direction

M2 CSL may restore the force.

[MarcM]

What the tree huggers forget is that the energy for the batteries has to come from somewhere.

Yeah, completely agree! Ironically our old trucks go to Africa, Cockenzie power station has just been closed and shipped to India or Pakistan. Just shifting the shit air quality elsewhere.

[ROM46M3]

My wife's boss has recently bought one I got to drive it they go pretty good nt my cup of tea.You can't park next to anyone with the way the doors open

[mattCSLnut]

Bang on Matt

Had a mooch round the i8 @ Bartlett in September

WTF!!

GT3 money for a BMW concept milk float.....nah

Soz if any tree huggers are upset but BMW has lost direction

M2 CSL may restore the force.

:hahaha: :smt082 :hahaha: I'm in stitches over here :hahaha: :smt082 :hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

What the tree huggers forget is that the energy for the batteries has to come from somewhere.

Exactly mate. All this Plug In Hybrid B.S. makes it sound as if electricity is free and supplied directly from thin air :clown:
I can not help myself but laugh out loud every time I see these environmentally misguided knobs driving around Central London in these G-Wizz contraptions while their Supercharged RR SPORT is driven just outside the C.C. Zone by their nanny on the numerous school runs and down to Waitrose for the tri weekly shop.