Essentially, the thing with manual transmissions is this:

We're not a big dealership in a big city. Thus, the allocations aren't huge, and thus there's a big risk of not having the right transmission if we stock manuals. For example, we only get 5 325xi sedans, ordering one in manual leaves 4 with automatic. If 1 in 8 wants a manual, and the probability of a customer showing up who wants AT is that much higher, what happens to the remaining 3 people? .

The one 550i that I see coming is a Sport model with a manual. Do you think it'd be nuts to get another 5er (non-550i) in a manual?

As for Comfort Access, aside from jumping the price $500, the manager has had bad experiences with cars discharging on the lot. Gotta be a way around that.

And yes, we are definitely changing up the colours. Brown is now the "new" beige.