Michigan 1 owners: This is your post-whore thread.

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by damian

where is it going to be, again? I'm never able to confirm these sorta things this far in advance. I usually have no clue whether i'll be free until that week.

Thus far we'll be doing dinner somewhere in or around Royal Oak and then hanging out on Woodward a bit later in the evening. Shawn's hoping for a dyno day, which I can likely line up, but I'm waiting to hear whether or not others would be interested...

[XLR8IN]

I plan on joining the 8.2 get together, so add me to the list. I talked to BMW USA today and my car is expected to be built by the 26th, so with his estimates he thinks I'll have it by the last week in July. So I'll either be there in my 135i or Ill be ridin shotgut with jtsherri

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by XLR8IN

I plan on joining the 8.2 get together, so add me to the list. I talked to BMW USA today and my car is expected to be built by the 26th, so with his estimates he thinks I'll have it by the last week in July. So I'll either be there in my 135i or Ill be ridin shotgut with jtsherri

My wife's ridin' shotgun, sweetness; however, you're welcome to ride in the back and give me a reach-around...

[damian]

Originally Posted by jtsherri

My wife's ridin' shotgun, sweetness; however, you're welcome to ride in the back and give me a reach-around...

are wives invited to this event?

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by damian

are wives invited to this event?

I wasn't planning on discriminating against anyone coming... so long as they show up in a BMW (preferably a 1er). :wink:

[0002s]

My wife will be absent as she couldn't find this anymore boring.....WOOT.

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by 0002s

My wife will be absent as she couldn't find this anymore boring.....WOOT.

I won't be "forcing" mine to come, but if we just end up doing dinner + Woodward I'll encourage her to show. If we add anything to the agenda I'm guessing she'll pass.

[hooner35]

Originally Posted by damian

btw, keep seeing the black 135i at the health center at rochester road and south blvd. It's there every day. Don't think it's hooner, though.

No, not me. Mine is SGM.
I did see that car couple of times though.

BTW, I am interested in dyno day since I've never done one on my car before.

[jtsherri]

So far we have 2-3 interested in the idea of dyno runs.

I confirmed with Jan @ Speed Industry that we'd need 10 people interested in order to make this a full-blown "Dyno Day."

If anyone else is interested please let me know ASAP. I've highlighted those in blue in the first post to denote who would be "in."

[0002s]

Originally Posted by jtsherri

So far we have 2-3 interested in the idea of dyno runs.

I confirmed with Jan @ Speed Industry that we'd need 10 people interested in order to make this a full-blown "Dyno Day."

If anyone else is interested please let me know ASAP. I've highlighted those in blue in the first post to denote who would be "in."

1. Shawn DYNO

[XLR8IN]

Originally Posted by jtsherri

My wife's ridin' shotgun, sweetness; however, you're welcome to ride in the back and give me a reach-around...

Hm. I should keep up to date on these threads I post in.. I should have caught that comment a long time ago..

Ill be optimistic and just assume Ill have the 1 by then.

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by XLR8IN

Hm. I should keep up to date on these threads I post in.. I should have caught that comment a long time ago..

Ill be optimistic and just assume Ill have the 1 by then.

The only threads you should worry about on those "other boards" anymore is your "FS" thread for the STi and the ESSO thread. You're a 1er now, son. :roundel:

[ltrudell]

Hey guys,
I found out my 128i is finally on a ship that left port in Germany on the 24th. Yea!:biggrin::biggrin:

Lili

[0002s]

^Great news....bring it for 8.2.08. I want to get a ride to see what it's like.

[EINS]

Originally Posted by ltrudell

Hey guys,
I found out my 128i is finally on a ship that left port in Germany on the 24th. Yea!:biggrin::biggrin:

Lili

Awesome news Lili :w00t:

I'll be looking for your sweet ride cruising Commerce in the near future.

-Jeff

[jtsherri]

Congrats, Lili - so glad to hear your baby is finally on its way!

Lookin' forward to 8/2 so we can see all of these fine autos in one place!

[coolguy]

Originally Posted by ltrudell

Hey guys,
I found out my 128i is finally on a ship that left port in Germany on the 24th. Yea!:biggrin::biggrin:

Lili

Congrats:roundel:

[coolguy]

Originally Posted by jtsherri

Congrats, Lili - so glad to hear your baby is finally on its way!

Lookin' forward to 8/2 so we can see all of these fine autos in one place!

Hi Jason,

Do you notice any increased lag coz of v81 DME?

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by coolguy

Hi Jason,

Do you notice any increased lag coz of v81 DME?

Eh... maybe? I wouldn't consider the car "laggy" by any means, but you need to keep in mind that I didn't have much wheel-time behind any other 1ers to base my opinion off of. I seem to remember it being a little more 'touchy' when I test drove at the dealership, but I was also kinda pumped because I was excited to see how good the STEP was in that car. If I compare to my STi's lag this car is a gift from God in that department! :smile:

One thing to note is that Clayton and I had a short race (on a "closed course" of course :smile and we both had kind of a medium to hard, but smooth launch and we ran door-to-door all the way through first gear... So I'd have to guess the "lag" is virtually the same in both of our cars.

[0002s]

Originally Posted by jtsherri

Eh... maybe? I wouldn't consider the car "laggy" by any means, but you need to keep in mind that I didn't have much wheel-time behind any other 1ers to base my opinion off of. I seem to remember it being a little more 'touchy' when I test drove at the dealership, but I was also kinda pumped because I was excited to see how good the STEP was in that car. If I compare to my STi's lag this car is a gift from God in that department! :smile:

One thing to note is that Clayton and I had a short race (on a "closed course" of course :smile and we both had kind of a medium to hard, but smooth launch and we ran door-to-door all the way through first gear... So I'd have to guess the "lag" is virtually the same in both of our cars.

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[FreeBMW.net]

Hey everyone,I think Jason died....

I have called him like 10 times over the past week and left voice mails.....never head back....SMS have not been returned either. I would have hoped his wife would have let us know if he died so we could attend his services.

Anyway...Jason if you are out there call me!

[jtsherri]

Originally Posted by FreeBMW

Hey everyone,I think Jason died....

I have called him like 10 times over the past week and left voice mails.....never head back....SMS have not been returned either. I would have hoped his wife would have let us know if he died so we could attend his services.

Anyway...Jason if you are out there call me!

You're full of shit... I swear I only got one call and that was while I was in the middle of installing a new suspension on a G8 GT. I do apologize for not giving you a call back though - I got the VM while grabbing some water, but forgot to call back later on. :iono:

I'll try and give you a call during the work day tomorrow.

On another note, I was out cruising today and came across this gem (warning, NON-BMW content is shown below - click for larger versions):













For those that are unfamiliar with the car this is a 2009 Dodge Viper ACR. 0-60 in 3.5 and a sticker of about $100k. It was driven by an engineer ("M" plate probably makes this somewhat obvious) that was somewhat unfriendly, but then again, I have to imagine that he gets TONS of questions driving this thing around. Either way, it was definitely cool to see what up-close and on the street!