At 44 years old, this is the first car I've ever ordered so I thought I just had the wrong expectations when this went down, but sounds like it's not the case.
Sucks to pass on it and I feel bad for the sales guy (I like him...a really good guy, just an honest mistake on their part)...but I'm pretty confident this isn't the car. It wasn't just the xDrive either. I changed my mind on exterior/interior. It wouldn't have been a dealer breaker if any one or two things were wrong, but allllll of them add up to meh.
I suppose the silver lining is that I get to think about the 50th anniversary options in the next build. If I have an option for Imola under $5k, you better believe I'm taking it.
As for xDrive, I've had a DD RWD 335i for years in Boston and it was a ton of fun. I thought xDrive would take away from that and I didn't know RWD mode had a traction control option with M Drive Pro...now that I know those things, xDrive is the way to go for me.