{"id":12260,"date":"2017-09-01T21:09:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12260"},"modified":"2017-09-03T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T12:58:22","slug":"the-bmw-120d-is-a-sack-of-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12260","title":{"rendered":"The BMW 120d is a sack of crap"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last week I have been driving a BMW 120d.<\/p>\n

That’s one of these:<\/p>\n

\"BMW
BMW 120d, a sack of crap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the not too distant past BMW used the phrase ‘The Ultimate Driving Machine’ to describe their cars.<\/p>\n

That’s certainly not a description I’d be happy using, if I worked for BMW, else the Trade Description enforcers would be all over me.<\/p>\n

The driver’s ergonomics are awful (if the driver is over 5′ 10″). Apart from this point, the cabin is comfortable, fore and aft.<\/p>\n

The engine is quiet which, frankly, it should be, given that it has the output of an arthritic hamster.<\/p>\n

The gearbox is so vague that key components seem to have been manufactured from jelly.<\/p>\n

The media centre developed a mind of its own, and had to be shut down.<\/p>\n

And the hatch-boot space could barely accommodate a medium-sized ham sandwich.<\/p>\n

But on the positive side, fuel consumption was good.<\/p>\n

And the mirrors worked.<\/p>\n

Another positive thing about driving the BMW 120d was that it really made me miss my car.<\/p>\n

How I yearned for the beautifully-engineered, precision-manufactured (German designed and German built) gearbox.<\/p>\n

And the (German) gearing ratio that just worked, and didn’t have to be fought against.<\/p>\n

And the cavernous hatch-boot, which could take one very large suitcase, one medium suitcase, one small suitcase, two rucksacks, a handbag, AND a medium-sized ham sandwich.<\/p>\n

Seriously, BMW, I don’t know who the target market is for your 120d, but as sure as hell isn’t anyone who you could call ‘a driver’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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