I remember being in graduate school in the early 80's in Tulsa, OK. Staring through the glass of the elegant BMW dealership seeing a white M1 prominently displayed on red carpet late at night all by myself. i really liked the M1, but had a pricetag that was beyond my reach. I can't remember the original sticker price, but whatever it was, it was pricey. Now the original sticker price looks irrelevant to its value today. The weird thing was that they had a half dozen cats roaming around inside the showroom. If your M1 has any remnants of cat paw prints on it, now you know why.