whot did you think 1st drive of M1 was like?

jonny jones · 12-23-2013, 03:11 PM

Had my first drive of M1 Yesterday after weeks of looking on youtube at the good reviews by almost everyone! Everyone cannot be wrong can they???

Well after checking car over! A minter of a M1 and loveing the wide kit!
i jumped into the Hot seat with the salesman rushing to put his belt on

First thort was! nice ride (not to hard) sharp steering! then opened it up comeing out of a rounderbout and the back end flipped out a little

and away i went upto around 6500rpm before changeing! Did notice most the grunt is straight away! then its quite flat!!

So after drive im still really unshure if its really that quick?? and if the 40k price tag was way to steep for a kitted 1 series!!

MrRoboto · 12-23-2013, 03:14 PM

Get the hell off my lawn.

Zombie1 · 12-23-2013, 03:17 PM

It's one of BMWs best creations, does it have insanely fast straight line speed? No but it's pretty damn fast. My brothers fren has one I drove it a couple times it's a "special" car. You can't go wrong but if you aren't loving the car right from the start idk if it's the car for you.

jonny jones · 12-23-2013, 03:34 PM

Yes its probley a very good out of the box car! Thats trouble when your compairing to tuned cars you"ve had before!!

jonny jones · 12-23-2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian///M

Lucky to drive a M1 and cheap too. You should try the 1M though

yes was nice looking car with the really wide aggressive bodykit"" love the alcantera dash

but the wheel was to thick id say to grip propley!! Just dont know if its werth the straight swop he said for my 2012 merc c63 amg coupe with only 5k on clock?

tuco44 · 12-23-2013, 04:11 PM

Right over his head...................

Dackelone · 12-23-2013, 04:22 PM

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jonny jones · 12-23-2013, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tuco44

Right over his head...................

Nope can just about see over the steering wheel lol

J-Rod · 12-23-2013, 04:26 PM

40K?! Shut up and Take my Money!!!

Oh Wait.... Is it Pounds?....

jonny jones · 12-23-2013, 04:27 PM

OOPS

M1 does look good thow!!

Joeyb7 · 12-23-2013, 07:11 PM

My head hurts reading this thread.

Harlequin · 12-23-2013, 10:23 PM

^^^ What he said...

I'm guessing troll... No one English can be that bad at English...

jonny jones · 12-24-2013, 02:26 AM

Asked you guys opinion on the 1M becouse you have one or drove one!

Not to be called names and shit guys!! Come on

Robin_NL · 12-24-2013, 04:15 AM

Cheers
Robin

Artemis · 12-24-2013, 04:51 AM

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Matchbox+BMW+1M&l=1

Acheron83 · 12-24-2013, 05:14 AM

RKR · 12-24-2013, 05:32 AM

I've had a 1M for the past year and old man has a C63 with the Performance Pack. In terms of outright speed there is no contest, the C63 will muller a 1M. Would I change my 1M for a C63 though, I can't say I haven't thought about it, but I couldn't do it.

The noise of a C63 though with those Auto Blips

eeghie · 12-24-2013, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny jones

Had my first drive of M1 Yesterday after weeks of looking on youtube at the good reviews by almost everyone! Everyone cannot be wrong can they???

Well after checking car over! A minter of a M1 and loveing the wide kit!
i jumped into the Hot seat with the salesman rushing to put his belt on

First thort was! nice ride (not to hard) sharp steering! then opened it up comeing out of a rounderbout and the back end flipped out a little

and away i went upto around 6500rpm before changeing! Did notice most the grunt is straight away! then its quite flat!!

So after drive im still really unshure if its really that quick?? and if the 40k price tag was way to steep for a kitted 1 series!!

Hee Jonny,

Glad you like the 1M and your first drive. Interestingly the car will be even quicker with better tires & suspension, as in other threads there just a discussion going on how best put all the power down.

On the price tag: 1Ms (the crowd here is quite discerning about the proper naming: officially it's called '1M Coupe') haven't depreciated as much as other cars would, IMO if you have doubts on the price tag after reading the reviews and driving it yourself, you might wanna test drive an Ariel atom or something even wilder

To answer your original question, My first drive was a boring 4 hour+ traffic jam somewhere between Munich and Frankfurt in which I was supposed to break in the car ... . After break in, it's still smilles all around.

jonny jones · 12-24-2013, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RKR

I've had a 1M for the past year and old man has a C63 with the Performance Pack. In terms of outright speed there is no contest, the C63 will muller a 1M. Would I change my 1M for a C63 though, I can't say I haven't thought about it, but I couldn't do it.

The noise of a C63 though with those Auto Blips

Thanks for the reply buddy!
yes amg is animal when going! But the power is very off and on

Sound is killer and eaven better when spinning those wheels

jonny jones · 12-24-2013, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eeghie

Hee Jonny,

Glad you like the 1M and your first drive. Interestingly the car will be even quicker with better tires & suspension, as in other threads there just a discussion going on how best put all the power down.

On the price tag: 1Ms (the crowd here is quite discerning about the proper naming: officially it's called '1M Coupe') haven't depreciated as much as other cars would, IMO if you have doubts on the price tag after reading the reviews and driving it yourself, you might wanna test drive an Ariel atom or something even wilder

To answer your original question, My first drive was a boring 4 hour+ traffic jam somewhere between Munich and Frankfurt in which I was supposed to break in the car ... . After break in, it's still smilles all around.

So the tires are not good whots on the 1m (whot are they standerd??) make?
And yes am thinking of going back to tuned RS Focus or Evo??

Atom is no good as i like to get fishing rods in back buddy!

eeghie · 12-24-2013, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny jones

So the tires are not good whots on the 1m (whot are they standerd??) make?
And yes am thinking of going back to tuned RS Focus or Evo??

Atom is no good as i like to get fishing rods in back buddy!

OEM tires (Michelin PS2 245f/265r) are OK, but PSS are better (and cheaper) so that is what most switch to for street tires.

happy fishing!

Robin_NL · 12-24-2013, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eeghie

OEM tires (Michelin PS2 245f/265r) are OK, but PSS are better (and cheaper) so that is what most switch to for street tires.

happy fishing!

Correction: Happy fishtailing.

Cheers
Robin

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