No harm in throwing this out for discussion.

E92 in a spec I want are few and far between. Ideal car is a 325i M Sport, don't think I can be too fussy at this stage on colour, so anything goes, well nearly.

Given the struggle to find a decent clean 6 pot M Sport, I've today begun searching diesels too. Again 6 pots. Anyone any first hand experiences of the E92 325d ? I'm wary of the motortax, would much prefer to spend it on the petrol equivalent, but I may not have that choice if nothing shows up soon.

A couple options I've got are to:
  • (re) hire a car in Feb
  • buy bangernomics to tidy me over and buy me some time (although I really don't think there are many of what I want in the country for sale!)
  • up the budget to 14k absolute max
  • 'settle' for something like this or this


Interested in any thoughts/suggestions on what to do. Basically, help me spend a few G's on the right BMW