picked up the 135i - with pics *updated 5-2-12!

[skulkingghost]

I saw your car in person when I was looking! I live in WC just down 202 a bit. Nice car!

 

[ViviTheMage]

I saw your car in person when I was looking! I live in WC just down 202 a bit. Nice car!

What made you not pick it up?!

What'd you get instead?

 

[skulkingghost]

What made you not pick it up?!

What'd you get instead?

I wasn't ready to purchase yet, I was just out tire kicking for a bit Fantastic choice though!

 

[rchiu]

agree with this - the 3's back seats are too small for 4 people anyway so the 5 is the way to go for a true family. If you're doing a 3, the coupe looks WAY better than the sedan.

335/M3 coupe = sexy
M3 sedan = family-looking car with 4 tailpipes. The rear is just wrong for a small sports car.
M5 sedan = intended to be a family car but you know it can motor. Sexy.

Not true. My 335i sedan can seat 4 adult comfortably and the back seat has plenty of leg/head room for your average ~6 ft person. And I am plenty happy with my 335i sedan for my family of 4.

Sure you can get a 3 series coupe, but why limit yourself to picking up 1 beautiful girl with your hot wheel when you can pick up 3/4 ....haha.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I wasn't ready to purchase yet, I was just out tire kicking for a bit Fantastic choice though!

Thank you sir!

 

[Zargon]

very nice vivi

I really like the 1 series

 

[ViviTheMage]

very nice vivi

I really like the 1 series

:thumbsup:

 

[Zargon]

it looks ALOT like my friends 135i, which I get to autoX a few times this year. really looking forward to it

 

[ViviTheMage]

It'll be my first DD RWD ... so it'll be a change. I am used to relying on AWD, haha.

 

[ViviTheMage]

updated, see OP!

 

[Throckmorton]

Have you seen Jeremy Clarkson's test of the M1? He loves it. Seems like an awesome car

 

[ViviTheMage]

I think it's the 1M, but yeah, I saw it ... haha. I had m buddy who is 6 foot 7 sit in it, he was very surprised at the height room...he usually has issues in most cars.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Awesome car. I don't keep up with cars so I looked up your car and found a CNETreview video. A fine piece of machinery.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Awesome car. I don't keep up with cars so I looked up your car and found a CNETreview video. A fine piece of machinery.

yeah, she's a beaut!

 

[amdhunter]

That is fucking gorgeous.

 

[nitrous9200]

Looks great. Hard to believe that a car the size of a Focus has 300HP in it!

 

[ViviTheMage]

That is fucking gorgeous.

agreed, 100% so glad I got white!

Looks great. Hard to believe that a car the size of a Focus has 300HP in it!

an extra 50-70 HP if I chip it...insane.

 

[foghorn67]

Looks great! I'm sure it's a blast. The 1 series is the first BMW I loved since the 8 series coupe in the 90's.

 

[ViviTheMage]

She is a rocketship, that's for sure!

 

[Zargon]

very nice!

if I had realized you were coming this close on the way home I woulda offered you free lodging

 

[ViviTheMage]

very nice!

if I had realized you were coming this close on the way home I woulda offered you free lodging

thanks! we darted through ILL though. Slept in DC the night, hung out there for a few hours, saw some monuments, stopped in Chicago for a few minutes at my data center to pick some stuff up and went home ... only took us 17~ hours DC-Minneapolis

 

[Koing]

Looks sweet in white.

My mate has one in black.

Koing

 

[Childs]

$21.5K is pretty cheap. I just started looking at used BMWs and around here 128s start at $24K. Cheapest 135 is $28K. Nice car though!

 

[ViviTheMage]

Thanks! I got a 4 year 45k extended warranty for an extra 2800 too, not factory.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Beware tinting - MN laws are just brutal on this. So little tint is legal that I have just resolved myself to having neither of my cars tinted.