Finally got my 1er!

MPowerF1 · 03-22-2012, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by doublevanosrc

Is that Jet Black?

Black Sapphire. It looks amazing. When you get it under the right light when the metallic really shines through, it's to die for.

doublevanosrc · 03-22-2012, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MPowerF1

Black Sapphire. It looks amazing. When you get it under the right light when the metallic really shines through, it's to die for.

I thought so, looked different to me especially in the garage pic. Looks good man!

2012_135i · 03-22-2012, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MPowerF1

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1. MPG. So far, things are good but not great. While I was able to average around 21 - 22 mpg while driving around LA, that only improved to 23 mpg once on the highway (80 mph cruise, A/C on). There's still a lot of breaking in to do and the high wind driving back didn't help either. But I was hoping to get above 26 on the highway. Again, not the end of the world...

Your city mileage is pretty darn good. Wish I could get that. Driving around Honolulu I've been getting 14.8 MPG. That seems excessively poor to me. When you see your gas gauge reads half full and you've only gone maybe 90 miles it's pretty damn depressing.

meg180 · 03-22-2012, 05:09 PM

congrats on the ride! It looks great.

MPowerF1 · 03-22-2012, 08:24 PM

I finally had some charged camera batteries so I could take some semi-decent photos (at least they aren't shaky). The car had to suffer through the LA monsoons this past weekend so I want to get a wash before I go out and try and get some good shots. So for now it's just back down in the garage...

And thanks for all the feedback! In regards to the mileage, I'm not sour about the city driving at all. I pretty pleased with that. I guess I was just hoping that stepping on the highways instead of coasting along through LA would have yielded a bigger improvement. In response to 2012_135i, I've gone through 3 fill-ups so far and I think I've been able to get to 140 miles at the halfway point all three times. Best was about 165 miles. It's a pity the damn tank is minuscule....

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MPowerF1 Private First Class 3 Rep 126 Posts Drives: 2012 BMW 135i DCT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (0)	I finally had some charged camera batteries so I could take some semi-decent photos (at least they aren't shaky). The car had to suffer through the LA monsoons this past weekend so I want to get a wash before I go out and try and get some good shots. So for now it's just back down in the garage... And thanks for all the feedback! In regards to the mileage, I'm not sour about the city driving at all. I pretty pleased with that. I guess I was just hoping that stepping on the highways instead of coasting along through LA would have yielded a bigger improvement. In response to 2012_135i, I've gone through 3 fill-ups so far and I think I've been able to get to 140 miles at the halfway point all three times. Best was about 165 miles. It's a pity the damn tank is minuscule....
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