Montreal Autoshow

[Pitcherman]

Originally Posted by Devon K

El Diablo - I especially appreciated your photos with folks standing next to the car, gives a stronger sense of the compactness of it, which I am really liking.

That interior - is it leather or leatherette? If it's Canuck specced it has to be black, but it seems awfully grey... or is that just your camera?

That interior was black leather (sport seats). I sat in the 128i without the sport seats and I can definitly tell the sport seats are a must.

Anybody from the US wants to ship me his M foot rest? lol

[larryn]

Originally Posted by Pitcherman

Anybody from the US wants to ship me his M foot rest? lol

Fwiw, I highly doubt we're getting M footrests here.

[El Diablo]

Originally Posted by Devon K

That interior - is it leather or leatherette? If it's Canuck specced it has to be black, but it seems awfully grey... or is that just your camera?

The interior was black boston leather. In the pics, it's appear grey but in real real life it's black (strong flash with my camera)

[El Diablo]

2 smalls videos of the 135i taken by me !

Sorry for the crappy quality but, it's better than nothing:wink:

Video of the interiror (notice the soundproofing)

Video of the exterior

[benchmark2020]

Originally Posted by Devon K

That interior - is it leather or leatherette? If it's Canuck specced it has to be black, but it seems awfully grey... or is that just your camera?

It looks like too much 'flash' was used on the camera. You can see specs of dust and the interior pictures are overexposed.

[benchmark2020]

Originally Posted by Devon K

+1000 on that! It's the cheesiest-looking trim I've seen in a while -and not just from BMW!

It looks like cheap aftermarket plastic parts you can get at Canadian Tire!

[Devon K]

The exterior walkaround video was interesting - when Diablo was filming the front the headlights really looked like expressive "eyes" to me, gave the car a real "face" - this preceived anthropomorphism is probably due to my current lack of sleep ... but the effect was startling on first view.

[Klinn]

Originally Posted by epecon

Now that I've seen the glacier aluminum up close in those pictures I definitely don't like it.

I agree -- I've got the black "cube" trim in my E46 and the pattern is subtle enough that it looks OK. In silver it seems a little much.

Thanks very much for the pics El Diablo, especially the ones of the wheels. Looks like, even with the big brakes, there will be enough clearance for my current 17" winter wheel & tire package. Hopefully the offset works out OK.

[sethchan]

Originally Posted by epecon

larryn, you made the right choice with the black trim interior. Now that I've seen the glacier aluminum up close in those pictures I definitely don't like it. Is there any way to get the anthracite headliner in the States?

YMMV, but I've sat in these cars and I really like glacier aluminum. It's one reason why I ordered the M package, which, in Sweden is only cosmetic, since everything else is standard.

[lid666]

Originally Posted by Devon K

+1000 on that! It's the cheesiest-looking trim I've seen in a while -and not just from BMW!

Maybe i'm just cheesy, but i loved the trim on it. Those seats were amazing too. I didn't want to leave the autoshow without the 1 haha

[damnre]

I didn't want to leave either...i wish those cars would be 35k as in the states but it just won't happened! I discussed with a nice lady, i think she was a seller or something, and she said that they are expecting the 128 to be 35k. As for the glacier trim it's alright but brushed aluminum should look a lot better!