So my wife's lease on her 228i is ending later this week and we were in the market for a replacement. She's a gal that only drives stick... Gotta love that right? We had the hardest time finding something that she wanted, even with several local dealers searching for her. So we went on Autotrader this weekend and found a dealer 60 miles away that had a manual 430i order that fell through. While we were on the lot looking at getting a lease, he tells us that he has a new 2018 M240i Performance Edition available...with a manual tranny. The car had been on the lot for so long that we were able to knock off 25% from the list price. Bottom line... We didn't even get into the 430i for a test drive, bought the M240i, drove home with huge grins on our faces and didn't realize that our new baby was only 1 of 75 in the states until later. Call it serendipity.
