1 series M coupe spotted

[AOK]

foresterlad said:

No one will want a M3 now!

only 450 people will be fortunate enough to be in a position to have that view! For the majority, the M3 remains their only option!

[Col 666]

This is being used as a demo at Grassicks in Perth, they also had a white one inside awaiting delivery to its new pensioner owner!

[Kananga]

AOK said:

just been photo shooting this very car until midnight, as it leaves the Wharf tomorrow. Went straight to valeting after you dropped it off. Will post the results once they're processed, give it a week or so.

Fantastic! Look forward to seeing the results...

[RichyBoy]

Is there a way to find out which dealers have the cars and what spec they are without a load of ringing around?

[as7920]

RichyBoy said:

Is there a way to find out which dealers have the cars and what spec they are without a load of ringing around?

Have been thinking the very same thing.

When I called BMW UK HQ a couple of weeks ago, they couldn't tell me which dealers had cars for the launch Drive event. Wonder if this will be the same story.

[Pugsey]

RichyBoy said:

Is there a way to find out which dealers have the cars and what spec they are without a load of ringing around?

Feed all dealers in a given radius to you into your e.mail and bang off one e.mail to the lot. Can't be that many you're happy to travel to and a lot less hassle then phoning them all?

[RichyBoy]

Pugsey said:

Feed all dealers in a given radius to you into your e.mail and bang off one e.mail to the lot. Can't be that many you're happy to travel to and a lot less hassle then phoning them all?

There is no email, just a contact us form which becomes seriously irritating even after one fill out.

Does anyone have a list of all the email addresses of bmw dealers that can be pasted into an email?

[Pugsey]

RichyBoy said:

Pugsey said:

Feed all dealers in a given radius to you into your e.mail and bang off one e.mail to the lot. Can't be that many you're happy to travel to and a lot less hassle then phoning them all?

There is no email, just a contact us form which becomes seriously irritating even after one fill out.

Does anyone have a list of all the email addresses of bmw dealers that can be pasted into an email?

Must vary dealer to dealer then. I've just checked the sites of three dealers I know and they all show their e.mail address.

[aeropilot]

RichyBoy said:

Is there a way to find out which dealers have the cars and what spec they are without a load of ringing around?

I popped into Scottall - Watford this evening, and they had a 1M in the showroom priced up, so I guess it's available..?

First one I've seen in the flesh, and it looked drooltastic

It was VO and high spec; Pro Nav, Harmon Kardon audio, leccy + heated seats, power fold mirrors, adaptive xenons, sun protection glass etc. £45670 IIRC was the price.

[RichyBoy]

aeropilot said:

I popped into Scottall - Watford this evening, and they had a 1M in the showroom priced up, so I guess it's available..?

First one I've seen in the flesh, and it looked drooltastic

It was VO and high spec; Pro Nav, Harmon Kardon audio, leccy + heated seats, power fold mirrors, adaptive xenons, sun protection glass etc. £45670 IIRC was the price.

They offered me that car but I don't need all those options.

[breadvan]

A thread on 1addicts has the 1M dyno'ed at 331 bhp at the wheels.

The thread goes on to say thats something like 370-390 bhp at the crank.

I dunno the maths but that sounds quite impressive to me and does explain why the car will chuck itself at the horizon very willingly.

[aeropilot]

breadvan said:

A thread on 1addicts has the 1M dyno'ed at 331 bhp at the wheels.

The thread goes on to say thats something like 370-390 bhp at the crank.

That was after it was remapped though

[breadvan]

aeropilot said:

breadvan said:

A thread on 1addicts has the 1M dyno'ed at 331 bhp at the wheels.

The thread goes on to say thats something like 370-390 bhp at the crank.

That was after it was remapped though

Yeah, I knew that.......

[Pugsey]

MUCH more impressive is the grunt (torgue figure) this car's got as standard. Means that in the real world (give and take on public roads) it'll blitz an M3 - unless the M3 driver is happy to permanently operate in the very top of his cars rev range. After remapping (and attending to any cooling issues) it'll be no contest full stop. I've mentioned the M3 but you could replace that with any number of 'faster' much more expensive cars for that matter.

[Mermaid]

Pugsey said:

MUCH more impressive is the grunt (torgue figure) this car's got as standard. Means that in the real world (give and take on public roads) it'll blitz an M3 - unless the M3 driver is happy to permanently operate in the very top of his cars rev range. After remapping (and attending to any cooling issues) it'll be no contest full stop. I've mentioned the M3 but you could replace that with any number of 'faster' much more expensive cars for that matter.

The M3 is a good example - the absence of torque lower down (unlike say an equal powered RS4) is a negative for a daily driver on our roads.

[E21_Ross]

Mermaid said:

the absence of torque lower down (unlike say an equal powered RS4) is a negative for a daily driver on our roads.

inclined to disagree with that to be honest. have spent probably about 3-4k miles in an M3 and a similar amount in an RS4 and would say that low down there doesn't seem to be much in it, though the M3 seems a bit better top end.

[Pugsey]

E21_Ross said:

Mermaid said:

the absence of torque lower down (unlike say an equal powered RS4) is a negative for a daily driver on our roads.

inclined to disagree with that to be honest. have spent probably about 3-4k miles in an M3 and a similar amount in an RS4 and would say that low down there doesn't seem to be much in it, though the M3 seems a bit better top end.

Not much in it guys. Audi 430Nm/317ftlb, BMW 400Nm/295ftlb. Not sure where peak is in respective rev ranges though - which would make a difference.

I'm off for long w/e now - which includes picking up my 1M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a good one.

[DaveK-S1]

Pugsey said:

MUCH more impressive is the grunt (torgue figure) this car's got as standard. Means that in the real world (give and take on public roads) it'll blitz an M3 - unless the M3 driver is happy to permanently operate in the very top of his cars rev range. After remapping (and attending to any cooling issues) it'll be no contest full stop. I've mentioned the M3 but you could replace that with any number of 'faster' much more expensive cars for that matter.

I understand what you are saying re the 1M v M3 , but realistically in the real world is there really an overtake you couldn't make in an M3 that you would do in a 1M.

[aeropilot]

Pugsey said:

I'm off for long w/e now - which includes picking up my 1M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Enjoy....

I'm picking up my 135i tomorrow as well

[as7920]

Pugsey said:

.....I'm off for long w/e now - which includes picking up my 1M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a good one.

Enjoy! Have a great time!