Upgrade from '04 530i Manual to '10 535xi Auto

Living in NY, I want to upgrade my 2WD to AWD. I love the 6spd manual but, they are difficult to find in an AWD in the color combo that I want. I have been searching for 6 months and think it is time to cave in. Thoughts?.

Yes that is a hard combination to get for that car for that year and even worse if you have a specific color combo in mind. Get what you want especially when your going to be spending quite a bit on the new one.

I trolled eBay and on line ads for years before my exact spec 325 iT Sport wagon showed up on EBay. I had a serviceable daily driver, so I could afford to be very committed to waiting for the car I wanted. Really glad I did.

autotempest.com is useful for doing tailored craigslist searches; it searches ebay, autotrader & others - I usually search autotrader, ebay, & other mainstream sites individually, rather than as part of autotempest.