BF Garage: the 1M is Delivered & Ready for its Debut
The wait has stretched for years. And now it ‘s over. Last Monday, with an impromptu crowd of customer and employees looking on, I drove my 1M out of the dealer showroom. Last week we published our...
View ArticleBF Garage: 1M & the OEM+ Philosophy
OEM Plus. It ‘s a philosophy I ‘ve used for a number of my recent cars and the 1M is no exception. The idea is simple – add only BMW designed, engineered or inspired accessories that enhance the look...
View ArticleBF Review: 2,000 Miles in a BMW 1M
Over the years I ‘ve driven countless BMWs. I ‘ve put mile after mile on new, used and just plainly old BMWs in every condition imaginable. And yet I ‘ve never been more excited about one as I am with...
View ArticleWhat To Wear In Winter
Dunlop M3 Winter Tire I have been drafting a post on why your car should be wearing snow tires in winter since I made a joke about xDrives and summertires a day or so ago… Well BMW beat me to the punch...
View ArticleThe Search for a 5 Series Wagon Ends
A few months ago I went on record in saying that I needed to go bigger. I needed to move from my E46 3 Series ZHP as the family in residence to something with more space. Today I ‘m happy to announce...
View ArticleBF Garage: Six Months in the 1M
Windows down, sun in my face and the lake off to my left. This is how to properly wake an M car from the typical Chicago winter hibernation. Yet there was a problem this year. Winter almost never came....
View ArticleBF Garage: One Year in the 1M – The Last Analog M Car?
The process of pining for and then purchasing the 1M has been well documented on these pages. For me it was a very personal undertaking that was over three decades in the making, beginning with...
View ArticleBF Garage: Sizing Matters
About a month ago we added an F20 120d to the list of cars that we have owned. One of the main reasons for getting it was simply its something we could have never experienced in the US and we liked...
View ArticleBF Garage: Snow, Sleet & a Road-Trip in the 1M
A quickly-packed bag is in the trunk and the Valentine 1 mounted on the windshield. The 1M and its first spring road trip is underway just as the sun begins to climb into the morning sky. This car has...
View ArticleBF Garage: (Re)Introducing the E36 3 Series
What in God’s name was I thinking? I had sworn off E36s almost ten years ago when I limped my last one into a dealer as a trade-in. And now here I was, smitten by an Arctic Silver 1998 328i. But let’s...
View ArticleBF Garage: Our E36 328i Soldiers Through a Winter Vortex
This year’s midwest winter has been statistically one of the worst on record. With temperatures diving below -15F at times and record levels of snow it’s been taxing on humans and machines alike. In...
View ArticleBF Garage: Spring is in the Air Our 1M is Out of its Cage
After the long winter vortex it finally got above 50 degrees recently in Chicago and the 1M officially rose from its winter slumber. After driving an E36 for most of the winter the power to weight...
View ArticleBF Garage: 4 Years with the BMW 1M
Four years ago this fall I took delivery of my BMW 1M. I had been on the list for one at my local dealer (creating it in fact) ever since I came home from the 135i launch in the winter of 2008. My...
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