Man, you guys are weird- I've been in a ton of different German cars, never felt weird to me. :-) 550i, E500/550, S4, all felt good to me. I'm with Pizzo, I think the 135i might be a really fun car as long as they can keep the price reasonable- $45k is not reasonable. BTW, iDrive, MMI, COMAND- they all suck. Taka