New Owner 128 Coupe Calgary

128Sept09 · 11-07-2009, 04:54 PM

I'm a new owner of 128 since mid-Sept and really loving my new car (she can go!) I'm enjoying reading all the postings on this board and am getting some good info.

I don't see very many 1ers in Calgary at all, but maybe it's just me??? A year ago when the 1 was launched I took out for a test drive - to be honest, I wasn't loving it - it just seemed too small, and I wasn't digging the body style either (all I kept thinking or seeing was Mustang). I took a 3 out for a test drive and was pretty sure that was the car for me, but would wait for the 09s to arrive.

Long story short, I waited to buy for another year and the more I saw of the 3's on the road and the parkade at work full of them, they were just EVERYWHERE and it began to look like a Buick - it was just way too big! I came around to the smaller 1 when I would spot one on the road, the odd time, they were looking pretty sharp! Really, really happy I went with a 128 - took awhile, but I saw the light! Car is just perfect for me - and I got the most girly colour too, the Bluewater Metallic, the colour that many of you seem to like the least. And she's an automatic too, so I guess that totally does make her a girl, but she's sure pretty! LOL

Anyway, see you other 1ers on the road around Calgary in the coming days!

Garduna · 11-07-2009, 05:08 PM

Congrats on the car, great to hear a fellow Calgarian getting a 128i :P I originally had the bluewater on order but ended up with Sedona Red cuz I really wanted a red car hehe.

1HungryMan · 11-07-2009, 05:16 PM

I agree: To me the 3 series, with few exceptions, is a tired, dull car that you see everywhere. Once you've seen a 1, there's no comparison, never mind once you drive it. It just shocks me how many people buy low end 3 series--might as well buy a Camry.

fwmcb · 11-07-2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 1HungryMan

I agree: To me the 3 series, with few exceptions, is a tired, dull car that you see everywhere. Once you've seen a 1, there's no comparison, never mind once you drive it. It just shocks me how many people buy low end 3 series--might as well buy a Camry.

Actually man, I know a number of people who have bought a 323 to replace a Camry. I'm getting ready to order a '10 128i... I'm getting pumped. Tested one and it was more exciting than the e92!

Garduna · 11-07-2009, 08:06 PM

sweet a e92 owner converting to the e82

ridsama · 11-07-2009, 10:22 PM

Yup... our 1ers are unique

supraking · 11-08-2009, 02:26 AM

Congrats! No such thing as a girly 1er

laingmui · 11-09-2009, 11:02 AM

Congrats!!
I too have a 128i Bluewater Metallic (2008)

Love my car but I'm trying to sell mine

11-07-2009, 04:54 PM	#1
128Sept09 128Sept09 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: 128 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary iTrader: (0)	New Owner 128 Coupe Calgary I'm a new owner of 128 since mid-Sept and really loving my new car (she can go!) I'm enjoying reading all the postings on this board and am getting some good info. I don't see very many 1ers in Calgary at all, but maybe it's just me??? A year ago when the 1 was launched I took out for a test drive - to be honest, I wasn't loving it - it just seemed too small, and I wasn't digging the body style either (all I kept thinking or seeing was Mustang). I took a 3 out for a test drive and was pretty sure that was the car for me, but would wait for the 09s to arrive. Long story short, I waited to buy for another year and the more I saw of the 3's on the road and the parkade at work full of them, they were just EVERYWHERE and it began to look like a Buick - it was just way too big! I came around to the smaller 1 when I would spot one on the road, the odd time, they were looking pretty sharp! Really, really happy I went with a 128 - took awhile, but I saw the light! Car is just perfect for me - and I got the most girly colour too, the Bluewater Metallic, the colour that many of you seem to like the least. And she's an automatic too, so I guess that totally does make her a girl, but she's sure pretty! LOL Anyway, see you other 1ers on the road around Calgary in the coming days!
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11-07-2009, 05:08 PM	#2
Garduna Brigadier General 160 Rep 4,013 Posts Drives: Sedona 1er\|Yellow S3\|NardoTTRS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (5)	Congrats on the car, great to hear a fellow Calgarian getting a 128i :P I originally had the bluewater on order but ended up with Sedona Red cuz I really wanted a red car hehe.
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11-07-2009, 05:16 PM	#3
1HungryMan Lieutenant 24 Rep 536 Posts Drives: 2008 128i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	I agree: To me the 3 series, with few exceptions, is a tired, dull car that you see everywhere. Once you've seen a 1, there's no comparison, never mind once you drive it. It just shocks me how many people buy low end 3 series--might as well buy a Camry.
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11-07-2009, 08:06 PM	#5
Garduna Brigadier General 160 Rep 4,013 Posts Drives: Sedona 1er\|Yellow S3\|NardoTTRS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (5)	sweet a e92 owner converting to the e82
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11-07-2009, 10:22 PM	#6
ridsama Private 4 Rep 78 Posts Drives: '08 AW 135i M Join Date: May 2008 Location: Burnaby iTrader: (0)	Yup... our 1ers are unique
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11-08-2009, 02:26 AM	#7
supraking Captain 49 Rep 759 Posts Drives: 128i Coupe 6MT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Montreal iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 128i Coupe [0.00]	Congrats! No such thing as a girly 1er
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11-09-2009, 11:02 AM	#8
laingmui Private 6 Rep 62 Posts Drives: Join Date: May 2008 iTrader: (0)	Congrats!! I too have a 128i Bluewater Metallic (2008) Love my car but I'm trying to sell mine
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