Got rid of my Mercedes yesterday, and now the hunt begins. I've been searching for a local~ish ZHP for the last couple months and have given up on finding anything clean, so Im now looking into the E90. Specifically the 330i and 335i, and preferably manual.

Looks like there's about $4-5k difference between the models (locally) of comparable mileage/features. The extra power of the 335i would be sweet, but I'm not sure it's worth the extra $5k and higher maintenance/worse reliability.

What would you do? (Let's assume these two cars are the only options.)