New 2008 128i Convertible Owner

[Seisiuneer]

Thanks for the add to the forum. Just picked this up on Thursday. Loving it so far. Only has 49,000 miles. My first BMW. Purchased from BMW of San Diego.

[Gray_Panther]

Nice shades and great color choice on the car!

[jasonic]

Sweet looker! Congrats on your purchase

[SHKDOWN]

"Year One of the One"

[Esteban]

Welcome!

[mike@x-ph.com]

Congrats!

[JimD]

Congratulations! My wife's 2013 is the same color outside as yours (different interior). My 2009 is white with a grey interior. We both have windscreens - highly recommended. I added a backup camera to mine. That back window is really small and the blind spots are large - but not if the top is down. We both love our little 1s.

[MotoWPK]

Originally Posted by JimD

Congratulations! My wife's 2013 is the same color outside as yours (different interior). ... I added a backup camera to mine. That back window is really small and the blind spots are large - but not if the top is down. We both love our little 1s.

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Doing the rear headrest lowering mod makes a big difference in this regard. When I first bought my '13, the view out the rear window was like looking down a long tunnel. Did the mod so the rear headrests can lower fully and it expands the view by a significant amount.

Not sure if this affects your '09. I seem to recall the stop to prevent the headrests lowering all the way was a change (to N America 1's only) starting with, I think, MY 2010.

Don't have the link to the lowering mod, but search on this forum and you should be able to find it easily enough. The only difficulty I had was being unable to release the rear seat bottom to remove it, but, turned out I was able to access the lower seat back bolts any way allowing me to remove the seat back and remove the headrest stops. Well worth while.

[Seisiuneer]

Anyone have access to a wiring diagram for this model? I'd like to understand how the valet switch in the glove box is wired. Mine is non-functional.