Quote Originally Posted by Erni View Post
I got to be firm on AWD so that when me and wife swap cars she stays on the road. Based on the milage/$ I am seeing some 100,000 mile bmw wagons are in the price range too, which is strange. Got to go out there and test drive a few cars.
For a point of reference - I had a 2011 E91 (328xi) 3.0L wagon which was awesome and which I sold to my boss for $17 or 17.5 last summer with about 50k miles on it. I think the dealer would have given me slightly less and selling to someone else slightly more because it was really immaculate (3rd car). I personally agree on the AWD thing. Of course you can do FWD, but why bother when AWD is so much easier? I’m not even thinking of snow, but even rain in summer. It sure was awesome on corners.

Reason I sold it was I needed more space. Loved that car.

Would I have wanted it as much out of warranty? The E91s have no turbo and are really pretty solid. Yeah, I’d have kept it awhile, and I did pay for some “external” maintenance, but nothing major. My wife was getting nervous about the warranty ending, though.
Newer turbos? Same dealer advisor said lease only.