[Kafkaesque328]

As some of you might have read in a few of my threads, I have a black on black 2014 320i with the sport package and 8 speed on order. Production started 12/20 and who knows when it will actually get here. Before I ordered the 320 I was looking all over for a 328i sedan with the sport package CPO and they are unicorn rare. Couldn't find any, or couldn't find with the color I wanted. I've driven that exact car and I liked it but the 6 speed step isnt good as the 8 speed in IMO.

The other day I saw a 2010 CPO 328i for sale at a dealer in Orange County. It is loaded, premium package, nav, sport package, etc. and has 50k miles on the clock. They're asking $22999 and its warranty is good until 100k miles or May 2016, then whatever happens is on me.

I wasn't going to buy again this time around and wanted to lease for a while. We've leased for my wife and its been a breeze. I don't really want to deal with a surprise $1500 repair 2 years into having my used 328i. If I put only what I was going to pay drive off for the 320 down on the 328, my payment would be about $380 a month. After 5 years of that, the 328 would still be worth about 10 grand w/about 100k on the clock.

My question is this: would you go for the used 328i or the new 320? Ive driven both and the 320i feels punchier and quicker around town because that 200lb feet of tq they both share comes on at 1250 RPMs and is flat, vs. coming on closer to 3k in the 328i. The 328i has more HP and you can feel it on the highway but I don't feel the 320i is lacking overall in power, personally, and thats coming from a stage 1 GTI. The automatic in the 320 is superior. Handling wise, the e90 prob has as light edge, both would have sport package. I can tune the 320 whereas the 328i I get what I get. The 328 will average about 23mpg overall whereas the 320 will get far better MPG. The 328i can do 0-60 in about 6.3 while the 320 can do it in about 6.7. The I6 sound is really nice. Two totally different engines.. BMS Stage 1 could give me same HP as the 328 w/far more torque.

So Im leaning towards just waiting it out for the 320 to get here but am slightly tempted by the 328i. Starting off with 50k miles though... Could be a lemon despite being CPO. Those I6's tend to be pretty reliable though. And it is loaded vs. my 320 which I ordered pretty stripped down. BTW, my dealer required no deposit to order my 320 and he said I have 2 weeks from when the car arrives to come pick it up before they take my name off the order and sell so if I really wanted to back out, I could. I doubt I'll do this, but I just wanted to get peoples thoughts.

BTW: a used F30 328i is not in my price range currently so it's between the e90 328 and a new 320.

Thanks