What makes me confused are the videos showing the 118iA with the same nice sound that I experienced in the 116i I test-drove. Some examples:
(at 5.20)
(from 1.00)
(116i)
So the sound in my car (and obviously others) are not at all like this. I have to watch the rev-meter to know when to change gears when gearing manually.... Does anyone else find it strange that different examples of the same car sounds so different...??