All New BMW 1 Series

[Etnt]

the valve thing only affected earlier batches, none in 2016 from what I know.

 

TPMS nobody I know got affected.

[inlinesix]

All 3 are as tight as a japanese condom....

 

All 3 is for young man or young at heart

except

SINGAPORE

Thanks for all  your comments!

 

I'm just trying to find someway to convince myself which car is best for me- cant be too careful since it's so ex here

 

Pros and cons of each car ( test driven all 3):

 

1 series:

-good to drive

-cheapest of the 3

-lowest horse power and will probably struggle at higher speed

-BMW reliability issues?

-No apple car play

-Plain interior ( typical BMW)

-rear aircon

-Offers 5 years warranty / 5 yr free servicing / front/back car cam/reverse cam

 

A class:

-highest horsepower

-least fun to drive

-comes with apple car play!

-probbaly good resale value

-No DRL ( halogen light pretty ugly)

-Sporty interior which I think is nicer than the 1 series

-Offers 5k servicing credit, and many other freebies

-I think mercs has the better reliability compared to BMW and MINI

 

Cooper:

-Expensive for its specs

-Fun to drive

-Looks good

-Still somewhat practical with it's 5 door version

-Really unsure about Cooper's reliability

-Lack of freebies

-Interior is pretty good

 

Mini 5 door is no longer a Mini

 

Juz go with A class since already made up your mind.

 

Mini 3 door is chic magnet.

 

Edited December 8, 2016 by Davidtch

[Vwguy77]

Thanks for all  your comments!

 

I'm just trying to find someway to convince myself which car is best for me- cant be too careful since it's so ex here

 

Pros and cons of each car ( test driven all 3):

 

1 series:

-good to drive

-cheapest of the 3

-lowest horse power and will probably struggle at higher speed

-BMW reliability issues?

-No apple car play

-Plain interior ( typical BMW)

-rear aircon

-Offers 5 years warranty / 5 yr free servicing / front/back car cam/reverse cam

 

A class:

-highest horsepower

-least fun to drive

-comes with apple car play!

-probbaly good resale value

-No DRL ( halogen light pretty ugly)

-Sporty interior which I think is nicer than the 1 series

-Offers 5k servicing credit, and many other freebies

-I think mercs has the better reliability compared to BMW and MINI

 

Cooper:

-Expensive for its specs

-Fun to drive

-Looks good

-Still somewhat practical with it's 5 door version

-Really unsure about Cooper's reliability

-Lack of freebies

-Interior is pretty good

 

It seems to me the main criteria is having Apple CarPlay... and since only A Class has it, you will knock yourself in the head when you get others that dun offer it.

 

just go with your heart... or the apple! 

[Soya]

All 3 is for young man or young at heart

except

SINGAPORE

 

 

Mini 5 door is no longer a Mini

 

Juz go with A class since already made up your mind.

 

Mini 3 door is chic magnet.

 

Maybe he/she buy oredi

[Arch1984]

It seems to me the main criteria is having Apple CarPlay... and since only A Class has it, you will knock yourself in the head when you get others that dun offer it.

 

just go with your heart... or the apple!

Just get a mount lo. Stick ur phone on it. Wala apple carplay or android auto.

[Eyke]

list price down by $3K

[Jamesc]

Thanks for all  your comments!

 

I'm just trying to find someway to convince myself which car is best for me- cant be too careful since it's so ex here

 

Pros and cons of each car ( test driven all 3):

 

1 series:

-good to drive

-cheapest of the 3

-lowest horse power and will probably struggle at higher speed

-BMW reliability issues?

-No apple car play

-Plain interior ( typical BMW)

-rear aircon

-Offers 5 years warranty / 5 yr free servicing / front/back car cam/reverse cam

 

A class:

-highest horsepower

-least fun to drive

-comes with apple car play!

-probbaly good resale value

-No DRL ( halogen light pretty ugly)

-Sporty interior which I think is nicer than the 1 series

-Offers 5k servicing credit, and many other freebies

-I think mercs has the better reliability compared to BMW and MINI

 

Cooper:

-Expensive for its specs

-Fun to drive

-Looks good

-Still somewhat practical with it's 5 door version

-Really unsure about Cooper's reliability

-Lack of freebies

-Interior is pretty good

 

Did you drive all 3?

 

Which 2 did you like less?

 

[csho8]

To be honest I'm most attracted to the cooper

Price went down "5k"  to 129,800

However the salesman is super reluctant to budge- no freebies, no nothing, and cant reduce price!

 

The 1 series is now 130,800, but there is a 10k overtrade ( my car body is worth 3k itself), with 5 yrs warranty, free servicing, front/back car cam and unit also has reverse cam, seems like a better deal. And so I was told the PARF rebate is 7k which seems quite alot considering the CEVS rebate is 15k

 

Has anyone got any experience or any good SE contact at MINI?

Edited December 9, 2016 by csho8

[inlinesix]

To be honest I'm most attracted to the cooper

Price went down "5k"  to 129,800

However the salesman is super reluctant to budge- no freebies, no nothing, and cant reduce price!

 

The 1 series is now 130,800, but there is a 10k overtrade ( my car body is worth 3k itself), with 5 yrs warranty, free servicing, front/back car cam and unit also has reverse cam, seems like a better deal. And so I was told the PARF rebate is 7k which seems quite alot considering the CEVS rebate is 15k

 

Has anyone got any experience or any good SE contact at MINI?

 

Quite normal for Mini.

[therock]

To be honest I'm most attracted to the cooper

Price went down "5k"  to 129,800

However the salesman is super reluctant to budge- no freebies, no nothing, and cant reduce price!

 

The 1 series is now 130,800, but there is a 10k overtrade ( my car body is worth 3k itself), with 5 yrs warranty, free servicing, front/back car cam and unit also has reverse cam, seems like a better deal. And so I was told the PARF rebate is 7k which seems quite alot considering the CEVS rebate is 15k

 

Has anyone got any experience or any good SE contact at MINI?

 

So the net price is 130800 - 10k?

That's very good bro.. lowest in a while.

[Vwguy77]

So the net price is 130800 - 10k?

That's very good bro.. lowest in a while.

 

Yeah I have to agree. Its very good deal considering you are getting that car essentially for $120K ...

[csho8]

Going to consider the A3 sportback now too, since it's been released for test drive from today

[littlecar]

Going to consider the A3 sportback now too, since it's been released for test drive from today

 

At 119k, the A3 sportback can't compare to the BMW (at 120k) la. FYI, the A3 also doesn't have CarPlay, and there is no way the 1.0 engine can compare to the BMW's (which is still RWD if I am not wrong).

[inlinesix]

Going to consider the A3 sportback now too, since it's been released for test drive from today

 

Audi is really better than BMW

[odigo]

Currently it's 123k before you trade in the car.. 15k CEVS rebate

 

What is this CEVS rebate about? Upon scrap I got another 15k + ARF-50%?

[therock]

There's a lot you need to read up on CEVS bro :)

They take back 15k from your car at the end. So it's a pretend rebate...

[odigo]

There's a lot you need to read up on CEVS bro :)

They take back 15k from your car at the end. So it's a pretend rebate...

 

So the info i get from sgcarmart will be ARF $10,404 (after the CEVS rebate)-50%=$5202, right?

Edited December 10, 2016 by odigo

[Eyke]

So the info i get from sgcarmart will be ARF $10,404 (after the CEVS rebate)-50%=$5202, right?

 

ur PARF (when scrap) will be based on the ARF paid (after CEVS rebate)