Tea for four with the 1M

Artemis · 12-12-2011, 06:28 PM

Some 1M comparisons discuss to death how this pocket rocket performs when driven by skilled pilots during back-to-back road tests, sometimes merely on circuits.

However, sometimes they overlook the practicality of one of the objective real life advantages which a substantial number of the more expensive higher profile cars and exotics miss: the 1M allows four people - instead of two - to enjoy together its massive torque in a normal seating position.

"So I want to warn you, laddie
Though I know you're perfectly swell
But my heart belongs to Daddy
'cause my Daddy he treats it so well"

Favorite commands of this damsel in no distress: "Faster!" and "Again!".

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b33g33 · 12-12-2011, 06:32 PM

Adorable!

M3 Adjuster · 12-12-2011, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by b33g33

Adorable!

Well stated!

Kids are people too! And they also love torque. Prodigious torque makes adults AND kids giggly!

Powerbeast · 12-12-2011, 07:30 PM

Awesome. How does she like the M?

bayer · 12-12-2011, 08:06 PM

Love it. The 1m easily fits 2 car seats back there.

My 4 yr old refers to the 1M as the "noisy car". More than one occasion a cold start up woke everyone up a bit earlier than normal. Hard not to smile at that with the wife who was less than amused.

david.orr · 12-13-2011, 02:48 AM

Cute

Way to enjoy the spoils with the family

DooBs · 12-13-2011, 04:07 AM

wow look at the side bolsters on her chair haha

Artemis · 12-13-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Powerbeast

Awesome. How does she like the M?

Whether on board of the 1M, in some high or speedy fairground attraction or inside a plane taking off at full throttle, she likes G-forces. Often triggers a manic laugh and "vroom-vroom". She calls the 1M "the orange car".

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Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

Well stated!
Kids are people too! And they also love torque. Prodigious torque makes adults AND kids giggly!

So true. You might have seen this cute video earlier this year of a boy on board of a 911 (tea for two

) requesting his dad to have a "Ready - Set - Goooo!" with it:

P1 · 12-13-2011, 11:45 AM

Lovely!

Tony135 · 12-13-2011, 02:31 PM

Great picture! Love that video ^^ too. Makes me want a kid just so I can do that haha.

Spitfire007 · 12-13-2011, 02:36 PM

I love it..

"are we gonna get caaaaaaakkkkeee?"

Ascari · 12-13-2011, 05:15 PM

Hah! My daughter is 16 months and when we go down to the garage she always reaches out for the M over the X3 and says "ooooo rmmmmm". She loves it in her little maxi cosi in the back!

Jayda · 12-13-2011, 09:07 PM

So cute!

CarJunkie · 12-14-2011, 12:24 AM

My 8 year-old refers to yellow warning signs with curved arrows as "the fun sign"

M3 Adjuster · 12-14-2011, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CarJunkie

My 8 year-old refers to yellow warning signs with curved arrows as "the fun sign"

LOL!

Love that video you found Artemis...

ruf · 12-14-2011, 02:30 PM

Nice post !
Kids are the best judges:they really show what they feel...

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My 8 year-old refers to yellow warning signs with curved arrows as "the fun sign"

It seems you're dooing (or driving) great !

I can imagine your conversations in the 1M:
"Dad can I pleeeaaaase press the "fun button" ?"

1M Fan · 12-14-2011, 06:33 PM

Just wait until she asks for the keys!!!

domessex · 12-15-2011, 10:14 AM

Artemis, great thread! I'm with you all the way.

I've got a 7 month old daughter and a 29 month old daughter who both fit in the back.

My toddler fits behind my seat in a special BMW car seat that later converts to a booster seat. I'm 6,2 and she has enough room behind me.

The 7 month old in the rear facing car seat also fits in behind my wife!

I can so relate to your daughters excitement.

Whenever we go into the garage or go out in the VO 1m she refers to it as "Daddy's fast car" and the smile on her face when I start it from cold and she goes "vroooooooooom vroooooooooom" is worth the money alone!!

12-12-2011, 06:28 PM	#1
Artemis Moderator 29349 Rep 13,094 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Competition Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	Tea for four with the 1M Some 1M comparisons discuss to death how this pocket rocket performs when driven by skilled pilots during back-to-back road tests, sometimes merely on circuits. However, sometimes they overlook the practicality of one of the objective real life advantages which a substantial number of the more expensive higher profile cars and exotics miss: the 1M allows four people - instead of two - to enjoy together its massive torque in a normal seating position. "So I want to warn you, laddie Though I know you're perfectly swell But my heart belongs to Daddy 'cause my Daddy he treats it so well" Favorite commands of this damsel in no distress: "Faster!" and "Again!".
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b33g33 Give '///M' Hell! 125 Rep 1,325 Posts Drives: Einser Rex Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Adorable! __________________ The 1 series M is the most badass, coolest, sickest BMW to debut since the 1988 M3. The E30 M3 finally has a successor. Please welcome the stupidly fast, wickedly tempered, awkwardly named, possibly perfect little son of a benchmark - Automobile Magazine, August 2011
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Powerbeast Lieutenant General 5410 Rep 10,825 Posts Drives: F80 M3 RarriRot Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SoCal iTrader: (4)	Awesome. How does she like the M?
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bayer First Lieutenant 16 Rep 316 Posts Drives: 1M Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan iTrader: (0)	Love it. The 1m easily fits 2 car seats back there. My 4 yr old refers to the 1M as the "noisy car". More than one occasion a cold start up woke everyone up a bit earlier than normal. Hard not to smile at that with the wife who was less than amused.
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david.orr Lieutenant Colonel 123 Rep 1,852 Posts Drives: Cars Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Cute Way to enjoy the spoils with the family
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P1 Lieutenant General 11569 Rep 11,136 Posts Drives: 2004 3/4 ton Duramax Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	Lovely!
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Tony135 Lieutenant Colonel 178 Rep 1,516 Posts Drives: ‘22 Model 3 Join Date: May 2011 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Great picture! Love that video ^^ too. Makes me want a kid just so I can do that haha.
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Ascari Second Lieutenant 11 Rep 249 Posts Drives: '11 AW 1M - 08 X3 MSport 3.0D Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Hah! My daughter is 16 months and when we go down to the garage she always reaches out for the M over the X3 and says "ooooo rmmmmm". She loves it in her little maxi cosi in the back!
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Jayda Lieutenant 41 Rep 509 Posts Drives: 2009 Z4 35i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SC iTrader: (0)	So cute! __________________ 2009 Z4 35i, alpine white with beige leather and all the goodies (new to me with 4,500 miles in October, 2011)
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CarJunkie Colonel 2617 Rep 2,819 Posts Drives: e82 1M, f87 M2cs Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tri-Cities, Washington iTrader: (1) Garage List 2020 M2cs [0.00] 2011 BMW 1M [0.00]	My 8 year-old refers to yellow warning signs with curved arrows as "the fun sign"
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domessex New Member 2 Rep 25 Posts Drives: 1m coupe Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Essex iTrader: (0)	Artemis, great thread! I'm with you all the way. I've got a 7 month old daughter and a 29 month old daughter who both fit in the back. My toddler fits behind my seat in a special BMW car seat that later converts to a booster seat. I'm 6,2 and she has enough room behind me. The 7 month old in the rear facing car seat also fits in behind my wife! I can so relate to your daughters excitement. Whenever we go into the garage or go out in the VO 1m she refers to it as "Daddy's fast car" and the smile on her face when I start it from cold and she goes "vroooooooooom vroooooooooom" is worth the money alone!!
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