my curiosity is piqued, but there's just no way that i'd spend 40k++ on a daily driver like the 1er that will be fun to drive, but still struggle in wet weather and in the snow and never see the far side of 22mpg in city driving.
for people for whom this would be an only car, it seems marginally viable, but if you've got a 2nd car or room for one, it's not clear to me that you buy this car.
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