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Originally Posted by gbrettin I would think it would be pretty safe with winter tires, seriously. I've been considering a BMW 1M... My Z is my DD and will continue

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Old 09-28-2012, 11:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I would think it would be pretty safe with winter tires, seriously.

I've been considering a BMW 1M... My Z is my DD and will continue to be for years.
The 1 series M is a badass machine! I wish they continued making it but now it will be an enthusiast collector. Wish I had cash to pick one up at the time. That's a car I'd have left the Z for.
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The 1 series M is a badass machine! I wish they continued making it but now it will be an enthusiast collector. Wish I had cash to pick one up at the time. That's a car I'd have left the Z for.
Same here. I was so wanting a 1M, but they were gone even before the Dec. "deadline" of when they were going to stop making them.

Someone downtown here has a black one (parked outside too, wtf?). It's soooo nice.
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1M is a waste of money. The 135i is the same exact engine so why pay 20,000 more for a car with the same motor.
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1M is a waste of money. The 135i is the same exact engine so why pay 20,000 more for a car with the same motor.
M3 suspension and wheels?

Plus it's an M, rather than a lame 135i badge.

Plus the 1M was only about 45k where as 135i is listing at 39k and 135is is 43k... not much difference in price really. Not 20k difference.

Granted, 1M prices are much higher now, now that they're out of production.
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1M is a waste of money. The 135i is the same exact engine so why pay 20,000 more for a car with the same motor.
If it's not broke, don't fix it. Why does the engine need to change to make it worth while?

It makes significantly more power (the #'s BMW released were super conservative), it's a few inches wider and has a beefed up suspension on a car that already was sporty. It looks super badass. The interior is much nicer and sportier. And as mentioned above it wasn't that much of an asking price.

I don't know why you'd want an M3 with that thing on the market.
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Last time I checked it was 63k for a 1M. I don't know now though. But why not just buy a 135i, buy some coilovers and get a JB4 tune with catless downpipes. You'd be smoking almost everything on the road. For 38k the 135i is a steal. Don't get me wrong the 1M is a great car, but I just would not spend that much money on a 1 series.
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If it's not broke, don't fix it. Why does the engine need to change to make it worth while?

It makes significantly more power (the #'s BMW released were super conservative), it's a few inches wider and has a beefed up suspension on a car that already was sporty. It looks super badass. The interior is much nicer and sportier. And as mentioned above it wasn't that much of an asking price.

I don't know why you'd want an M3 with that thing on the market.
LOL you clearly havent driven the e9x m3 to even compare them together... i can understand if you were comparing maybe a e46 m3 to the 1m, but the e9x m3 is a total different car compared to the 1m....
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