A slightly more casual approach to today’s video! Due to the current lockdown in the UK, I’m highly restricted with the content I can make. Either way, we will make do! Stay safe & enjoy 🙏🏻

I just clocked he looks like a young louise theroux

I'm 22 and got quoted £2,500 for my 1995 1.4 Golf. Insurance is the biggest racketeering scam in UK.

I really enjoy these real world figures about car ownership, More like this please 👍 Ps. Don't explain private info like how you can afford it, It's none of the haters business!

Great honest content, keep up the good work.

1700 for insurance with modifications at 20 is a pipe dream in the inner city. Maybe a Vauxhall Zoe if you're lucky

30mpg is brilliant given its performance and being a 3 litre. My fl RS3 long term is 23mpg, however well aware it’s dependent upon how you drive, traffic etc. I genuinely thought your 140 would have been thirstier than your R, clearly not. Good vid 👏

Very Good Video as usual! keep them coming!👍

Very informative video! Keep up the great work - also, don't worry about using your phone; just keep practising, you've got this!

Great vid as always 👍🏻

It’s all about the smiles per gallon 😀

Thank you for this video! I am currently looking at a 2019 i140M and good to have a rough idea for pricing 😄👍🏼

Good video mate, very clear, love the car & very jealous you have one 👍🏻

Looked better than mine.neatly done

Great review Luke...very accomplished 👏

The Golf R (along with the S3) are disproportionately expensive because they're the most stolen cars in the UK. Even in this day in age people are jacking cars!

"Budget tyres...Goodyear"🤔you sure?😂

its been a week since I joined your channel am real enjoying your content dude big fan bro #south Africa

It looks soo beautiful

Good review. I can confirm the costs for service and spare parts - same in Germany. But you forgot the number one cost factor: finance rates, depreciation etc -> If you keep your car only 2-3 years you‘ll most likely see 4.000€ per year in loss of value

Thinking about getting one!

That service cost is so much cheaper than I'd have thought! I think I've got to get one of these just suck up the mpg 😂

Proper nice looking car mate! Didn't like the black livery at the start but it definitely looks a lot better now I've seen it more often 🙂

I'm 36, 1 years no claims, and my annual premium is only £920. It was costing me £149 a month last year but it is what it is is. If you have to think about the running costs don't buy 1, every car cost to run some slightly more than others. On that note if you put your foot down you're looking at 1.7 MPG

It looks so good.

I have a 125d msport and I would recommend changing the oil every 9k miles. Secondly forget main dealers for services, take it to an independent specialist. Better all round.

300 miles per tank! My last tank did 180 😅

What insurance company do you use ? It’s tricky finding one for a decent price with mods

Awesome looking car man!

Well done Luke good video again, nice and informative. Real world costs. You can get M135i’s pretty cheap now and this should make people make a better decision whether the ownership will be doable.

I'm 20 and it would cost like 2.5-3.5 grand for an m135i/40i kept on private property. What the heck! The difference due to area is huge!

Between the BMW and golf R which one was most expensive to run and wen coming to the modes you had on both cars which vechicle's mods can you say was most expensive and we know you had some big mods on both the golf R with the exhaust system and BMW with the slip diff

Take it to the “shops” mate 😎🍻

Could I ask what air filter your using on the car I’ve got a m135i 2015 but facelift wanted the same intake noise as yours

Good to know, thanks! Re Insurance, you're lucky you don't live in London. Even as an older driver with 9 years NCB I was quoted £3k by my broker for an M140i (Compared to £700 for my existing 330d) Then through APlan via BMW Car Club it reduced to £840 so check them out.

Great video!!! Those costs are not that bad considering its a service every 2 years not 1. And considering discs and pads on other sports can be way more than £550. £750 every 4 years or 36k miles is not astronomical really. And could get all of this cheaper at a good independent. And when your 42 like me your insurance will be under £500 like mine is 😚

I hope you change your oil more frequently than 18,000 miles!!! thats a good way to increase wear on an engine leaving the oil in there that long! longest you should leave oil in a car is 10,000 miles or a year. especially for a performance car.

What wheels you got on on the Beemer mate? make and size ?

Currently in the process of buying a new car, did you look into M240i when shopping around?

I been watching ur videos for a while and I love how you’ve grown man

Great video man! Been waiting for a video like this for a while. You might have finally convinced me to trade in my 320d for one 😬😂 Also FYI BMW do discounts on their services fairly often when you book them online, especially around Black Friday. Makes the cost of owning one just slightly less painful.

people bang on about MPG lol i spent 7.5k in just over a year on fuel for a 1.2 corsa. yes i drove flat out and would sit at around 90 on the mway so any of these cars would be the same.

30mpg is good really good for a hot hatch especially one of the big engine ones

what insurance do you use? im 21yrs old with a focus ST 2.0 2018 and they wont let me modify it

Really good video👍 surprised how cheap the road tax for the year is though!

Coming back to this video as I’m looking to get one of these… insurance is nearly 3 grand! With everything to make it as “cheap” as possible. Bloody unreal what’s happened 🤣🤣

Thank you for the advice 🙏🏼 considering you looked at an A45 and the M140i before you bought this, what would you recommend for me to buy between the two of them considering I am a student that will use the car as a daily driver?

Enjoying the vids! The premium road tax is £300 on top of the normal tax and it's only for the first 5 years , So £145 + £300 if you have one over 40k. For 600 quid tyres wise I would imagine you can get pilot sport 4s not just the ones it comes with. I've seen people pick up sets for £440 for super sports,. Servicing is really expensive but many have a service pack on them which covers them to the end of the PCP then BMW will have to service it anyway if you chuck it back at them :P

Mummy and daddy are obviously minted 🙈

The more realistic MPG for the 140i in town is 18/20 mpg. Motorway you will get 37/42 mpg no problem. I can’t see you having 29mpg on average if you drive it hard like you say you do. It’s virtually impossible. I’ve had mine for nearly 2 years and there is no way. A lot of 140 owners would agree. Car looks good though

3 year service plan on my Golf R mk 7.5 is £420 for 3 years with its first MOT! And my Insurance is £350 a year....Bridgestone tyres £80 each...... after hearing your costs I think I will stick with the R till new one comes out........

30mpg is amazing, my 15 A3 1.6 TDI Stage 1 (160hp) averages an indicated 54mpg but realistically about 50mpg

Your mpg is good can’t complain with taht

Good video.

I just got myself 125i because I'm cheap and I hate to pay so much for fuel, insurance, rego and maintenance. Rather have that in my bank account. PS brakes are expensive because they're expensive brakes - large discs, better materials, pads that are sport orientated rather than what you get in your Camry. You certainly can do better in the DIY route or even indy

I've never serviced at main dealer because they are a rip-off and be honest on resale it doesn't affect that much as long as some history with invoice and stamped you still end up saving money

The pricing on servicing are brakes must be all main dealer you would save a huge amount at a BMW specialist using genuine parts..

Insurance for me decked out on a 340i was under £800 but I'm mid 30s. Tyres ps4 you can get on 18" wheels and are much better than super sport in the wet similar in the dry. 19" on the 340i ps4s were 150 each at the back but 180 for front weirdly. Services are the same (rip off) and brakes the discs should last 2 sets of pads so first time need replacing should be cheaper. On mpg if your on longer runs when you need to be economical mid 40s is achievable but realistically nobody drives like that all the time. Overall though my 340i hasn't cost me as much as I was expecting edit: yet touch wood!

How do you mange to get 300 miles from a tank. I get around 180 ish and thats with mixed driving. Avg about 17.5 mpg.

My insurance on the same car costs about the same as your declared mods 😂 some benefits to being 30 odd I suppose. At your age I had a 1.2 Corsa sxi.

I’m 30 next year with 7 years no claims and I’ve been quoted £2,300 annually for this car, fully comp, I live in an area which is in the top 3 most expensive places to insure in the UK. Absolutely ridiculous prices🤬

Hey, what wheels are these? M359? Thanks

Looking to get one next month so a very helpful video, similar age to you (22) so thanks for the heads up👏🏼

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Few things to add Do not use bmw dealer for any work other than warranty or recall, resell value wont be affected much or at all and you'll save more money doing it elsewhere than doing it through bmw hoping for higher resell value Engine Oil Use your local garage to do the oil that is either bmw approved or work with bmw's, cheaper and 90% sure they are more skilled than apprentice at bmw Buy your oil from places like opieoils, I use millers(£70/£80 for 6.5L) and bmw oem oil filter(£15), then use my local garage that charge £60 for oil change, youre looking at £155 so you're saving £150 with every service but...I wouldnt change my oil every 18k miles, for this engine and its performance 18k miles, specially from new is stupid, 7.5k/10k miles(if your car is on PCP or lease do not care) Brakes You can use Bosch or Brembo oem discs that are £120 each(£240 for front axle) or little bit cheaper and better imo Mtec brake discs, standard or high carbon, around £200 for set of two and Pads are quite cheap, I recommend set of ds2500, far better than stock at £140 for front axle, and labour should be around £60-£100, altogether £480 with most expensive parts, you're yet again saving, around £100 And for the rear, brake discs from brembo and bosch are around £90-£110 each so £180-£220 for rear axle, brake pads are around same price of £140, labour if you're changing all 4 brakes then it will be £100 if rear or front only then £60, altogether front and rear you're looking at £840 so you're saving nearly £300 👀 Tyres Unfortunately, there are few ways to save few pounds but no a lot, you can buy tyres from seller on ebay that sell them little cheaper and are legitimate sellers or ebay, you could also buy part worn PS4 or even better goodyear eagle F1 supersport(they're not runflats) for 18s and F1's or PS4S for 19s So, to sum it up, you cant win with insurance, petrol or tax but you can with few other bits If you were to change your engine oil and brakes yearly, you're saving about £450, if you drive like Luke and get 300 miles per tank, you can do about 2200 miles with that £450...not bad I'd say

Mines averaging 28.4 mpg :-)

Nice video. 30mpg is impressive for a 3L M140i. I only average slightly more at about 34mpg in my Polo GTI 1.8!

you made a masterpiece out of your car.

Insurance has came down a lot then as I drove a Nissan micra when I was 20-21 and it was a 4year old and it cost me £2600 to insure that was the cheapest and the car only cost me £2400. I was driving an old ford escort for nearly 3 years before I changed to the micra with no accidents but the most I was quoted was £5700 for insurance for a 1.0 Nissan micra 🙈🙈

What insurance company are you with? I’m 23 and not many places will touch me on my m135i

I don’t know if it’s a well known thing but I can unequivocally say the vw blue motion “eco” engines when driven “ enthusiastically “ drink fuel like a stag party at last orders 🤣 I fill up £45-£55 every week in a 1.2 polo tsi blue motion and that’s only around 150-160 miles a week

you so successful and so young ....wow

Your M140i looks mad!

Which insurance company are you with because I'm 23 and getting quoted 4 grand

Aged 25. 4 years no claims, no mods declared 5600 for one of these. London is a joke...

what insuraces are you with

Who are you insured with ?

I have a 2015 m135i ... and I’m averaging 19mpg .... if u don’t go to bmw themselves u can get a major service including spark plugs for £350

Think u need to learn how to use a spanner and socket set m8 will save yourself hundreds if not thousands of pounds. Good video tho 👌

the golf is in the top 5 cars knicked in the uk..insurance nightmare.

What insurance company are you with?

BMW May recommend oil change every 18k miles however if you do do that you run an increased risk of snapping your timing chain. Just saying, most BMW owners get their oil changed at 10k miles. Enjoy.

Everyone asking who he’s insured with, it’s not about the company it’s about your postcode. People don’t seem to understand this

How much does the M140i compare to the Golf R on MPG and fuel? Looking at buying one as a daily

£140 for tax is actually really good mine is £210 on my Focus ST.

@hampshirephoto its 52 L tank unless the shadow edition is 50L thou woudlnt make sense, check your manual to confirm :)

I am 30 y/o, over 10 years no claims, quote for the new shape M135i, £1500, couldn’t believe it considering that was with no mods for a 4 wheel drive 2 litre. Not appy!

Daddy’s boy!

1700 a year?! I've got a 116i cost me 2.6k!??! Tbh I did only past my test in September last year and I did end up changing insurance to get rid of the black box lol 🤪

What air filter setup are you running?

Currently 20mpg in my n55 335i, ouch

Wow thats alot on insurance. One plus of being 37 - my quote is 450 😆

I’m Lucky to see 20 mpg in my M135 🤣

On the other end of the spectrum a 116d EfficientDynamics is £0 to tax, £600 to insure (26 y/o), £300 to £400 for a full service with a local garage, tyres are £65 each (205/55 R16 Michelin Primacy), not had the brakes done yet but it's not going to be as much as your quote!

No car should be serviced every 18k that’s stupid, every car should be serviced no later than 10k I do mine every 7-8k

Didn't expect to see 29mpg in one of these...made me think!

Luke, I’m waiting for comments that the clip at 0:48 was filmed during lockdown? 😂😜 ❄️

20yr old,fair play to ya fella 👏

you get the same mileage to a tank in this as me in my transit connect diesel van lmao, i need to slow down

3:21 wtf, i pay more for my 114i per year here in belgium. I have an M140i by now and it’s 5 times as much🤣🥲