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Hi guys thought I'd say hi, I took delivery of my 14 plate alpine white 3 door last Sunday and haven't stopped smiling.

Having come from owning 7 impreza's the last being the most bonkers of all and I loved dearly. I then had to start using it for work and the running cost and the bad day to day road manners meant it wasn't practical

Unfortunately the new sti though still in my eyes the fastest thing point to point sub 30k is no better on the running costs so I looked elsewhere. I decided it had to be petrol as i had already had a e92 330d and found it souless. For the commute auto would be great but not a deal breaker, it had to be 4wd or rwd so that got me looking and after loads of reviews m135i was top so I went to a friend who works at bmw and took his used example out.

I was instantly hooked but the spec was lacking in some creature comforts. I went to Benham in Wolverhampton and 2 weeks later drove away in a alpine and coral red leather with a shed load of spec.

I'll up load some photos of it tomorrow but for know just have a few questions.

Is a lsd really needed I may do 1 or 2 track days a year and apart from the odd weekend or evening blast it will manly be sat on the m69.

Also on track should I look to upgrade anything I.e pads or fluid or will standard last all day?

M performance sill covers are they a dealer fit or is it a job you can do yourself?

After years of impreza ownership the other half is glad it's quieter but I feel I maybe missing out on the mperformance exhaust but I don't want the drone on the m69 like the scoob did. What's it like to live with a a daily my last exhaust was a milltek 3 inch on a jdm twin scroll.

Thanks in advance

Chris