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      07-10-2013, 06:38 AM   #1
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Talking New car arrived this morning!! :)

My new car (F20 116d M Sport) arrived this morning - bright and early!! - just had time to take some quick snaps with my phone... will post better ones later on! - overall very happy with it!! :thumbsup











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      07-10-2013, 07:05 AM   #2
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      07-10-2013, 07:45 AM   #3
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Congratulations!! It looks fantastic
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      07-10-2013, 08:07 AM   #4
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Congrats! It's good to see someone who can drive a manual too.
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      07-10-2013, 08:32 AM   #5
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Very nice car and even nicer city. I spent 2 months there and I came back home in love with Edinburgh. Congratulations for both the car and the city
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      07-10-2013, 09:27 AM   #6
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Nice one Pangster I know you have been looking forward to this.

Wish mine had the full black panel, hmmm retrofit?
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      07-10-2013, 10:00 AM   #7
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thanks Fanis!

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Congrats! It's good to see someone who can drive a manual too.
It's one of the things I really liked about the car - the M Sport has a very short throw.. probably even shorter than my Z3 (which was often done as a retrofit on E36 cars as it was so short)

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Very nice car and even nicer city. I spent 2 months there and I came back home in love with Edinburgh. Congratulations for both the car and the city
Thanks!! gotta say I'm a bit of a Barcelona fan - I was there on a city break with the wife a couple of years ago and loved the place. Will definitely go back - although this time we'd stay nearer the centre (we were staying at Maquinista before)

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Nice one Pangster I know you have been looking forward to this.

Wish mine had the full black panel, hmmm retrofit?
Cheers Bob!! (thought I'd recognised the name!) - one of the few members it would appear, capable of holding an adult discussion from the non adult named site! The black panel is pretty cool! - glad I specced it!

thanks for all the replies!! - really happy with the car!

Need to sell my old A3 now!
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      07-10-2013, 11:44 AM   #8
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Lovely mate :-) one thing I noticed is the the engine bay on the diesels is a lot "neater" than the 4 pot petrols! This is my engine bay:


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      07-10-2013, 01:31 PM   #9
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Great options you have there! Congrats for the purchase
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      07-10-2013, 03:25 PM   #10
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Lovely mate :-) one thing I noticed is the the engine bay on the diesels is a lot "neater" than the 4 pot petrols! This is my engine bay:

/\ doesn't look too bad?.. although i'm sure BMW could have made a little more effort with the engine/cam cover!! - to finish it off!! - it's the first one I've saw that has small writing and small lines on it.. most of them (since at least the E36's) have quite big lettering and long broad lines... at least you can see the turbo though!

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Great options you have there! Congrats for the purchase
thanks!! -spent a bit of time reading up on the options before placing the order.. although a little gutted I missed out on the 'M Sport Plus' option! - nevermind.. overall VERY happy with what I've got!
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      07-13-2013, 07:06 AM   #11
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Congrats on the new 1er
Enjoy the driving
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      07-13-2013, 03:01 PM   #12
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thanks mate! - loving it so far!!
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      07-14-2013, 01:24 AM   #13
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Best front end picture I have seen, must be the angle you have found but I think the head lights look great in this! Let the debate continue
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thought I'd bore you all with some more pics of the new car - seeing as I had a little time to take some shots with my DSLR and had a quick play in Adobe Lightroom and PS - comments welcome!

EXTERIOR SHOTS:












INTERIOR SHOTS:










DYNAMIC DRIVING OPTIONS:






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      07-22-2013, 05:38 AM   #16
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[QUOTE=pangster;14361645]thought I'd bore you all with some more pics of the new car - seeing as I had a little time to take some shots with my DSLR and had a quick play in Adobe Lightroom and PS - comments welcome!

The first shot is very nice although I feel it is slightly off center, which bugs me a bit.

I really like the seemingly grey colour portrayed in 3, 4 and 5 (especially 4). I think if it was an option it would be my colour of choice.
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How does the manual gearbox feel? Impresions?

Thanks and congrats!

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How does the manual gearbox feel? Impresions?

Thanks and congrats!

thanks!!

the manual gearbox is very good.. being the m-sport it has a very short through.. i'd say probably even shorter than my old Z3 (which was a popular upgrade for E36's!).. its pretty precise and the gear ratios are well suited to the engine.
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thought I'd bore you all with some more pics of the new car - seeing as I had a little time to take some shots with my DSLR and had a quick play in Adobe Lightroom and PS - comments welcome!

The first shot is very nice although I feel it is slightly off center, which bugs me a bit.

I really like the seemingly grey colour portrayed in 3, 4 and 5 (especially 4). I think if it was an option it would be my colour of choice.
well spotted Ben!!

the first picture is taken at a very slight angle (bias towards drivers side) it was also slightly squint - so when i levelled it off (cropped) in Lightroom it was quite hard to get it proportioned correctly..

if I had more time then i would have set it up for some proper shots - these were just quick snaps and edits as i didn;t think the original phone shots were doing it justice.. i hadn't even detailed it before the pics!!! LOL!

I will get round to doing a proper detail and photoshoot at some point!
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thanks!!

the manual gearbox is very good.. being the m-sport it has a very short through.. i'd say probably even shorter than my old Z3 (which was a popular upgrade for E36's!).. its pretty precise and the gear ratios are well suited to the engine.

nice! that is what I was expecting! Love short through gearboxes! Was a bit interested in the auto-box but since the 120d xDrive is only avbailable with the manual one, amb happy to hear this

Thanks!
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      07-23-2013, 01:37 AM   #21
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Nice photos, better than some of the official ones!

What does "full black panel" earlier in the posts mean?

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Nice photos, better than some of the official ones!

What does "full black panel" earlier in the posts mean?
you can see the full black panel in this picture (from about the centre of the cluster to under the rev counter):



it's a colour TFT screen that is used to display various information (depending on spec/options on car) - i.e. telephone info, audio info, service information, interactive gauges for MPG and eco driving, service reminders, navigation instructions if you have nav etc

if you don't have this option then you have a smaller centred screen
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