2013 135is owners discussion and photos thread!

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by Kouper

I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

I will say that for some reason I have never liked the 1M in black as for whatever reason, in the black it seems to hide the lines of the car and not show them off very well. I remember watching motorweek's review of it and you can't see any of the beautiful lines/curves of the car in that color. Looks much better to me in valencia orange and alpine white. That'd be a tough call for me as I'd prefer valencia orange, but not sure I want all the attention that one gets as IEDEI can attest to now.

[Kouper]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

I will say that for some reason I have never liked the 1M in black as for whatever reason, in the black it seems to hide the lines of the car and not show them off very well. I remember watching motorweek's review of it and you can't see any of the beautiful lines/curves of the car in that color. Looks much better to me in valencia orange and alpine white. That'd be a tough call for me as I'd prefer valencia orange, but not sure I want all the attention that one gets as IEDEI can attest to now.

Agree AW and VO are much better colors. Black would be very low on my list for this car.

Thank god Dinan's car is black and is now located in St Louis(?) it was close by when it was at Dinan HQ.

[CAVU]

Originally Posted by IEDEI

congrats on getting an X3 motorchimp. i've never driven one but if it's anything like the X1 it is probably way better than the F3X 3-series!!

WORRA: the best way to get the 1M mirrors is to BUY A 1M. No, REALLY. COME ON!!

of all the 135is owners i see here, i think Worra and Kouper have the highest probability of BREAKING towards a 1M. lol.

Perhaps. I've got first dibs on a very low mileage VO example, if/when my buddy decides to downsize his collection of toys. It wouldn't be my DD, so I can wait him out.

[Worra]

I agree, the black definitely wouldn't be my first choice. VO or AW for sure.

[motorchimp]

re: IEDEI, thanks! We really like the X3's handling and suspension, it seems spot on for an SUV or SAV, sorry. Corners much better than I expected as well, as my wife was pushing one around an on ramp during a test drive a while back. I admit I got scared, but she didn't even blink (she used to have an older gen X5).

Now what is all this blasphemy about black 1Ms. Don't make me post more BMW male model pics.

[CAVU]

Greg twisted my arm until I ordered the BMW Performance Suspension kit. I showed a photo of the kit to my wife, who said it looks like... well... see for yourself:

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by RickMsport

Greg twisted my arm until I ordered the BMW Performance Suspension kit. I showed a photo of the kit to my wife, who said it looks like... well... see for yourself:

Well, at least I'm not the only one who thought the sway bar looked like them tubes. Luckily, the performance sway bar is so rigid, your tubes will never get tied. =)

I also would have accepted the Texas Longhorns logo.

[IEDEI]

Originally Posted by RickMsport

Perhaps. I've got first dibs on a very low mileage VO example, if/when my buddy decides to downsize his collection of toys. It wouldn't be my DD, so I can wait him out.

oh wow nice!! inside track you've got!

Originally Posted by Kouper

I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

LIFE IS SHORT! :P

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

I will say that for some reason I have never liked the 1M in black as for whatever reason, in the black it seems to hide the lines of the car and not show them off very well. I remember watching motorweek's review of it and you can't see any of the beautiful lines/curves of the car in that color. Looks much better to me in valencia orange and alpine white. That'd be a tough call for me as I'd prefer valencia orange, but not sure I want all the attention that one gets as IEDEI can attest to now.

Originally Posted by Kouper

Agree AW and VO are much better colors. Black would be very low on my list for this car.

Thank god Dinan's car is black and is now located in St Louis(?) it was close by when it was at Dinan HQ.

for me, i ONLY wanted a VO 1M. I used to buy black cars and for me AW would be 3rd on the list....although i love the way the 1M looks in any of those 3 colours. In the end though....i wasn't going to buy a 1M that wasn't VO. I like Black a lot more than White though.....looks menacing IMO.

Driving an orange car is sort of like walking down a sidewalk naked.....everybody looks. i'm used to it now, but i won't lie----the L'orange 1M attracts a fair bit of attention...especially in the city. i think the 1M is additionally a very weird car in that a lot of people know exactly what it is....and then there are a lot of people who have no idea what it is and are trying to figure it out! haha.

i will also not lie and say that there have been a couple situations where i've wanted a bit more anonymity arriving like i used to enjoy in the 135is...unfortunately the Orange 1M is incapable of making a 'discrete' entrance....lol

have already put 3500 miles on the 1M since buying it. in 1+ month? i put 18k on the 135is in 9.5 months so...ummmm....yeah i think i like driving it quite a bit!

well here's a photo from a couple of days ago, for greg...

[motorchimp]

Despite the fact that I haven't delivered on interior pics of the X3, I couldn't resist posting these.

Some early Monday morning awesomeness:

[gregthegr8]

I hope you didn't follow that work vehicle!

[motorchimp]

Those trucks are worse than the plague every time they hit a bump mud and gravel come shooting out everywhere behind them and destroys your windshield/hood. I don't get it how so many people just tailgate those things.
RickMsport I'd be curious to see the sports seats in oyster btw, the X3 has the regular seats but they still look fantastic so I bet they look even better with the side bolsters.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

Those trucks are worse than the plague every time they hit a bump mud and gravel come shooting out everywhere behind them and destroys your windshield/hood. I don't get it how so many people just tailgate those things.

This is true. Some years ago I was behind one that went over some railroad tracks that were very bumpy and a football sized rock bounced out of it and it hit and smashed my windshield. I was lucky I didn't get into an accident.

[JeffyD]

Tailgate nothing...

Those lifted bro-trucks are the worst of the worse. You can have six car lengths between your bumper and their exhaust, and STILL get nice showers of ejected road debris on your vehicle.

I find that the people who drive trucks out here in sunny California are the same people who have difficulty coloring inside the lines*. They are constantly drifting those oversized wheels into the medians, and kicking up all the gravel that lives there. Grumpy.

*Due to underdeveloped motor skills, and not from a creative spirit. "I've always wanted to see a blue duck."

[gregthegr8]

Just to torment Worra:

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1990-bmw-m3/

[Worra]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Just to torment Worra:

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1990-bmw-m3/

Ugh that is beautiful. I'll not be able to afford it anytime soon.

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by Worra

Ugh that is beautiful. I'll not be able to afford it anytime soon.

Operation Torment Worra complete...

Cheaper than a 1M and not much more than that 2002 touring though. And local to you. =P

[Worra]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Operation Torment Worra complete...

Cheaper than a 1M and not much more than that 2002 touring though. And local to you. =P

It won't be cheaper than a 1M. Even though the auction starts at 34k I'd be shocked if it went for any less than 50.

[IEDEI]

Originally Posted by Worra

It won't be cheaper than a 1M. Even though the auction starts at 34k I'd be shocked if it went for any less than 50.

FLIP A COIN!!!

[gregthegr8]

Awww, crap man! That sucks beyond belief. What happened?! Don't worry, I will not quote you since I don't want it to repost the photos. I guess TRYING to look on the bright side is it doesn't look TOO bad and could have been worse. Just new bumper and perhaps diffuser? I feel your pain though as I had something similar on my old 135, if this makes you feel any better, though I imagine right about now, nothing will:

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

Rear ended this morning. The lady was headed dead center into me and I saw her coming in full force in my rear view and laid on the horn and that made her swerve last second and miss most of my car. I'm doing ok thank goodness and she has insurance. New bumper and diffuser hopefully nothing else got damaged. x-(

You must be sick to your stomach, but good thing you were actually paying attention and hopefully avoided as much of it as you could. Hopefully it's just a new bumper and diffuser, which should be like $1200 or so perhaps, even if they have to replace that metal horizontal bar in our rear bumper as I had to have done. We can go f the woman up later...teach her a lesson O=) King pin style!

[owen2001]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

Rear ended this morning. The lady was headed dead center into me and I saw her coming in full force in my rear view and laid on the horn and that made her swerve last second and miss most of my car. I'm doing ok thank goodness and she has insurance. New bumper and diffuser hopefully nothing else got damaged. x-(

That. Sucks.

Glad you're ok. Sorry you got rear ended though.

I was going to post my (kinda) good news, but now it's lost a bit of its luster. Anyway, guess who (finally) cracked 2,500?! Yep. This guy.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

Rear ended this morning. The lady was headed dead center into me and I saw her coming in full force in my rear view and laid on the horn and that made her swerve last second and miss most of my car. I'm doing ok thank goodness and she has insurance. New bumper and diffuser hopefully nothing else got damaged. x-(

Also sorry about your accident. Thankfully it doesn't look too bad. It will be made whole again

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

You must be sick to your stomach, but good thing you were actually paying attention and hopefully avoided as much of it as you could. Hopefully it's just a new bumper and diffuser, which should be like $1200 or so perhaps, even if they have to replace that metal horizontal bar in our rear bumper as I had to have done. We can go f the woman up later...teach her a lesson O=) King pin style!

Greg, count me in!