Buying 2.0 Petrol 1 series

[Exige77]

Morning PH, my daughter is looking for a 1 series convertible of around 2010/11 vintage.

Anything to look out for on these ?

Any must have options ?

Anything to avoid ?

Going to start viewing a few cars this weekend.

Advice much appreciated.

[Exige77]

Daughter really wants a 1 series convertible.

We are a bit of BMW family. She has an E36 compact now and we have a very good BMW indie on our doorstep.

[Exige77]

Oil burner would be out of the question.

Imagine being on PH while one of your children drives an oil burner

[Exige77]

Thanks all for your advice.

Daughter has just bought a very nice low miles 120i Cabrio in Silver.

Let's hope it's a good un and doesn't suffer too much from the well known issues.

Fingers crossed.

Thanks

[Exige77]

northwest monkey said:

Good job you asked for advice & had some well informed responses or who knows what she might have bought...

Some of the posters raised concerns about the reliability of the motor which I investigated.

Thanks for high lighting.

I checked, and although there are some documented issues it seems they are not as bad as the Internet would have you believe.

Thanks all

[Exige77]

Daughter just picked up the car and so far so good.

Will keep you updated.