Picking up my first company car later today. Quite excited so had to share. Will also be the first time I’ve ever had a brand new car as have always bought second hand.

Alas policy dictates it’s an oil burner, which seems a bit out of touch. I’ve done the sensible thing with a commute over Switzerland’s snowy roads and opted for RWD too.

Disappointed there are no pictures yet or even identifying what the car is.

Lets have a guess shall we?

RWD pretty much means Merc or BMW these days doesn’t it? A/B class are FWD as are most of the 1/2 Series I think?

I’m going to guess, as its company car – a BMW 318d?

I’m going to go with a 320D SE saloon. In white. And manual. 😀

I’m pegging a White Kia Picanto, driven around in reverse.

A/B class are FWD as are most of the 1/2 Series I think?

1-Series is RWD (except the X-Drive which is AWD).

Happy new car.

Oooh….get ‘im with ‘is posh motor…..

😉 Afternoon, Ben!

Is it a Ferrari F40 2.9 twin-turbo diesel estate?

In red?

Is it a Ferrari F40 2.9 twin-turbo diesel estate?

In red?

With a tow bar?

and roof rails?

Oil burner

RWD

Oil burner….RWD

Jaguar XE is also rwd and an oil burner…..

and roof rails?

Well, duh!

And bull bars

It’ll be a Rinspeed MX-5 shooting brake

I’m pegging a White Kia Picanto, driven around in reverse

Reverse pegging a small hatchback? That’s pretty niche.
I hope you’ve got a garage

You obviously have to get it from Ling.

Definitely not keeping it simple with a Dacia.

You will have to watch out for them pesky wheelie bins too 😀

Could it be the Porsche he’s dreamt of owning his whole life?

Could it be the Porsche he’s dreamt of owning his whole life?

I’ve always fancied one, but couldn’t get the planning permission.

IGMC

So RWD with winter tyres ? Do you ski, will you be driving it to the resort ?

Sorry for the delay in replying – work got a bit busy and then I was driving 🙂

I do ski, but luckily my housemate had an x-drive that I can trade..

BMW 125d M sport:

Nice looking motor!

Did you read the instruction manual to establish how the indicators work?

Bet that garden takes some maintenance, especially that rockery.

That boundary fence is a bit OTT.

That boundary fence is a bit OTT.

Never mind the boundary fence, look at the size of the garden.

Those 1 series do look good actually!

Seems to have a big leak of coolant or diesel already

Lovely car op, I’ve rediscovered the love for mine (which should give STW a rest over Christmas 🙂 )

Considering saving for a set of winter alloys / tyres for mine also.

Lovely car op, I’ve rediscovered the love for mine (which should give STW a rest over Christmas )

Can we have that in writing? 8)

Did you read the instruction manual to establish how the indicators work?

Still can’t find them, no mention of them in the manual!

Can we have that in writing?

Definately maybe 😉

OP did you trade in and Xdrive or is that an Xdrive?

That’s not an x-drive, I meant my housemate has* an x-drive that I can swap with him if I want to go somewhere particularly snowy. Though Switzerland is pretty efficient at keeping roads to ski resorts passable.

I’ve driven it on a very icy car park and it’s tricky enough to get the back to step out with it’s winter tyres on.

I saw a great YouTube clip of BMW x drives in the snow. Really rather funny.
It had an Audi rs4 at the end showing them how it’s done.
Nice car OP.

You’ll get more places with proper winter/snow tyres on that 125 than an x-drive with regular tyres.

That there is a nice aspirational motor.

That there is a nice aspirational motor.

Nah, its turbo charged. 😀

IGMC

I’ve driven it on a very icy car park and it’s tricky enough to get the back to step out with it’s winter tyres on.

Just the sort of thing I’d like to know. I do like the 1 and 3 series but rwd is a concern. I’m always wondering whether a 1 or 3 series with winter/cross climates would do the job. We drive to Alps 2-3 times a year and I like to use the car when I am there. Do the dealers / Swiss forums have any videos/tests of them in the snow ?

You should plan some gratuitous lunch/riding adventires the other side of some mountains for the summer.

Keep us posted and enjoy.

Here you go Jamba

[video]https://youtu.be/drOtBWhGxks[/video]

Older car but it makes the point. I cant help thinking the current car driven in the Eco setting withh reduced throttle sensitivity would be better.

Jambalaya,

I’ve got a 525 estate which we’ve had coming on 9 years. The first year we had it there was a light dusting of snow and I found that the back end of the car would very easily lose grip and slip so I bought a set of alloys from a breakers yard which I had winter tyres fitted to. Every November I take the summer wheels off and out the winter ones on, swapping them back over April-ish.

Its fair to say that winter tyres completely transform the cars handling (have had Dunlop winter sports and Pirelli sottozeros, preferring the latter) – we had 11″ last weekend and the BM had no issues at all. It can still lose grip and does on ice but you’d expect that in almost any car. For Alps type trips we also have a set of Michelin easy grip kevlar snow chains for the legal requirement (and also a set of snow socks which in my opinion are better but are not legally snow chains).

Our other car – an Alfa Mito has crosscllmates on all year and they work well too. Clearly can’t compare performance in a meaningful sense between a 1.4 petrol hatchback vs 3 litre estate but they feel OK.

HTH?

Thanks

Kryton I’d like to see that ski slope test the other video had with a Beemer versus something else .. I’ll do some googling