New addition to the fleet!

T1T2GRE · 07-10-2013, 09:43 AM

Now a proud owner of a 2011 128i 'vert. Manual, of course. So fortunate to have it as my DD (for now) so the M can be spared the mileage. It's a change from the 1M, but a pleasure to drive in that old-school, normally aspirated six E30 kinda way.

sergeremi · 07-10-2013, 09:53 AM

congrats! and open air driving to boot!

I love driving the 1M too much to take anything else. Mileage be damned! I'm gonna wring out every last bit if joy I can!

Jay-K · 07-10-2013, 12:28 PM

wow! would love to own a convertible as a DD congrats!

b33g33 · 07-10-2013, 12:38 PM

Jalopnik does a feature they call 'future classics' and the 128 was picked as one because it may be the last normally aspirated Inline 6 in the BMW lineup.

Congrats on the acquisition!

T1T2GRE · 07-10-2013, 12:50 PM

Thanks much! I'm stoked. I was just looking for a manual 1er, but got lucky with the ragtop. It's pretty quiet, surprisingly. I used to have a Saturn Sky Redline, and it was like bathing in jetwash in that thing. Loving the old 6. A pleasure to drive in a different way. I got back in the M yesterday to help dropping off my wife's car for service and it was like driving Animal...

Badabing · 07-10-2013, 12:54 PM

That's awesome! I wonder if you are the first one to own 2 1's at the same time.

ozinaldo · 07-10-2013, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Badabing

That's awesome! I wonder if you are the first one to own 2 1's at the same time.

Of course not, we even have/had a few members who has/had 2 1Ms at the same time

OP: Congratulations for the purchase, wise and cool (literally!). Sweet engine and car, only if BMW would dare to put the more powerful version of the N52 in that 1 but you can always get there yourself with a few simple OEM mods if you desire.

HERR FSTIR · 07-10-2013, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Badabing

That's awesome! I wonder if you are the first one to own 2 1's at the same time.

Don't think so. Believe it or not, a few of our Australian and European friends have two 1Ms.

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T1T2GRE CW2 27 Rep 440 Posts Drives: 1SMC - traded away Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Pennsylvania iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW 1M [7.33]	New addition to the fleet! Now a proud owner of a 2011 128i 'vert. Manual, of course. So fortunate to have it as my DD (for now) so the M can be spared the mileage. It's a change from the 1M, but a pleasure to drive in that old-school, normally aspirated six E30 kinda way. __________________ Good-bye, ol' Paint...
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sergeremi Lieutenant 41 Rep 574 Posts Drives: 1 Series M Coupe Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0)	congrats! and open air driving to boot! I love driving the 1M too much to take anything else. Mileage be damned! I'm gonna wring out every last bit if joy I can!
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b33g33 Give '///M' Hell! 125 Rep 1,325 Posts Drives: Einser Rex Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Jalopnik does a feature they call 'future classics' and the 128 was picked as one because it may be the last normally aspirated Inline 6 in the BMW lineup. Congrats on the acquisition! __________________ The 1 series M is the most badass, coolest, sickest BMW to debut since the 1988 M3. The E30 M3 finally has a successor. Please welcome the stupidly fast, wickedly tempered, awkwardly named, possibly perfect little son of a benchmark - Automobile Magazine, August 2011
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T1T2GRE CW2 27 Rep 440 Posts Drives: 1SMC - traded away Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Pennsylvania iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW 1M [7.33]	Thanks much! I'm stoked. I was just looking for a manual 1er, but got lucky with the ragtop. It's pretty quiet, surprisingly. I used to have a Saturn Sky Redline, and it was like bathing in jetwash in that thing. Loving the old 6. A pleasure to drive in a different way. I got back in the M yesterday to help dropping off my wife's car for service and it was like driving Animal... __________________ Good-bye, ol' Paint...
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Badabing Private First Class 7 Rep 146 Posts Drives: 2016 228xi Vert. Black on Blac Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Colorado iTrader: (0)	That's awesome! I wonder if you are the first one to own 2 1's at the same time.
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