Positive One Experiences

Raine · 12-09-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by badpugs

I've had my 128i for about a year and a half now and every time I walk up to it I smile.

It's a damn fine sexy beast of a car.

I also smile whenever I see my car. There's something unique about the look of the car, it's not like your ordinary box w/ 4 wheels on it and a logo slapped on it. It has personality.

ErvGotti · 12-11-2010, 03:01 PM

Found Sunoco GT100

hpowders · 12-11-2010, 04:22 PM

I truly hope this isn't one guy with 65 different tags doing all this feel good.

Peoria1 · 12-11-2010, 04:36 PM

Thing that makes me smile the most -- going an extra ten miles out of the way because I want to keep driving, then hopping back on the interstate the other way...for another lap instead of going where I had intended.

Second favorite was when my HPDE instructor said that this car is so fast after our first track session...high praise from an E46 M3 driver.

Kcyrusm · 12-11-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by roo97ss

BMW can either include comfort access or take the button and stick it up it's....for my tastes. I've only had the car 2 months now and the novelty is long wore off...

It's not necessarily for novelty sake. Yes, the car is great with comfort access because you can just walk up to the car, get in and push the start button, but the start button serves a greater purpose.

My last car was an S2000 and it had push start but no comfort access. Not only that, but you had to stick the key in, then turn it before pushing the start button with your foot on the clutch. Naturally, I had the same questions you sir have.

The fact of the matter is, mechanical starters are not as reliable as using electrical switches to start the vehicle. That's the reason for the push start craze, besides it's apparent novelty.

Taki · 12-13-2010, 12:37 PM

I would get a smile on my face every time every time I got in. I love the power available all the time, no matter the gear or speed. It's just the right size, and the interior is laid out in a sensible way. (Why yes, of course the center stack should angle toward the driver.)

And then it protected me in a t-bone at 40+ mph. If it does end up totaled (no word yet) I may get another just like it.

roo97ss · 12-14-2010, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kcyrusm

It's not necessarily for novelty sake. Yes, the car is great with comfort access because you can just walk up to the car, get in and push the start button, but the start button serves a greater purpose.

My last car was an S2000 and it had push start but no comfort access. Not only that, but you had to stick the key in, then turn it before pushing the start button with your foot on the clutch. Naturally, I had the same questions you sir have.

The fact of the matter is, mechanical starters are not as reliable as using electrical switches to start the vehicle. That's the reason for the push start craze, besides it's apparent novelty.

Ya, like my 530 has. A real key, put it in and turn it to activate the electrical switch which starts the car (you can just toggle it quickly or hold it as long as you like it just activates the same way our two step fob and button does). Only thing, why do i have to step on brake to engage it. I mean the car is in park....So it's cold outside i can't just lean in and start the car, have to put my foot on the brake then start it?

MarkR171 · 12-14-2010, 05:22 PM

This is what I like about my 1.

[u2b]loC1Fb_dmyg&hd=1[/u2b]

mryakanisachoad · 12-15-2010, 01:33 AM

135i sounds really nice.

Prof T · 02-15-2011, 12:32 AM

135i, My 4th BMW and my fav. to date. Still learning, to play correctly with, the paddle shifters.

FDM68 · 02-15-2011, 02:30 AM

Opening my garage and seeing the aggressive rear end......LMB is just spectacular...HK sound.......PASSING-------everything!!!!! Rolling along at 120 and kicking it in and watching the needle climb effortlessly to 150..... That most excellent rumble upon starting it.....Still got that new car smell, Bimmer stlye....

fboutlaw · 02-15-2011, 03:04 AM

Every once in a while I use the onsite car wash service at work (like today). I'm one of the last to go home and just coming out of the office to the lone 135i in the lot glowing from a glorious detail service still gets me all giddy.

Of course, the drive home isn't bad either. <3 no traffic!

rori zahr · 02-15-2011, 04:01 AM

I'll give you 10:

1-beautiful inside out
2-smile generator
4-high efficiency
5-fits like a glove
6-eye catcher
7-still a rare sight, not so many 1ers out there
8-best engines in it's category
9-best gear box ever "DCT"
10-a real joy to drive

Augenbrauezug · 02-15-2011, 05:31 AM

I love the look of my car and how it forces me to turn around to take another look as I walk away. I love the way people flick me off or hate, when I haven't done anything. I love the immeasurable grin it leaves stuck to my face. I love the fact that when I go somewhere, I'm usually eager to go somewhere else so I can take my car. I love the blue and white roundel staring back at me as I drive. I love how it encourages me to take the long way home, then pass my house to just drive a little further. I love that the car is toss-able and is always eager to go. I love the compliments it receives everywhere I go (the people man, or woman, enough to not hate because its a BMW). I love the raw acceleration and the massive amount of torque. I love the manual transmission and how it encourages me to downshift just to feel it's torque. I love my 1er.

romak47 · 02-15-2011, 06:09 AM

i love looking at my car as im closing the garage door(non-automatic) to put her to sleep.. I like it so much in fact i often forget to get things outta the trunk and have to reopen the garage. lol.

I got 5% tint on BSM with chrome bastuck quad exhaust, and BSM diffuser. She looks so sexy from behind..

rori zahr · 02-15-2011, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Augenbrauezug

I love the look of my car and how it forces me to turn around to take another look as I walk away. I love the way people flick me off or hate, when I haven't done anything. I love the immeasurable grin it leaves stuck to my face. I love the fact that when I go somewhere, I'm usually eager to go somewhere else so I can take my car. I love the blue and white roundel staring back at me as I drive. I love how it encourages me to take the long way home, then pass my house to just drive a little further. I love that the car is toss-able and is always eager to go. I love the compliments it receives everywhere I go (the people man, or woman, enough to not hate because its a BMW). I love the raw acceleration and the massive amount of torque. I love the manual transmission and how it encourages me to downshift just to feel it's torque. I love my 1er.

thez99 · 02-15-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Augenbrauezug

I love the look of my car and how it forces me to turn around to take another look as I walk away. I love the way people flick me off or hate, when I haven't done anything. I love the immeasurable grin it leaves stuck to my face. I love the fact that when I go somewhere, I'm usually eager to go somewhere else so I can take my car. I love the blue and white roundel staring back at me as I drive. I love how it encourages me to take the long way home, then pass my house to just drive a little further. I love that the car is toss-able and is always eager to go. I love the compliments it receives everywhere I go (the people man, or woman, enough to not hate because its a BMW). I love the raw acceleration and the massive amount of torque. I love the manual transmission and how it encourages me to downshift just to feel it's torque. I love my 1er.

Aww you wrote a poem

jeremydgreat · 02-15-2011, 12:47 PM

I love the closeness it's brought between me any my local dealership's service department. These guys are like brothers now. John, the guy who replaced two of my HPFP's is part of my bowling league and Larry, who replaced my rear tail light LED, my bubbling dashboard, and my squeaky arm rest is coming to my kid's batmitzvah next month. Tomorrow I have an appointment to go fix a plastic ring that just plain fell off the driver's side headlight bulb. It's clattering around inside the headlight itself. I'll have plenty of time to hang out at the dealership tomorrow because, thankfully, there's 3 outstanding recalls on the car right now. I love that. It causes me to slow down a bit, take off from work sometimes, and enjoy life. Plus, I get to explore various underpowered BMW models while the 135i gets fixed, and I end up appreciating the car MORE when I get it back- which is nice.

jeremydgreat · 02-15-2011, 12:51 PM

I kid. Well, not really- I did have all that work done to my car. 6 warranty repairs in total.

BUT... I love my car. It's a rocket. I eat up mustangs in the twisties. Also see my former remarks here in comment #26.

_dopehead_ · 02-15-2011, 01:09 PM

I love everything about my 135i, even the stupid cupholder underneath the armrest, also the fact that i hardly ever see anyone else in one.

In the first year of owning it, the following things have been said to me by others :

- Nice car, do you have a girlfriend ? (no) can i get your number :-)
- a 1 what? 306bhp...really? !!!!
- Is that an M3 ?

Augenbrauezug · 02-15-2011, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by thez99

Aww you wrote a poem

Well it was the day after Valentine's day and I hadn't gotten her anything special.

12-11-2010, 03:01 PM	#68
ErvGotti Major 124 Rep 1,362 Posts Drives: 2008 135i 6MT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Aviano iTrader: (5) Garage List 2008 135i [6.00]	Found Sunoco GT100
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12-11-2010, 04:22 PM	#69
hpowders 228i Fanatic 16 Rep 969 Posts Drives: BMW 228i and BMW 328i Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	I truly hope this isn't one guy with 65 different tags doing all this feel good.
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12-11-2010, 04:36 PM	#70
Peoria1 New Member 4 Rep 25 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Peoria, IL iTrader: (0)	Thing that makes me smile the most -- going an extra ten miles out of the way because I want to keep driving, then hopping back on the interstate the other way...for another lap instead of going where I had intended. Second favorite was when my HPDE instructor said that this car is so fast after our first track session...high praise from an E46 M3 driver.
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12-13-2010, 12:37 PM	#72
Taki Private First Class 17 Rep 164 Posts Drives: 2019 M2 Competition Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MD, USA iTrader: (0)	I would get a smile on my face every time every time I got in. I love the power available all the time, no matter the gear or speed. It's just the right size, and the interior is laid out in a sensible way. (Why yes, of course the center stack should angle toward the driver.) And then it protected me in a t-bone at 40+ mph. If it does end up totaled (no word yet) I may get another just like it.
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12-14-2010, 05:22 PM	#74
MarkR171 Lieutenant Colonel 104 Rep 1,552 Posts Drives: '19 M2C \| '20 100AE ND2 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Phx, AZ iTrader: (0) Garage List 2019 BMW M2C [0.00]	This is what I like about my 1. [u2b]loC1Fb_dmyg&hd=1[/u2b] __________________ 2019 M2C - Alpine White - 6MT 2023 Supra 6MT - Deposit and Wait
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12-15-2010, 01:33 AM	#75
mryakanisachoad Lieutenant 33 Rep 527 Posts Drives: '13 550xi + '09 M5 + '10 135i Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY iTrader: (0)	135i sounds really nice. Attached Images __________________ There is no substitute.
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02-15-2011, 12:32 AM	#76
Prof T COACH 2 Rep 285 Posts Drives: 2010 135 conv, 2009 M3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: BMW iTrader: (0)	135i, My 4th BMW and my fav. to date. Still learning, to play correctly with, the paddle shifters.
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02-15-2011, 02:30 AM	#77
FDM68 Captain 35 Rep 761 Posts Drives: 11' 135i Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia (hearts still in Germany) iTrader: (0)	Opening my garage and seeing the aggressive rear end......LMB is just spectacular...HK sound.......PASSING-------everything!!!!! Rolling along at 120 and kicking it in and watching the needle climb effortlessly to 150..... That most excellent rumble upon starting it.....Still got that new car smell, Bimmer stlye....
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02-15-2011, 03:04 AM	#78
fboutlaw Cone Cruncher 31 Rep 534 Posts Drives: Dinan 135i Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cupertino, CA iTrader: (3)	Every once in a while I use the onsite car wash service at work (like today). I'm one of the last to go home and just coming out of the office to the lone 135i in the lot glowing from a glorious detail service still gets me all giddy. Of course, the drive home isn't bad either. <3 no traffic!
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02-15-2011, 04:01 AM	#79
rori zahr AristoCat 41 Rep 676 Posts Drives: M2 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Beirut iTrader: (0)	I'll give you 10: 1-beautiful inside out 2-smile generator 4-high efficiency 5-fits like a glove 6-eye catcher 7-still a rare sight, not so many 1ers out there 8-best engines in it's category 9-best gear box ever "DCT" 10-a real joy to drive __________________ AristoCat
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02-15-2011, 06:09 AM	#81
romak47 Captain 53 Rep 941 Posts Drives: like a bat out of hell Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	i love looking at my car as im closing the garage door(non-automatic) to put her to sleep.. I like it so much in fact i often forget to get things outta the trunk and have to reopen the garage. lol. I got 5% tint on BSM with chrome bastuck quad exhaust, and BSM diffuser. She looks so sexy from behind.. __________________ JB4, DCI, Digi boost, CSL eyelids, 5% tint, KW v2's. Bastuck 85mm quad w/ berk resonated mids, LED int ltg, Perf SSK, CF int trim, 19" SF-71 rims, CDV mod, BMS OCC, ER+tial charge pipe. AR DP's, Helix IC,meth, drilled slotted rotors
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02-15-2011, 12:47 PM	#84
jeremydgreat Captain 76 Rep 676 Posts Drives: 2009 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA (Carlsbad to be exact) iTrader: (1)	I love the closeness it's brought between me any my local dealership's service department. These guys are like brothers now. John, the guy who replaced two of my HPFP's is part of my bowling league and Larry, who replaced my rear tail light LED, my bubbling dashboard, and my squeaky arm rest is coming to my kid's batmitzvah next month. Tomorrow I have an appointment to go fix a plastic ring that just plain fell off the driver's side headlight bulb. It's clattering around inside the headlight itself. I'll have plenty of time to hang out at the dealership tomorrow because, thankfully, there's 3 outstanding recalls on the car right now. I love that. It causes me to slow down a bit, take off from work sometimes, and enjoy life. Plus, I get to explore various underpowered BMW models while the 135i gets fixed, and I end up appreciating the car MORE when I get it back- which is nice. __________________ 135i // M-Sports Package // RR Oil Catch Can // Black Kidneys // iCarbon Hood // Alum Pedals // KW v2 Coilovers // Vorshlag Camber Plates // Hotchkis Sway Bar // Wheel Studs. Best mod ever? Tires. 255's in front, 275's in back.
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02-15-2011, 12:51 PM	#85
jeremydgreat Captain 76 Rep 676 Posts Drives: 2009 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA (Carlsbad to be exact) iTrader: (1)	I kid. Well, not really- I did have all that work done to my car. 6 warranty repairs in total. BUT... I love my car. It's a rocket. I eat up mustangs in the twisties. Also see my former remarks here in comment #26. __________________ 135i // M-Sports Package // RR Oil Catch Can // Black Kidneys // iCarbon Hood // Alum Pedals // KW v2 Coilovers // Vorshlag Camber Plates // Hotchkis Sway Bar // Wheel Studs. Best mod ever? Tires. 255's in front, 275's in back. Last edited by jeremydgreat; 02-15-2011 at 12:58 PM..
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02-15-2011, 01:09 PM	#86
_dopehead_ Private 6 Rep 75 Posts Drives: BMW 135i AW 2008 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Denmark iTrader: (0)	I love everything about my 135i, even the stupid cupholder underneath the armrest, also the fact that i hardly ever see anyone else in one. In the first year of owning it, the following things have been said to me by others : - Nice car, do you have a girlfriend ? (no) can i get your number :-) - a 1 what? 306bhp...really? !!!! - Is that an M3 ?
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