Need a honest opinion

[CB35i]

I know this isn't the place to ask but I would like to hear from fellow X5 owners regarding my situation.

My wife's VW R32 lease is about to end in two weeks.
Over the weekend we decided to check out the MINI Cooper S, and my wife couldn't wait and put down $1k to order a fully load Cooper S to the tune of $32k before incentives. The best discount we got was Costco pricing which gets the MINI down to $31k. The dealer wouldn't budge any further.

Anyways, once we got home, she had second thoughts. Now she is thinking about the 128i and take ED. I know we can get the $1K deposit back so I'm not worried about that.

However, We ordered the MINI with everything including all packages and the new MINI connected, similar to the new BMW connected drive thing. However, even with ED price on the 128i with acceptable options like auto, xenon, m-sport pack and Harmon Kardon, it will probably run us about $33-34k ED invoice (this is my own calculation from the invoice price on Costco's site, will probably be higher with MY2012). The $2k difference is not much so we are having a hard time deciding.

So here it is, what if you were me, which one would you purchase. A fully loaded MINI S or ED a 128i with minimum options.

Thanks in advance.