I hate test drives where the dealer tags along. Telling you to slow down and all sorts.
The sales guy was encouraging me to give it a proper boot full when I tested mine, I wasn't expecting that![]()
When I took the S4 for a test drive I told the sales guy that I was gonna give it a fair boot. The test drive lasted roughly an hour, down some twisty A and B roads. Never overly quick on the straights, but keeping the boot in on the corners. He was surprised at how capable the S4 was by the end of it.
By comparison, when I took the M4 and M135i out back to back, the roads were damp, so couldn't really get the power down in the M4. That's probably why I was personally leaning more towards the M135i out of the two, because it felt more useable day to day, to me.
We got a 2016 M135i, was hoping it would be better in the wet than my Aston, but the lack of LSD means that it's not.
The 135 is a fun little car though. How are you getting on with it in general? I'm finding that it's a lot of car for the money- very little comes even close in the hot hatch market. Did you go for the 306hp or 320hp model? Auto or manual?
I didn't go for one. I was really looking to see what the 340i was like, as a potential replacement to the 530d (same as the S4 when I went to look), but they didn't have any in, so let me loose with the 135i, as it's a similar engine, although obviously in a smaller car. They let me take the M4 for a spin regardless of me telling them that it wouldn't be suitable, but was curious to see what they were like. So they just let me go for a spin.