1M - it's all in the stance...

[kmpowell]

Having owned my 1M for a few months, it never fails to surprise me how many people [when seeing it in the metal for the first time] comment how much more aggressive it looks in real-life as opposed to the pictures they've seen. The subtle aggression of the stance is something that IMO gives this car it's special nature. With that in mind I tried to get some pics of the aggressive nature...






Anyway, making my way backover (I spent lots of time on here during my TVR owning period) from 1Addicts to PH after wanting more UK M Power chat rather than the US dominated talk over there.

[BradleyA]

Tottaly agree.

Here is my fat arse

[clived]

[BradleyA]

Love the pics Clive,

Just a heads up about something i am working on: www.bmwmowner.com

Any help in getting some other owners/enthusiasts signed up and posting would be great.

Still very very early days and still work in progress.

Brad

[roofer]

The ultimate 'Thug' imo.

[KENZ]

Love the pics. Does look like its on steroids. BMW M division make some fine cars. Congratz

[agent biscuit]

fat it may be........ but perfectly rounded ..............and ever so slightly muscular!!! im loosing it!!

BradleyA said:

Tottaly agree.

Here is my fat arse

[agent biscuit]

fat it may be........ but perfectly rounded ..............and ever so slightly muscular!!! im loosing it!!

BradleyA said:

Tottaly agree.

Here is my fat arse

[AliA]

A few pics of my 1M. I think they capture the aggressive stance quite well.

[Mermaid]

Nice

The Audi RS4 is pretty good too

[ChrisBuer]

Great pictures, Kevin, Clive and Brad! Hopefully I'll be adding mine in a few weeks. All this waiting is getting pretty boring now

However photos like that do help

[Owlwood]

Great pics.

The BMW pics I have seen dont really show the car off well. I didnt think much of it until I saw some owner's pics, then I thought it looked fantastic!

[Zero7]

Love the flared arches (has a hint of Lancia Integrale about it), dislike the cutouts in the rear bumper.

[dele]

Sorry to buck the trend here, but i think the 1M looks almost 4x4 in some shots, too high!

[Pugsey]

dele said:

Sorry to buck the trend here, but i think the 1M looks almost 4x4 in some shots, too high!

The one area where the 1M seems slightly less than perfect handling wise is high speed stabilty. At +120 upwards it feels quite unstable and nervous and this gets progressively worse as the speed rises. I've no doubt that this is partly due to the car's 'tippy toes' stance (as well as it's short/square wheel base) and I suspect lowering would help enormously. NOTE I'm using the terms 'unstable' and 'nervous' relatively when compared with something like, say, an M3. All a question of degrees. It does NOT feel like an accident waiting to happen!

[Zero7]

Pugsey said:

The one area where the 1M seems slightly less than perfect handling wise is high speed stabilty. At +120 upwards it feels quite unstable and nervous and this gets progressively worse as the speed rises. I've no doubt that this is partly due to the car's 'tippy toes' stance (as well as it's short/square wheel base) and I suspect lowering would help enormously. NOTE I'm using the terms 'unstable' and 'nervous' relatively when compared with something like, say, an M3. All a question of degrees. It does NOT feel like an accident waiting to happen!

I used ot have a 123d company car before the M3 and that felt the same, not very confidence inspiring, lets not forget, these are relatively small cars.

[maturin23]

BradleyA said:

Tottaly agree.

Here is my fat arse

Great looking cars - would definitely not say no, but there's a suggestion of belm happening in that shot for me....

[PPPPPP]

Zero7 said:

I used ot have a 123d company car before the M3 and that felt the same, not very confidence inspiring, lets not forget, these are relatively small cars.

[E30Addict]

clived said:

[Legacywr]

There must be a reason why an accomplished car maker like BMW has the car riding so high! Do we know what it is?