....the "other" 1M

[Beedub]

ChrisBuer said:

I ran a temp gauge plugged directly into my OBD port when I was at Brands and my IATs where absolutely fine all day, but I may consider doing the Forge upgrade in the summer if required

What iAT were you seeing?

[ChrisBuer]

Beedub said:

What iAT were you seeing?

Between 24-26c after around 10-15 hot laps.

[wormburner]

I can't quite get over how much power it's got! It'd give an E39 M5 (my long-time benchmark for bonkers) a dusting. Batty.

Looks great too. My favourite current BMW by quite some way.

[getawayturtle]

Very nice car Sir Great write up too.

[philmots]

Fantastic car..

I'd have to have it in black, though.!

[Marf]

Wibble.

That is all.

[JohnBender]

Marf said:

Wibble.

That is all.

X2

[SilverStar]

Stunning car. My personal favourite recent BMW.

And your detailing shelf is just fabulous!

[tbc]

looks top notch in white

can I be cheeky and ask what the standard price for one was?

and the price with all the gizmos and extras?

[Robb F]

Such an ugly car.


But you just can't help but think it looks awesome

Very nice.

[ChrisBuer]

tbc said:

looks top notch in white

can I be cheeky and ask what the standard price for one was?

and the price with all the gizmos and extras?

Standard price was a shade under £40k and the extras came in at just over £5k. However I got £32k for my Exige, so it wasn't too bad in the end. I think the OTR price was a few quid over £45k.

[ChrisBuer]

philmots said:

Fantastic car..

I'd have to have it in black, though.!

I really like it in black, but having had a black car before and enjoying detailing like I do, the swirl marks you'd eventually get (however careful you were cleaning it) would have got on my nerves. Also I do think you lose a bit of the styling, especially at the front of the car with the black as the vents and scoops disappear a bit.

Having said all of this, I did see a black one at a recent 1M meet and it looked flipping awesome

[JayTee94]

I really like the 1M, and what BMW did at the showroom. Must of added to the experience of picking up your car.

I used to prefer the 1M in orange but I think after seeing this and your friends example I now think white is the colour to go for. I like it so much that I have painted my 1M white (on Forza 4).

Black can lose some detail as you say. Well, enjoy and I will be watching this thread with interest.

[DanDC5]

As mentioned on the other thread, these are destined to become undesirable and lose all value. The more people that believe this the better, because it'll mean I can get a second hand one a lot sooner .

Love these so much, there's only this and a GTR that I'd buy brand new if I had the money on sale at the moment, and 400bhp after just a remap! There's going to be some very upset supercar owners once a few of these have further engine upgrades.

[aussieinlondon]

Here you go Chris, the centre of attention we are : )

[StottyZr]

Absolutely georgeous car and great post. I'm impressed at how soon you had it remapped run in period then straight to the tuners

[crocodile tears]

awesome

[crashley]

aussieinlondon said:

Here you go Chris, the centre of attention we are : )

You bunch of bds! I happened to turn up there for breakfast on my black Ducati (mate was in his Alfa) when you were all there. Was toying of swapping my V8 in for a 1M last year but couldn't bring myself to do it... and seeing that lot really got me thiking again. They look absolutely cracking in the flesh.

[RobCrezz]

Fantastic looking car, can really see my self in one of these...

[Spantney]

An absolutely beautiful car. Very envious! Congratulations