Drove the 135i Convertible tonight (NJ)

[NewYorkDesigner]

The 2 at my dealer weren't even on the lot yet, they were still at the dealer's storage facility. My kind salesman drove me over to the storage facility with a dealer plate and told me to pick one. One was Graphite the other black, similarly equipped with Premium but neither had the sport package, both were automatics. Once I selected the gray the salesman said to enjoy the test drive and come back to the main dealership when I was all done, he said to take my time and make sure I hit the highway. I fired the car up (9 miles on the odometer) and went for a 1/2 hour drive on both local roads and the highway. I didn't want to abuse my privledges here since my salesman gave me the car by myself, plus I needed to get home since I was coming from work.

The visibility out the rear wasn't too bad, since I also have an S2000 the BMW was significantly better of course, the blind spots also weren't terrible. I read some issues about wind noise coming from the rear window but at 70 mph I thought things were pretty tight with minimal noise coming through the ragtop. Even without the sports package the 17 inch wheels rode pretty tight and its suspension doesn't absorb the bumps compared to a 335i coupe or 335i hardtop convertible. I also think the sports seats are much more comfortable, especially if your back is 40 years old or more (like mine). I do wish they had the aluminum interior trim option for the convertible but I'm assuming it gets too hot with the top down so they don't offer it. Now I just have to decide on a good color combination since I want the red interior (like my S2000). They had a 128i convertible in Montego Blue with a black top that looked pretty good, not a good match with red interior though since I need to go with a dark color like Monaco, Black or Graphite. Thoughts?

---Alex

[BMW Dreamer]

With Coral the black is awesome, but I would get the Grey. I am getting Alpine, but from your choice's above I say grey and coral.

[The Chad]

Originally Posted by NewYorkDesigner

The 2 at my dealer weren't even on the lot yet, they were still at the dealer's storage facility. My kind salesman drove me over to the storage facility with a dealer plate and told me to pick one. One was Graphite the other black, similarly equipped with Premium but neither had the sport package, both were automatics. Once I selected the gray the salesman said to enjoy the test drive and come back to the main dealership when I was all done, he said to take my time and make sure I hit the highway. I fired the car up (9 miles on the odometer) and went for a 1/2 hour drive on both local roads and the highway. I didn't want to abuse my privledges here since my salesman gave me the car by myself, plus I needed to get home since I was coming from work.

The visibility out the rear wasn't too bad, since I also have an S2000 the BMW was significantly better of course, the blind spots also weren't terrible. I read some issues about wind noise coming from the rear window but at 70 mph I thought things were pretty tight with minimal noise coming through the ragtop. Even without the sports package the 17 inch wheels rode pretty tight and its suspension doesn't absorb the bumps compared to a 335i coupe or 335i hardtop convertible. I also think the sports seats are much more comfortable, especially if your back is 40 years old or more (like mine). I do wish they had the aluminum interior trim option for the convertible but I'm assuming it gets too hot with the top down so they don't offer it. Now I just have to decide on a good color combination since I want the red interior (like my S2000). They had a 128i convertible in Montego Blue with a black top that looked pretty good, not a good match with red interior though since I need to go with a dark color like Monaco, Black or Graphite. Thoughts?

---Alex

I have the Silverstone / Red two-tone interior on my S2000. I wish the dark silver on the 135i was something like Space Grey, and not SGM. SGM goes to a shade in certain lights I'm not fond of.

[jdouville]

NYD:

Thx...you must be the first to drive a US spec 135i Conv. My 135i Vert was built on April 4th...currently in storage at the deliverying dealership bought and paid for...but I can't take delivery of it until May 31st here in Europe because of roll-out restrictions BMW USA has imposed on all US Spec 135i verts.

[Kiwi]

Originally Posted by BlueUltra

NYD:

Thx...you must be the first to drive a US spec 135i Conv. My 135i Vert was built on April 4th...currently in storage at the deliverying dealership bought and paid for...but I can't take delivery of it until May 31st here in Europe because of roll-out restrictions BMW USA has imposed on all US Spec 135i verts.

It must be world wide as there are Convertibles sitting in BMW storage here and will not be released until May.

[nordique14]

People are already taking delivery of their 135i convertibles.

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6416

I hope to have mine by mid-May.