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I'm also happy to see someone else with a reaction similar to my own. You have it exactly right: "I thought the 228i would be a comfortable sports car; but in reality it's a compact grand tourer/highway cruiser (it's a commuter car)." I truly wanted to like the BMW and did like it many ways, just not in the ways that matter most to me. I'm lucky enough not to need a commuter car.
I've also done lots of home mechanic work on almost every car we're owned, but your reference to breakable plastic components fits what I could see ahead of me eventually with the BMW. A support community exists, but read the sites, their forums. I sense nothing like the enthusiam that comes through the conversations on this site alone. The BMW so much implied, in so many ways, that its intended audience was buying its BMW name, on a 228i this year and maybe next year on an SUV.
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