01-27-2013, 02:55 PM | #1 |
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In the future there will always be cars which are more modern, eye-appealing, powerful, etc. But sometimes we simply got to enjoy what we got. Never call your significant other 'old' in the future. Call her/him 'vintage'. A nice testimony of enthusiasm (and elegantly pictured) about a vintage car: an Inka Orange BMW 2002. Alike the 1M: clearly a keeper too. (was already posted in the past, but it doesn't tire to give it a second view: http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=562993)
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01-27-2013, 03:51 PM | #3 |
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01-27-2013, 04:41 PM | #4 |
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Agreed
Any thought of selling quickly erode when I think about The reasons. What else could I need/want in a "fun" car? Nothing! Never selling!
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01-27-2013, 06:28 PM | #5 |
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Absolutly loved mine
But I also absolutly love the new E92 that replaced it.
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01-27-2013, 08:14 PM | #6 |
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I feel you on this. Every time I think I'm getting used to the car, something happens that makes me realize how special it is.
Just yesterday a guy in a Cayman S pulled up me in a parking lot and talked to me about the 1M. |
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01-27-2013, 09:20 PM | #7 |
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When I put my name on the waiting list (they only got to me!) I thought might be a keeper, but now after owning for a year, I KNOW it is. Unless drives me nuts someday with BMW electrical crap, will expect to have for my useful life (Iam already 60.)
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01-27-2013, 11:13 PM | #8 |
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I have already decided that it will be a 1 owner car and when it comes time for me to get an M2 or an M3 or M4 the 1M will still take its space on my garage floor.
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01-28-2013, 12:36 AM | #9 |
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Same here. I will own an M5 or similar one day, in addition to a 2011 1 Series M Coupe.
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01-28-2013, 12:44 AM | #10 |
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+1 unless.......I sc**w up tracking the car
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01-28-2013, 04:36 AM | #11 |
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Whatever I purchase next.........will not be a replacement for the 1M......and not once have I had the smallest of thoughts about selling her on!
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01-28-2013, 01:43 PM | #12 |
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There are some very good deals on M3s and M5s in the UK at the moment and I have been tempted to swap the 1M for an M5. The trouble is I just can't face the thought of selling it!
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01-28-2013, 06:54 PM | #13 | |
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Same here. I'm 64 and before I lucked into my 1M, was looking at a 335d as my last car before the nursing home. |
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01-28-2013, 09:18 PM | #15 |
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I haven't considered selling my 1M at all. It will be with me a very long time. Unfortunately I completely drove my 1972 2002tii to death or I may still have it as well.
I just purchased a Second owner 2004 330i ZHP with only 52000 miles in Perfect condition today as my Daily Driver to replace my 05 WRX STi. The STi is for sale.
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01-29-2013, 03:10 AM | #16 |
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1M, there is no substitute (at the moment)....
If money allows it I don't see myself drifting like a lunatic through the snowy streets and backroads in my 458/F12/LFA... OK, a RS200/Delta S4/205 T16 comes close(/jk they are extraterrestrial) , the money doesn't. Ford Escort Mk2 BDA. Also 70k euros... New Polo WRC car... I need to win the lottery. Cheers Robin |
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01-29-2013, 05:29 AM | #17 |
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There is a substitute: another 1M.
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01-30-2013, 02:20 AM | #22 |
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I have been dealing with these thoughts this as of late as well OP. I love the 1M, it is perfect in almost every aspect for me, but there is still issues. I am working in Saudi Arabia currently on their air ambulances. My wife is not confindent with a manual car when I am not with her, so it just sits. I hate to pay a note on a car that is not being driven. I would love to get something that has similar performance but that I know she can drive when I am away. I have been looking it the Audi TTS as of late, not the TTRS that is a manual only as well, I can pick up a CPO 2011 with less miles than the 1M for around 40k. I know it is smaller and not as fast, but the interior looks nice and it is a DCT. It is such a hard thing to make these decision, I have not driven a TTS so unitl I do, it just looks nice in pictures.
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