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Originally Posted by Jeff_DML
How is the 228, is it as bad as it sounds?
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I wouldn't say it's terrible, as a car--it's fine, more or less. It has decent interior space and a kind of fun orange color inside. Steering feel is mediocre but not ridiculous for a FWD/AWD car. The suspension is overly flinty but not bone-jarring. The engine makes reasonable power but sounds like trash. The new iDrive is...OK? Largely intuitive, a slight improvement over the one in my car, but still not without its mysteries. There's a wireless charger for your phone, which is nice. The transmission programming is better than I remember the last BMW automatic I drove being, but it's still not good. Way too much lag at throttle tip-in.
So, as a car it's OK. As a BMW? It's garbage. There's nothing here that feels particularly sporting. I'd buy a GTI over this car all day, every day, even without AWD. I just don't see why you'd want one of these.
LOL, I just looked at the configurator and this is a $42,000 car. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha fuck no.