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Originally Posted by dmboone25
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Originally Posted by IEDEI
well for comparison sake:
135i: 3373 lbs
1M: 3296 lbs
235: 3505 lbs
M2: 3418 lbs??
pretty close to your estimate...using a 77 lb loss which accompanied the 135/1M change.
I don't think you will see a 200 lb weight loss...that would mean a significantly higher price.
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Slightly skewed figures there, as you're picking and choosing the figures that support your overall position that the 235 is a pig - the 1M figure is the claimed weight from BMW. The 3505 235 weight is a manual transmission with standard US equipment - aka, we get more here in the US even if we don't want it.
The weight of the 235 with a sunroof delete and similar options would be a better comparison - hint, it's closer to your 1M's weight than you might be able to handle.
See here - there are 1Ms running around the EU that are in the 3552 range (is it just me, or does that number sounds familiar?):
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there are plenty of 1Ms which have been weighed between 3250 and 3350 lbs. A local NY owner weighed his 1M with a FULL tank of gas and got 3322 on this forum. You finding the 'heaviest' number sounds like you trying to sell your position.....then again I expect that sort of behaviour from M235 owners
the reality is that BMW listed the weight as 3296lbs globally and in the US a 3360 number was used as well. The other reality is that BMW USA also used 3505 as the MT weight for the M235 in the US....and even more for the slushbox.
No matter what way you want to look at it there IS close to a 150 lb difference at least....if not more.