10-18-2015, 06:57 PM | #23 |
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Dang! Sorry to see that you are going buddy. I'm going to hang onto my 1M forever!
My M2 is on order but I think I will drop back from being first at my dealership until I can head what you guys have to say about it. I'm also hoping for a CSL version. I think you're insane to give it up but I am really looking forward to some M2 reviews! Your posts were really helpful to noobs like myself and those videos from you more experienced guys really inspired me. Many thanks you crazy guy! |
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Lol! I noticed that too. In the video where it had all three of those cars they would show enough of the e30 but when it came to the 1M it looks like they were trying to hide it. Didn't want people to see the nutty fender flares I guess!
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10-20-2015, 04:52 PM | #28 | |
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10-20-2015, 10:26 PM | #31 |
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This is truly sad news Luc...many great memories of our two orange blurs... Blasting through tunnels and harassing the cows and bike riders in five countries... It just won't be the same without you... And I feel sorry for your daughter who thought you were going to give her the car.....how could you do that to her? I have a 1M Matchbox I can send her to ease her suffering.....😊
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Posting this comment of today also here:
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Sad to see another original member leave. Best of luck with the M2
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02-28-2016, 08:55 PM | #41 |
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Artemis,
I am sorry to see you go. You have been here from the beginning. I wish you much happiness with your new M2 and hope you will share your adventures and observations as appropriate. |
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02-29-2016, 06:22 PM | #42 |
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Best of luck Artemis,
thank you so much for your contribution and mastery of the 1M.. godspeed with the M2, it's coming soon!!
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Some asked me for some M2 versus 1M thoughts.
As commented already in the past, we all know that Charles Lindbergh was the first to cross the Atlantic in a solo non-stop flight. Many after him emulated his feat in a faster time and with better planes ...but everyone keeps referring to Lindbergh as the pioneer, the one reported in the books as the classic. That's how I will keep approaching the 1M: a 21st century back-to-basics pocket-rocket trendsetter, delivering drive after drive. Visceral, rebel-ish and eclectic: embodying fine bits and pieces exquisitely puzzled together to a car inducing "Je ne sais quoi" feelings (cfr. a desirable "It" factor). Embracing a dash of the serendipity spirit, instantly getting BMW M accolades, hat tips and rave reviews exceeding initial expectations. Move to groove, and you'll find out: what a car ! But let's not infer from that point of view that the 1M was the very last section of the book on ///M car classics. IMHO the 1M also incorporated/incorporates the potential of a promising ///M future, a cliffhanger for another great episode in ///M Land. Also inspiring competitors to build compact, powerful cars, equally pleasing manual transmission aficionados, with an emphasis on great chassis dynamics offering driving pleasure when zippingly zooming through sensual S-es and twirling twisties (pulling G's through the S's), rather than focusing on cold maths (including straight-line speed statistics). "How exciting was the drive ?" as leading question ringing your mind when you get out of the car. It was/is up to BMW and BMW M to decide whether to further explore (also) that semi-kinky direction on the 'warmer side of cool' spectrum. Hence, the M2 and possible M2 variants (CS/CSL/GTS ?). Whether the 1M's spiritual successor(s) can match the 1M awesomeness level, is a tad too personal (and currently even too early to answer). Personal preferences will be of influence: so-called 'purism' (though a rather vague notion), nostalgia, daily driver, more street-oriented, more track-oriented, regularly also more people on board, etc. ? For some the M2 (c.q. future M2 variants) will certainly match that level, for some it will even up the ante with another notch and for some it will fall short. For example, it has been already righteously pointed out that the 1M can drive like it has 'ants in its pants', that its 'feistiness' makes it a bit of a rascal or wildflower, taking you for a drive on the treacherous wild side (and eventually beyond). But in the end it strikes a nice balance between wild and domesticated, impetuously but not erratic. The M2 is indeed more indulgent/forgiving/lenient for driver's excitement than the 1M, awarding it (i.e. the M2) a more mature stature: the M2's back is broad enough to take the strain at a point where the 1M gives up and throws you out of the saddle. Some will like this kind of indulgence for safety reasons (staying on course), others probably don't (preferring a more challenging 'no risk no fun' on-the-edge behavior, requiring more attention or skill from the driver to avoid going off course). As indicated, in the end it's a personal thing. Here's to hoping that most car enthusiasts, c.q. ///M-thusiasts, will consider - in a near-future digital-ish eDrive era - that both the 1M and the M2 remain prime examples of motoring marvels straight out of that good old six-banger semi-'analog' ///M era. A lot of enthusiasts are craving to even get a ride in any of these vehicles (the 1M sometimes happens to be already labeled "unobtainium"). If you happen to own one of these, then consider yourself a lucky person. Take it out for another drive soon, and enjoy it to bits. In the end, none of the experienced moments of driving pleasure can ever be taken away from you anymore. Personally loving both. Moved on and thankful for the past. No regrets, really. Alike friends of the past you spent great times with: the fact that things have changed over time, with each living different lives nowadays (and with some friend(s) possibly already perished in the meantime), does by no means prevent you to cherish a walk down memory lane, thinking back with a smile about great times from that (faraway) past too. Fond memories never tire. The 1M was never bored because the 1M was never boring.
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Luc,
I read your post first time yesterday and I am still impressed by your writing and comments. You are spot on. Congrats on your new M2 and good luck. Have fun with her, I know you will. PS. Superb choice of music. That PSB song was in my head for so long (long time ago).
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