I was in your shoes a while ago, had enough of performance cars for a while so just wanted a nice runabout. Ended up in a 07 325I Coupe. Got it very cheap for the car it is just because of the ''high'' tax.

All in all its been a great daily for over 6 months now never any problems with it and its a lovely place to be while still retaining a bit of sportiness. That said the one thing that i have noticed is it is a thirsty b*stard of a thing when it wants to be. I average 25mpg in it which would definatly be something Id be more concerned about if I did big mileage.

I looked at 1.8t A5s before i bought and while they seem like good cars i couldn't bring myself to go back driving FWDs, if you've had a string of Beemers it may be worth considering that point.