13 1Ms on the market

[froop]

Originally Posted by skidz

not yet looking for a set of wheels atm then with a set of 295's all round should hold those hairpins ok

as for changed driving style, i think i will follow the same old method of stomp on gas, stomp on brakes, stomp on gas, stomp of brakes..........

See that's where you're going wrong. You're forgetting all about the steering wheel!

[skidz]

Originally Posted by froop

See that's where you're going wrong. You're forgetting all about the steering wheel!

i must be spending too much time with you drag chaps

[Karmic Man]

M135i & M235i are for non car enthusiast who wants an M badge.

1M, M3/M4 are for car enthusiast who wants the M experience.

Nothing wrong with multiple lines of product targeting different groups of customers.

I don't feel that the M badge is diluted in anyway. An M car still drives like an M car and giving the driver all the thrills is all it matters.

[Liub]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

M135i & M235i are for non car enthusiast who wants an M badge.

So those who can't afford a M are not enthusiasts? FML!

[froop]

Originally Posted by Liub

So those who can't afford a M are not enthusiasts? FML!

You simple peon!

[TS135i]

Had two days in an Audi R8 (V8) couldn't wait to get back into my 135i/Cayman S. AWD is like the kiss of death for a performance car. A well kept secondhand Cayman/Boxter S with a few tasteful mods is the way to go. Sorry off topic.

[PeteA]

So lets say I take an i-series car and retrofit every single M component onto it from the M version (ala 135 / 1M), what would that make the car?

Tii? FrankensteiM?

[Karmic Man]

Originally Posted by Liub

So those who can't afford a M are not enthusiasts? FML!

Buy a 2nd hand M3..some E92 M3s are selling around the price of a new M135i.

Or get E46 M3s...

[racer_x]

Before buying my 135i, I spent 4 months looking for a relatively unmolested, low mileage E46 M3 in Sydney (6sp). None to be had for love or money.

[Alpine*]

A REALLY low k M3 CSL may be on my sopping list too.

[skidz]

Originally Posted by racer_x

Before buying my 135i, I spent 4 months looking for a relatively unmolested, low mileage E46 M3 in Sydney (6sp). None to be had for love or money.

dont those e46ers have a rear subframe issue?

[Alpine*]

A REALLY low k M3 CSL may be on my shopping list too.

did someone say Rockin horse pooh?

[skidz]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

M135i & M235i are for non car enthusiast who wants an M badge.

1M, M3/M4 are for car enthusiast who wants the M experience.

Nothing wrong with multiple lines of product targeting different groups of customers.

I don't feel that the M badge is diluted in anyway. An M car still drives like an M car and giving the driver all the thrills is all it matters.

so considering a 1m is a 135 with m3 running gear, why not save yourself some cash and get a 135 and spend 10k on upgrades after all thats what bmw did but they stuck a 40k M sticker on it. And lets not forget all the 1mers here have pretty much 'upgraded' all the standard n54 performance mods

[david.orr]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

M135i & M235i are for non car enthusiast who wants an M badge.

1M, M3/M4 are for car enthusiast who wants the M experience.

You can't be more wrong than this.

There are more enthusiasts in this forum alone who do not own M cars than there are M owners.

Owning an M car does not make us car enthusiasts per se.

[racer_x]

Originally Posted by skidz

dont those e46ers have a rear subframe issue?

That was another thing. The later ones were fixed, but earlier models were recalled from what I was told... Except not everyone bothered to take them back for BMW to do the inspections/rectification work!

I found 1 diamond in the rough so to speak in 4 months. But at the end a PPI showed some issues so I turned my attention to the 135.

[05C4R]

Originally Posted by Alpine*

A REALLY low k M3 CSL may be on my shopping list too.

did someone say Rockin horse pooh?

probably impossible, but half the fun is in the search
dealers are starting to move on the gt3 rs price.

[Karmic Man]

Originally Posted by skidz

so considering a 1m is a 135 with m3 running gear, why not save yourself some cash and get a 135 and spend 10k on upgrades after all thats what bmw did but they stuck a 40k M sticker on it. And lets not forget all the 1mers here have pretty much 'upgraded' all the standard n54 performance mods

This has to be the worst financial decision I have heard for a while...

1. 1M is not a 135i with M3 gears and do the maths to see how much money you have to folk out for the 135 I to look and drive like a 1M

2. Resale...how do you recoup all the mods money when the car is up for sale

[Karmic Man]

Originally Posted by jaffa12

You can't be more wrong than this.

There are more enthusiasts in this forum alone who do not own M cars than there are M owners.

Owning an M car does not make us car enthusiasts per se.

Well there are not many M cars around compared to non M car, isn't it?

Also what I stated is from a marketing point of view to create product niche.

Of course everyone knows there are performance oriented owners out there apart from the M owners.

[Liub]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

Buy a 2nd hand M3..some E92 M3s are selling around the price of a new M135i.

Or get E46 M3s...

But my car goes better than a M3...

What do I know I am not an enthusiast

[Alpine*]

Originally Posted by beemer

probably impossible, but half the fun is in the search
dealers are starting to move on the gt3 rs price.

Ya think? There's only 3 RSs left on carsales (there were 6 or 7 at one point), the ones that have sold seemed to not drop at all over the past months (I have been watching for about the past year). They are +$250k, the GT3s are coming down however.

[yawn]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

M135i & M235i are for non car enthusiast who wants an M badge.

1M, M3/M4 are for car enthusiast who wants the M experience.

Nothing wrong with multiple lines of product targeting different groups of customers.

I don't feel that the M badge is diluted in anyway. An M car still drives like an M car and giving the driver all the thrills is all it matters.

Wow... Cruising...

[Kiwi Peter]

Originally Posted by jaffa12

You can't be more wrong than this.

There are more enthusiasts in this forum alone who do not own M cars than there are M owners.

Owning an M car does not make us car enthusiasts per se.

100% CORRECT A bloke with a tricked up 135 is a real enthusiasts.
A chap in an M car is not, mostly it is stock and they will never mod or change anything as they think it is perfect as it is, and paranoid about WARRANTY.

There is the exception thank god.