Your scenario sounds about right!
Before the ed30 I had a one series coupe and was on babybmw.net. Majority of the guys on there are knobs IMO, think they're somehow superior to everything else on the road cos they have a BMW badge on their car. In reality, the 1er is the runt of the BMW range and is no better than a golf or a3, and let me tell you, they don't like to be told that lol!