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      12-03-2018, 03:03 PM   #111
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first post, first bmw as well. Picked up a '13 135i Msport at the very end of October. Had 24k on it then, dealership bought it back from a 94 year old woman who was not confident in her driving anymore. I've put 2.5k on it since. I feel like a bad owner for forgetting the color but it's either the space grey metallic or the other grey that was offered.
Probably Mineral Grey.

Why is it that most used cars were owned by little old ladies who only drove it on the weekends to go to church or to the salon to get their hair done? lol (JK)
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      12-04-2018, 12:46 PM   #112
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      12-14-2018, 09:14 PM   #113
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I have an 9/08 135i that has just ticked over 22k miles this week, I bought it second hand from a BMW Dealership with 12 miles on the clock when the recession kicked in.
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      12-15-2018, 05:03 PM   #114
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2009 135 with 79K miles

I've owned her for almost exactly 2 years this week, and the mileage, total/overall, averages to just under 8,800 miles a year
Same car, 09 135i, 82k miles.

It's been expensive 2 years, hows yours.m been?
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      12-17-2018, 07:19 AM   #115
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Same car, 09 135i, 82k miles.

It's been expensive 2 years, hows yours.m been?
Yeah, the expenses have been about what I expected- all the usual maintenance items plus a few extras... The pennies I've spent on just the maintenance items are summed up below, but generically I've done several oil changes, plugs, coils, valve cover & gasket, OFHG's, oil pan gasket, water pump & thermostat, tires- fronts once and just did second set of rears, replacement intercooler, radiator, coolant hoses, pulleys & serp belt, full suspension renew....

I'd like to say costs are trending down as the basics are knocked off the list. Alas, 17-18 was tagged with over a grand on suspension I did myself, and then over a grand paying a shop (I soooo hate doing that) to do the oil pan gasket and while they were in there the water pump & thermo. So those two line items alone added just over $2500 to 17-18.

I bought the car in July, so count years as July through June. As a general rule I do all work myself, so with the exception of that oil pan job the costs shown below are all parts only.

And, of course, the image below doesn't include the other couple of grand spent on the fun stuff All in, as of this morning the running total is just barely under $11K...
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      12-17-2018, 12:05 PM   #116
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I have an 9/08 135i that has just ticked over 22k miles this week, I bought it second hand from a BMW Dealership with 12 miles on the clock when the recession kicked in.
Damn, someone owned it for a whole 12 miles, huh? lol

Lots of cars have more than that when bought new.

Pretty cool for a used car, plus it's a 1er, so you can't go wrong.
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      12-19-2018, 03:42 AM   #117
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Damn, someone owned it for a whole 12 miles, huh? lol

Lots of cars have more than that when bought new.

Pretty cool for a used car, plus it's a 1er, so you can't go wrong.
It was a demonstrator vehicle and it had every thing apart from a sunroof.

I had spent two years without a car while trying to find an E46 M3, the last vehicle that I drove two years prior was an original 2dr E30 325i Sport that I wrapped around a lamp post and I had owned it for 9yrs.

The 135i was £35k new with all the extras but the BMW Dealership bottled it and sold four of them at £26,990, I did not have to pay the VAT as I am disabled so it only cost £23890.05.

I wouldn't normally buy a new car but £11k of the price was a no brainer.

The only thing that I think is crap on the 135i is the heating as it doesn't get hot until you turn it to #28 and then its to hot, the a-pillars are massive compaired to an E30 and you cant see anything out the back window at night.

Mind you going from a 170bhp E30 to 306bhp 135i was mental.


The last time it was clean was the day I picked it up.


This is an edited photo of the reg number but I do actually own the number and I have it on retention, I bought another private plate with 3 random numbers and my 3 initials

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      12-19-2018, 03:48 AM   #118
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Wish mine had no sunroof but I don't think that was an option here in the states.
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      01-04-2019, 04:55 PM   #121
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first post, first bmw as well. Picked up a '13 135i Msport at the very end of October. Had 24k on it then, dealership bought it back from a 94 year old woman who was not confident in her driving anymore. I've put 2.5k on it since. I feel like a bad owner for forgetting the color but it's either the space grey metallic or the other grey that was offered.
Probably Mineral Grey.

Why is it that most used cars were owned by little old ladies who only drove it on the weekends to go to church or to the salon to get their hair done? lol (JK)
Haha it does always seem that way. Unfortunately unless you're buying it directly from that old lady you never know of the dealer is being truthful. Either way, I got a low mileage '13 in excellent shape so I'm happy. Traded in a Focus RS and I'm much happier with the Bimmers lower payment while I save for an M2.
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first post, first bmw as well. Picked up a '13 135i Msport at the very end of October. Had 24k on it then, dealership bought it back from a 94 year old woman who was not confident in her driving anymore. I've put 2.5k on it since. I feel like a bad owner for forgetting the color but it's either the space grey metallic or the other grey that was offered.
Probably Mineral Grey.

Why is it that most used cars were owned by little old ladies who only drove it on the weekends to go to church or to the salon to get their hair done? lol (JK)
Haha it does always seem that way. Unfortunately unless you're buying it directly from that old lady you never know of the dealer is being truthful. Either way, I got a low mileage '13 in excellent shape so I'm happy. Traded in a Focus RS and I'm much happier with the Bimmers lower payment while I save for an M2.
Congrats on the 1er!

They're great little cars.

Hope you decide to keep it and stay a while.
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Congrats on the 1er!

They're great little cars.

Hope you decide to keep it and stay a while.
Thanks! I hope to be around for a while. At least longer then I kept my last two cars. Loving the car so far. Have some new Apex wheels sitting in the garage waiting for some PS4s for spring and maybe pick up a turbo back exhaust and an intake and the car will be perfect.
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      02-04-2019, 12:54 AM   #124
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      02-04-2019, 03:27 PM   #125
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      02-04-2019, 03:40 PM   #126
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Previous BMW'S were an E46 330 coupe, than a E46 M3 which I wish I would have held onto.

But I'm thoroughly enjoying this 1 series and was very impressed with it the from the first time I drove it.
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      02-04-2019, 07:30 PM   #127
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Haha it does always seem that way. Unfortunately unless you're buying it directly from that old lady you never know ...
2012 135i vert with M packages, 45600 miles.

My wife got the FS text & pic forwarded from her hairdresser; PO wanted to meet us at said hairdresser where she literally had her hair done while we test drove. We debriefed and agreed on price & PPI while she was in curlers. In probably her 70s it's too much car for her and too low/small/cramped for her big-big-truck husband. She bought it off lease 4 yrs ago; service records show she put on 2000 miles her first year, then 500, 200, 300 after.

So, yeah, bought it directly from
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Same car, 09 135i, 82k miles.

It's been expensive 2 years, hows yours.m been?
Yeah, the expenses have been about what I expected- all the usual maintenance items plus a few extras... The pennies I've spent on just the maintenance items are summed up below, but generically I've done several oil changes, plugs, coils, valve cover & gasket, OFHG's, oil pan gasket, water pump & thermostat, tires- fronts once and just did second set of rears, replacement intercooler, radiator, coolant hoses, pulleys & serp belt, full suspension renew....

I'd like to say costs are trending down as the basics are knocked off the list. Alas, 17-18 was tagged with over a grand on suspension I did myself, and then over a grand paying a shop (I soooo hate doing that) to do the oil pan gasket and while they were in there the water pump & thermo. So those two line items alone added just over $2500 to 17-18.

I bought the car in July, so count years as July through June. As a general rule I do all work myself, so with the exception of that oil pan job the costs shown below are all parts only.

And, of course, the image below doesn't include the other couple of grand spent on the fun stuff All in, as of this morning the running total is just barely under $11K...
They get rediculously expensive if they are taken to the shop for most anything. A lot of things are ready to replace on these cars..
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      02-05-2019, 03:06 PM   #130
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2013 135is with 102,xxx on the odometer and she's still running strong. I keep her well maintained!

Next up on my list of things to do is the suspension. I may go ahead and replace the existing suspension my 135is came with to a brand new version of the same setup.
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