1 Series Convertible

For the past week I have changed my name to Vidal Sassoon! I wouldn't recommend that you let me cut your hair unless you like looking like your have been plugged in to a mains socket for 2 hours whilst sitting in a bath. Also, since I have been driving this white 1 series cab with red leather around for a week I now have what can only be described as quite a large homosexual following.

Rigby, you have a lot to answer for my friend!!

I have driven some cars over the years that get you attention but this car gets so much male attention its unreal. Being male I can understand the reason behind it, because, if I saw a white 1 series cab driving on the motorway I would have to have an obligatory look across as I pass to see what is bound to be a lovely looking, young, professional female at the wheel! Instead, the poor sods who have been having a hopeful, loving glance across have been confronted with me!!!! I'm surprised that more men haven't crashed in to the motorway barriers through either sheer shock or laughing so much that they lose control. (Luckily, nobody was hurt in the making of this review!)

Forgetting the colour and the sheer 'girlyness' for a moment, I have to say that I like this car! Although, I'd prefer a petrol engine, it drives effortlessly well! The 2 litre diesel engine kicks out an impressive 177hp which helps it get from 0-62 in a respectable time of 8.1 seconds and if you have a slightly heavy foot like me, it will carry on all the way to not too shabby 138mph although, this isn't recommend with the roof down if you�re a hairdresser as it will make your hair look like it has a million invisible statically charged balloons around your head, and in the hairdressing world, image is everything (So I'm told.......).

As a drive, it is typical BMW! It handles well through the bends with good feed back through the steering wheel and rides the bumps well, but if you are looking for a car that will hold on to the bumper of a hot hatch, get another car since this is clearly not what this car is designed for! I won't mind admitting that I was slightly embarrassed when driving it for the first few days, I saw it very much as the type of car that is driven by women, hairdressers and, and I mean no offence by this, gentlemen who like the intimate company of other males shall we say.......

But by the time the weekend had come as well as the sun coming out (bare in mind that it was the 1st week in December!) the top came down and I suddenly got what it was all about. You buy cars like this because you want the prestige of the badge, the wind in your hair and you don't compromise on what it is that you want out of life. If this sounds like you, male or female, then you need to give me a call and we can talk about what we can do for you.

After all, You can always pick your own colour combination!

Thanks for reading

Stuart McKay