Hi all.

This is going to be my first BMW that I have bought and owned, though not the first I have driven.

My first drive in a BMW was a Z4 2.3i and was amazed at how well it went for both an auto and a 2.3 petrol. At the time I couldn't afford the payments on the pcp so I had to let it go unfortunately.

Change of jobs and mileage now means I need a diesel and a comfortable one at that!

I decided a few months back that I wanted a 1 series because of the way the coupe looked and that it was rear drive, something I've always wanted in a car.

So after work yesterday morning I went to my local BMW dealership and started to have a wonder round looking at the various 1 series on the forecourt, I had barely looked at a 3 door when a gentlemen approached me to see if I needed help, within about an hour I'd met the sales man, had a chat about what I wanted etc and been for a test drive in the car I'd been drooling over on the net. Needless to say that after the drive and finance crap I put the deposit down on a silver 120d se coupe with a few toys on it.

The car itself has about 40k on the clock, is a 59 plate in silver with the 5 spoke alloys, black leather interior and drove faultlessly.

I'm hoping that it will be as reliable as I'm told BMW's are as I'll be doing 25k a year getting backwards and forwards to work in it.

Anyway I'm rambling on now, can't tell I'm bored at work can you?

My names Tom, feel free to call me ginge/ginger or just Tom.

Hope your all friendly and I'll be floating around reading some of the threads and hopefully not upsetting anyone.

Cheers for reading if you've got this far and I'll speak to you again in the very near future!

Tom

Hello Tom,

We are indeed friendly bunch matey :) and love to help with any problems you may encounter

Welcome to our community bud

Daz

*Just ganna budge your thread into the Newbie section so everyone can see it ;)*

Welcome along mate.

As Daz said, we are here to help.

Cheers Daz and Gav.

If I have any questions I'll try and put them in the correct places.

Tom

Welcome to BMWOC :)

Hi mate and welcome to this humble community.

Gets some pics up of your new ride when you get a chance love to see new rides about. Shame about the Z4 mate but with the 1 series I reckon you'll have just as much fun. Once you own a BMW you won't look at any other motor trust me.

Hope hear from you soon buddy.

Welcome Tom, Enjoy the forum

welcome to the club !

Hi Tom welcome to the forum

Welcome along mate another Herts lad!! :)

O yes!

Well I picked her up this afternoon, gotta say I love her, just gotta decide on a name for her now.

Rides lovely, seats are comfy I could go on but I fancy I'm preaching to the choir on here.

I'll get some pics up of her once I see her in the cold light of day :D

Love this car!!!

Hopefully these will work, some pics of my 120d:

Looks the nuts mate, well done

Very NICE... Welcome aboard matey ;)

That is a lovely looking car. Welcome. South east group are having a meet soon in Milton Keynes, can you make it?

http://www.bmwownersclub.com/forums/index.php/topic/9193-new-year-meet/

Welcome to the club :)

Thanks everyone, I am going to the milton Keyes meet, need to give the car a detail first as it has swirls all over it, never done a car this big before

See you there mate..

Ill be in the silver bus as the 330ci is broken :-(

I'll be in the back of a Riot-Van as usual :P :lol:

I'll be in the back of a Riot-Van as usual :P :lol:

You coming Daz?

If you can get to mine you can jump in the bus with me

My first grumble, the washers, they are poo! Barely go over the wipers and now half my screen is covered in road salt because the washers don't spray far enough up the screen!!!

Are the holes blocked, or they may just need readjusting

Holes ain't bloked and I can't seem to adjust them, I think there is something in the tank which is covering the inlet for the pump cause sometimes they work sometimes they dont

Waaahooo!!!! Got washers that work and go over the wiper arms!!!! Here are some pics of the crap that came out of the bottom of the bottle:

All the dark stuff you can see floating around in this next pic is the crap that was stopping my washers from working:

Nice....