Test drive BMW 1 E87 2004 - 2007 hatchback

Labor penny

Our test penny in August had a birthday. A year ago, numbers were attached to it and called a journalistic test drive-car. I must say that she withstood this test, and the last four months that our editorial office were at the disposal of, she behaved with dignity and did not act up.
Well, except that she only asked her to add a little oil. And she beg him mainly in the evenings. The yellow icon of the oily on the on-board computer did not appear when we were going to go somewhere, but after we had already returned from somewhere. Palating a penny in the parking lot, we jammed the motor, and the car instead of good night said: a miser, flies oil! Well, what kind of oil? We turned on the way home to the bar behind cold beer, and in the morning a penny request completely disappeared from my head with a hangover.
 
The icons on the display increased when the car persistently began to pray to pour water into the glass washing tank. We ignored the request for a long time due to pure sunny weather. And, of course, the car wanted gasoline. It is interesting that the denser we fed her, the earlier it reminded of the need to refuel. We poured her a full tank, and she began to signal that the fuel in it ends, about a hundred kilometers before the supply of food was supposed to be exhausted. If we stuffed it with three -hundred -piece snacks, she pulled a belt and proceeded to complaints of kilometers in fifty.
One fine day, an alarming-red icon that pressure in the tires was not enough for all this dull yellow color music. And only the third installation and balancing master rushed to remove one and a half centimeter self -tapping screw from the front left wheel. A couple of simple manipulations with the menu - and the computer calmed down.
 
And we, on the contrary, entered the courage. Because they moved to live out of town, where it is much more pleasant to recover in the evenings after a stuffy Moscow. And they appreciated the car exactly as it expected it from us. After all, what is BMW 118i? That's it, a sports hatchback. The capacity of this hatchback, as they say in one voice in all the media, is not so big. Like, there is not enough space over your head, my knees in the back seat have nowhere to put it, but a new chair from IKEA does not climb into the trunk. We pretended for a long time how we will transport a grandmother, child, a bunch of bags and a refrigerator in addition to such a small hatchback to the cottage. But, solving the problem of the flight crossing the city, we, in the children's task about cabbage, goat and wolf, decided to puzzle in three strokes. First, they took his grandmother with her grandson and a supply of food for a week, because they put the seats and accommodated all bales, boxes and bundles collected by grandmother into the car. I had to get the baggage on the third walker, because the single-chamber refrigerator was about to hang around the cabin on steep turns, and it was urgent to compact it with something soft. And if we talk about the space above the driver’s head, then he is really not enough. For example, it was difficult to finish water from a bottle of 0.6 liters - the bottom rested on the ceiling, and had to turn his head to one side to satisfy their thirst with the last drops.
 
The BMW 118i sports we once again appreciated, rushing from the cottage (60 km from Moscow along the Kyiv highway) to work (forklita and Volokolamki fork) in an hour with a small one. We quickly overcame the first third of the journey due to the fact that the drivers ahead of the driving cars, seeing the perky backwowns in the rear -view mirror, read the way to give way (as usual, narrow, two stripes in each direction). Further things went even more fun, because part of the Kyiv highway from the village of Sokolovo to the Moscow Ring Road has a width of five lanes in each direction, and our penny set the speed records on it. In the ranking of traffic police, we took first place. Well, or the second - in the event that Vnukovo aircraft entering the landing in the air. Sometimes, however, there was a third when we were overtaken by touchy Tuarean. The road in Moscow with detailed knowledge of the area also did not cause difficulties in movement.
Having decided to cope on the possibility of acquiring BMW, we discovered its suspicious availability, especially if you buy it on credit. It turned out that with a contribution of 25% and installments for 3 years, the loan rate will be 2.9% (BMW Financial Services and one of the banks). You won’t find more profitable (0% do not count, because everyone knows where there is free cheese). At one of the BMW dealers, we calculated the loan by rounding the cost of a penny up to 30,000 (for comparison: our test 118i with a machine gun costs 27,400, 120i with mechanics - 29,600). The first contribution is 7500 plus about 3000 per insurance. Monthly payment-675. Mandatory package of documents: copies of a passport, driver’s license and certified work book, and certificate from accounting in the form of 2-NDFL. In order for a loan to this car, there must be a confirmed income of 1900. more than attractive for the middle class, which now has the opportunity to drive far from a middle car.

Text Anna Kilimnik, photo Alexander Antonov
 
BMW 118i
 
Gasoline engine, 4
The cylinder, in a row
Working volume (cubic cub) 1995
Power (L.S. at rpm) 129 at 5750
Moment (nm at rpm) 180 at 3250
Length/width/height (mm) 4225/1750/1430
Fuel consumption (highway/city/average) 6.1/10.7/7.8
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 10.1
MAX. Speed \u200b\u200b(km/h) 204

Costs (07/19/06-15.08.06. Mileage 3950 km)
Total mileage 16,490 km
Gasoline 8300 rub.
Moika 400 rub.
Parking (night) 2250 rub.
Tiremonting 120 rub.
 

Source: "Autopilot"