RE: You Know You Want To: BMW 1 M
Discussion
aussieinlondon said:
Bring on the M Adventure part 2 IOM, my 1M's front splitter is dying for another caning 
Bring it on!!! Can't wait. Think your splitter will have a good time there as they will serve their function on the A36 and the mountain road for lift reduction. There aren't any roads without speed restriction that will allow us to go airborne like we did in Wales unfortunately. Will be swapping to my track pads for the trip as I remember being really hard on the brakes with a few 1 mile+ straights. Will decided on swapping to my competition pack wheels once we get some weather info closer to the date, as I could do with additional lateral grip and stiffness on the IOM.
will261058 said:
I really need to move back home to Glasgow! I love the 1M but so far have only seen pictures of them. If there is one up this way (Moray) I've not seen it. 
And I bet it looks even better in the flesh!
The 1M definitely looks better in the flesh. I didn't like the 1M so much when I saw it in pictures and videos, but after spending so much time in my friend's 1M and driving around with so many other 1Ms, it most certainly looks better in reality. And I bet it looks even better in the flesh!Guvernator said:
dasherdiablo1 said:
Guvernator said:
All those saying the 1M is lighter and smaller and that the M3 feels big and bloated in comparison, you do realise that the difference is tiny right? The 1M is 70kgs lighter, the exact same width and only 10 inches shorter. It also uses the exact same running gear, in fact the only really major difference is the engine.
I've not taken a 1M for a drive but I'm keen to hear from those who have, where they think all this extra dynamism over the M3 comes from as the bare specs would indicate otherwise.
10 inches is alot of difference - ask your missus ;O)I've not taken a 1M for a drive but I'm keen to hear from those who have, where they think all this extra dynamism over the M3 comes from as the bare specs would indicate otherwise.
DivideBYZero said:
icepop said:
Don't be daft, we're not talking extra metres, it's not a choice between a SUV and a saloon. You know as well as I do, the M1 is just an almost, expected, natural marketing extension of the 1 series saloon. Who's it aimed at over the already superb M3 ? I just can't imagine laying down £40k for a slightly tiny'er version of a £28k, one year old M3. What advantage does it hold, other than if you have a small garage
Please, show me where they hide all the 1 year old M3s that are just £28k. LMAO!
Suggest you use Super glue to SYABO, you'll be needing that again.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...
icepop said:
Opps, apologies, looks like 2 year old for that price, advert I saw was garage twaddle, but even so, £30k, after haggling, for this fella, is still a better bet. Where to find cars such as this, they be in a magical parchment called Autotrader, not too difficult too find, surely.
Suggest you use Super glue to SYABO, you'll be needing that again.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...
Quite big miles on that one, but I catch your drift, I'd take an M3 too.Suggest you use Super glue to SYABO, you'll be needing that again.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...
mlhj83 said:
Bring it on!!! Can't wait.
Think your splitter will have a good time there as they will serve their function on the A36 and the mountain road for lift reduction. There aren't any roads without speed restriction that will allow us to go airborne like we did in Wales unfortunately. Will be swapping to my track pads for the trip as I remember being really hard on the brakes with a few 1 mile+ straights. Will decided on swapping to my competition pack wheels once we get some weather info closer to the date, as I could do with additional lateral grip and stiffness on the IOM.
The air time was good hey, but the underside of my splitter did take a hammering but scrapes is all it was and still in one piece, but it is strong as and plenty of pre made testing on the ring and autobahn by Lightweight.Think your splitter will have a good time there as they will serve their function on the A36 and the mountain road for lift reduction. There aren't any roads without speed restriction that will allow us to go airborne like we did in Wales unfortunately. Will be swapping to my track pads for the trip as I remember being really hard on the brakes with a few 1 mile+ straights. Will decided on swapping to my competition pack wheels once we get some weather info closer to the date, as I could do with additional lateral grip and stiffness on the IOM.
Looking forward to later next month, then the Euro drive 2013
Bit of confusion between what track and road compounds are. One is not better than the other, they just do different jobs.
A proper track pad should not work very well when cold, by definition, otherwise it won't work very well when used under the intense and repeated use it designed to cope with.
Conversely, a road pad works well when cold but will eat itself on track.
A proper track pad should not work very well when cold, by definition, otherwise it won't work very well when used under the intense and repeated use it designed to cope with.
Conversely, a road pad works well when cold but will eat itself on track.
crackthatoff said:
like the idea of it although a somewhat lazy and un informative review for the pistonheads massive... no vids and no comparisons !
Here you go, CH's vid and comparison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJPJxOndCXQ
nickfrog said:
Bit of confusion between what track and road compounds are. One is not better than the other, they just do different jobs.
A proper track pad should not work very well when cold, by definition, otherwise it won't work very well when used under the intense and repeated use it designed to cope with.
Conversely, a road pad works well when cold but will eat itself on track.
True but you have different track pads for different temperature ranges. Some higher, some lower. Obviously, the M Performance Sport Pads can't cope with temps as high and as long as say Pagid RS19s or 29s, but they are still track biased pads as they are designed to cope with temperatures achieved on track for a decent number of hard laps. BMW themselves use them for their ring taxis which obviously carries 4 people albeit over 1 lap, which is still pretty decent. I've had the pads through just below zero temps and amazingly they respond better than the standard pads at the same temperature, yet don't fall apart like the standard ones do when on track days. But they are so noisy that pedestrians cringe and look at me with disgust; my friend can tell that I'm nearing his place even though I'm at least 200metres away. Now, I just swap them back to standard after every track day; a pain but better than waking the neighbours up. The RS19s are quiet compared to them. A proper track pad should not work very well when cold, by definition, otherwise it won't work very well when used under the intense and repeated use it designed to cope with.
Conversely, a road pad works well when cold but will eat itself on track.
Edited by mlhj83 on Thursday 11th October 00:27
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