I went to my bmw dealers yesterday and they had one in, with better looking wheels, same blue, exactly the same interior, then i went round the back and it said 118d. Put me right off that someone can get the same looking car for less. Anyway i have to admit it looked good but i think a lot of that was showroom gloss etc and not being enough room to be able to look round at its ugly profile, front and rear.
What you saw was an M-sport 1-series not an M135i. The M135i looks different from most angles, twin pipes, better wheels, bigger calipers, xenon & LED as standard and 320 horse power...
Your comment regarding someone can get the se looking car for less, what about the GTD and GTI compares to your ED35?
Jim