2013 135is owners discussion and photos thread!

[IEDEI]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

I picked my brand new 135is up a couple weeks ago.
This car is such a blast to drive around, and I haven't even broken past 4k rpm yet (1200 miles soon.)
I've owned many cars before this one but nothing really had ever felt so balanced sporty and practical at the same time.

Sapphire black/black+blue stitch/DCT/both pkgs.


That exhaust note.

congratulations!!! car looks fantastic. great choice!

the exhaust note just gets better and better with time!

[leohern037]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

I picked my brand new 135is up a couple weeks ago.
This car is such a blast to drive around, and I haven't even broken past 4k rpm yet (1200 miles soon.)
I've owned many cars before this one but nothing really had ever felt so balanced sporty and practical at the same time.

Sapphire black/black+blue stitch/DCT/both pkgs.


That exhaust note.

Nice! Another BSM! Congrats......

[Worra]

Originally Posted by leohern037

Nice! Another BSM! Congrats......

Hey we have the same color combo, just not the same transmission. Welcome! Your car looks stunning but I might be biased a bit.

EDIT: ^ that was for motorchimp

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by Worra

Hey we have the same color combo, just not the same transmission. Welcome! Your car looks stunning but I might be biased a bit.

I knew Worra would be loving that picture and seeing another BSM on here.

Originally Posted by IEDEI

the exhaust note just gets better and better with time!

Not only does the exhaust sound seem to get better, but you learn to have more fun with it, too. Example - I now park in an covered garage at work starting this week, and as I pulled in this morning just past the mechanical arm, someone walked across in front of me without ever looking. I let him go, but with even just a lil gas, man that thing roared and reverberated in the garage, making him somewhat jump and spin his head back. I will say, even when the car is going about 5 mph that exhaust sounds mean and like the car is being revved and going 20-30.

[motorchimp]

Thanks so much everyone! I was originally looking for a more contrasting color combo than just black on black, but when i realized the car had blue stitch i was in. All in the details right

Yeah the exhaust is just awesome on this car. I also park in a covered garage and I always drive around in it with the windows cracked.

I'm so happy we decided to go with this car. A bit of background on this, my wife and I had a first gen base 997 a couple of years ago and were thinking of a used second gen 997 this time around, but to get the (not so crazy) options we wanted the used prices were just ridiculous. She kept asking me what other car would I want to drive and the 1 series was always the only car that came to mind. She's a big BMW fan and everytime we went to look at BMWs I'd always jump in whatever 1 series they had in the showroom and would say this car just seems like a blast to drive.
The first 1 series i eventually test drove was a 2010 128 convertible at carmax, and I immediately fell in love with the soul of the car, the overall feeling it gives you, and I figured a hardtop, 100 more horses and a louder exhaust couldn't really hurt it... One thing i do miss is the cushiness of the 128 compared to the 135is, but the improved handling is worth it for us.
In the end, we chose the 135is over a 997.2 for many reasons that can be argued for ever, but for me it's the soul of the 1 series that i fell in love with. It just feels special.

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

Thanks so much everyone! I was originally looking for a more contrasting color combo than just black on black, but when i realized the car had blue stitch i was in. All in the details right

Yeah the exhaust is just awesome on this car. I also park in a covered garage and I always drive around in it with the windows cracked.

I'm so happy we decided to go with this car. A bit of background on this, my wife and I had a first gen base 997 a couple of years ago and were thinking of a used second gen 997 this time around, but to get the (not so crazy) options we wanted the used prices were just ridiculous. She kept asking me what other car would I want to drive and the 1 series was always the only car that came to mind. She's a big BMW fan and everytime we went to look at BMWs I'd always jump in whatever 1 series they had in the showroom and would say this car just seems like a blast to drive.
The first 1 series i eventually test drove was a 2010 128 convertible at carmax, and I immediately fell in love with the soul of the car, the overall feeling it gives you, and I figured a hardtop, 100 more horses and a louder exhaust couldn't really hurt it... One thing i do miss is the cushiness of the 128 compared to the 135is, but the improved handling is worth it for us.
In the end, we chose the 135is over a 997.2 for many reasons that can be argued for ever, but for me it's the soul of the 1 series that i fell in love with. It just feels special.

Glad to have you and you're lucky to have snagged one of the last one of these. If the only thing you kinda want is a slightly better ride quality though, I think if you ditched the runflats and went with the michelin pilot super sports, that may solve that problem or desire and then it may be perrrrrfect. I can't recommend it enough.

Where are you located by the way? For some reason that location in your picture looked familiar.

[IEDEI]

Ice storm today!!!!

[IEDEI]

special ice storm edition donuts!!!!!!! wow

[IEDEI]

and now for a real donut!

[motorchimp]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Glad to have you and you're lucky to have snagged one of the last one of these. If the only thing you kinda want is a slightly better ride quality though, I think if you ditched the runflats and went with the michelin pilot super sports, that may solve that problem or desire and then it may be perrrrrfect. I can't recommend it enough.

Where are you located by the way? For some reason that location in your picture looked familiar.

The 135is was indeed getting hard to find when we started looking, and I must say the sapphire black paint is absolutely beautiful indeed.
Yeah once the RFTs wear our it will very likely be non RFTs.
I'm in the DC area btw.

The 1 was so twitchy on freezing roads this morning, IEDEI I bet you can just feather the gas pedal to break out those donuts haha.

[CAVU]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

I picked my brand new 135is up a couple weeks ago.
This car is such a blast to drive around, and I haven't even broken past 4k rpm yet (1200 miles soon.)
I've owned many cars before this one but nothing really had ever felt so balanced sporty and practical at the same time.

Sapphire black/black+blue stitch/DCT/both pkgs.

Congratulations on your new ride, and welcome to the forums! This car definitely has the right mix of performance and utility. I knew it was the right car within the first few minutes of the test drive… sounds like you might have had the same experience.

I agree with the advice to get PSSs… I love mine and can't wait to get them back on the car in the Spring!

[Greg FEightytwo]

Here is my 135is with a full M3 suspension. All BMW performance carbon fiber and slek front lip.

[Marc08EX]

Perfection - gs135is

[gregthegr8]

Looks like we found your next car. Or, you're now a test driver for BMW. =P

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=943355

[mb135is]

Originally Posted by gs135is

Here is my 135is with a full M3 suspension. All BMW performance carbon fiber and slek front lip.

That's friggin awesome. Which springs?

[Greg FEightytwo]

Originally Posted by mb135is

That's friggin awesome. Which springs?

Eibach prokit. 1.5.

I'm changing them to coil overs and plates for the front this summer..

[Greg FEightytwo]

Originally Posted by Marc08EX

Perfection - gs135is

Thanks. I appreciate all the compliments. Makes all the hard work that went into it worth it. Lol.

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by gs135is

Thanks. I appreciate all the compliments. Makes all the hard work that went into it worth it. Lol.

Nah, driving it does that!

[Greg FEightytwo]

Originally Posted by morningscifi

Nah, driving it does that!

Lol. That's for sure. My favorite car to drive

[mb135is]

Went to the Philly auto show today. Quick take aways:

- m3 blows away the m4 as far as presence. Just the much more desirable design to me. Where the m4 is sleek and flowing, the m3 is muscular and mean. It didn't help that the m3 was black and the m4 was that yellow color. Oddly I like the regular 4 coupe better than the regular 3 sedan. It flip flops in m guise.
- m235i was unimpressive in person on the exterior. Just very blah. Interior is in every way better than e82.

[IEDEI]

Originally Posted by mb135is

Went to the Philly auto show today. Quick take aways:

- m3 blows away the m4 as far as presence. Just the much more desirable design to me. Where the m4 is sleek and flowing, the m3 is muscular and mean. It didn't help that the m3 was black and the m4 was that yellow color. Oddly I like the regular 4 coupe better than the regular 3 sedan. It flip flops in m guise.
- m235i was unimpressive in person on the exterior. Just very blah. Interior is in every way better than e82.

i really like the F80 M3 so far. it just looks right....the M4 looks HUGE. did it look that big in person too? I actually like that funky yellow and the yas marina blue they showed in detroit.

the 2 interior may be better quality....but it looks very cluttered in the photos.

[mb135is]

Well both the m3 and the m4 are needlessly big (probably e39 size at this point - someone check me on that) but the m3 wears it much better. And it doesn't feel big in the interior. The m3 interior is very nicely done. Shame to lose the adjustable lower extension on the seats, but they were cozy.

I would rather have a 435 m sport than the m235i.