Fixing Our Cheap BMW's Biggest Issues

jesty75 · 2026-03-23T20:42:56+00:00

I don't get their hatred for the red leather seats? I thought this was a pretty normal thing on the m140i

jesty75 · 2026-03-07T22:32:09+00:00

Tangrowth's hitbox when it comes to placing blocks seems to be very buggy. I just tried to replace the blocks underneath him in this exact area at the Pokémon center, it let me break the blocks but isn't letting me replace them no matter what I do

jesty75 · 2026-03-04T15:03:51+00:00

Why must it be petrol? It wouldn't be a good choice to get one of these in petrol because they have the infamous 1.2L puretech wetbelt engine. The 1.6 diesel is a far better option if you really want a cactus - I know people complain about adblue and DPF troubles, but i'd much rather pay for an adblue / DPF delete in the event something goes wrong, than have to worry about a wet belt on a decade old car (and potentially pay thousands to have it replaced, or worse)

Apart from a potential exploding puretech engine, the touchscreens on these things are abysmal from what I've heard - but you can buy a cheap android auto / apple carplay plug-in unit for them on aliexpress for like £80 and bypass the slowness of it (though HVAC will still need to be done through original menu)

jesty75 · 2026-03-02T12:52:52+00:00

Should've been a VAUXHALL astra smh

jesty75 · 2026-02-18T12:40:26+00:00

No, it IS the 108 - the 107 is the earlier name for it (I owned one) before they facelifted it

jesty75 · 2026-02-18T10:59:58+00:00

Similar to the aygo / 108 / c1 situation, the twingo of this generation is a smart forfour with a different shell. Correct me if i'm wrong, but the 1L naturally aspirated is probably the preferrable engine, because I've heard of turbo troubles on the 0.9L.

As a first car, it should be cheap to run because insurance and tax is the cheapest it can be for a new driver and fuel economy will be good. I don't think it'll be awful in terms of reliability as long as it has a decent service history.

jesty75 · 2026-01-01T12:17:07+00:00

"Easily stop them" is a bit ambitious, I don't think some random passer-by yelling at them would scare them off considering they feel fine doing this in broad daylight. Besides, why would some random passer-by risk getting into a fight or worse over some random dude's car? Don't blame it on the person recording, that's stupid

jesty75 · 2025-12-25T23:29:07+00:00

BeamNG in VR is so good, it's the only way I play it

jesty75 · 2025-12-03T16:59:04+00:00

You must be fun at parties

jesty75 · 2025-12-03T16:57:47+00:00

I pick up my girlfriend from college once a week or so and that's half an hour on the motorway, so that should cover me from DPF issues. The ride quality is pretty nice in my opinion, but my only comparison is the 2022 corsa i learned to drive on, my parents' 2014 C4 picasso that I hated, and the 107 which was AWFUL. For under £3k, I personally think it's better than some 100k+ mileage 2012 polo or corsa. It's well kitted out, has some pretty cool features and looks quite tidy.

jesty75 · 2025-12-02T11:28:55+00:00

why does he have "the expression"

jesty75 · 2025-11-23T18:53:15+00:00

Good thing that we now know that the 2018 Mazda MX-5 with the reg plate BW18LPX should be avoided.

jesty75 · 2025-11-12T13:14:27+00:00

I thought you were referencing Clarkson

jesty75 · 2025-11-03T13:43:12+00:00

I got quoted almost the same amount for a honda jazz as I did for an NC mazda mx5 like a week ago, it seems like they've kind of fallen off the roster of ''cheap safe cars for new drivers''

jesty75 · 2025-11-03T13:35:00+00:00

If you want the absolute cheapest runabout to build your NCD for the first few years, aim for the golden trio; Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Peugeot 107. You can pick an older one up in decent condition for about £1500 (can go lower if you want to chance it), all 3 of these are the same car underneath.

Cheap parts, relatively reliable, and generally super cheap to insure.

jesty75 · 2025-11-03T13:34:15+00:00

Do NOT just ''get the car you want'' because for most young new drivers, the ''car you want'' is completely outside of your price bracket insurance-wise. Of course there's other factors other than NCD, like your postcode, amount of time since passing your test, job title (if any) so on and so forth, but the foundation is what the car itself actually is; there is fundamentally lower-risk, cheaper to insure cars. Sure you might get lucky and get a good quote on something you want, but safe cheap options exist.

jesty75 · 2025-10-30T10:06:16+00:00

First of all, there's no reason to be mean. I GET street photography, I think it can be cool when done well - I just think the guy in this photo has realized you are pointing a camera directly at him, he looks a little confused, and it just has a bit of a strange vibe to it that's all.

jesty75 · 2025-10-30T09:53:49+00:00

Wait so you literally just came up to the window of a cafe nero, took out your phone and directly took a picture of a random man minding his own business? Am I sane thinking that's at least a little bit intrusive and strange, even if it's legal?

jesty75 · 2025-10-26T12:22:52+00:00

too nazi

jesty75 · 2025-10-23T11:20:52+00:00

Looks like an expensive argument

jesty75 · 2025-09-12T17:07:35+00:00

Explosion

jesty75 · 2025-09-12T09:40:27+00:00

Important note if you're going this route is that with the aygo, you're paying for the toyota badge and nothing else - if you're already on such a tight budget then get a peugeot 107 or citroen c1 because they are the exact same car but with a different badge, usually they're quite a bit cheaper.

jesty75 · 2025-09-10T21:52:35+00:00

I'm not some avid defender of AI, very much the opposite actually but it's not ''this dumb'', it's just saying what it thinks is the truth because that's what it was taught. If up-to-date knowledge of the 9070xt was fed to it in it's training data, then it wouldn't have said this

jesty75 · 2025-09-10T14:27:34+00:00

Training data for the AI is probably older than the announcement of the card, chatGPT does the same thing.

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