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A friend of mine bought my old Lexus IS300; RWD, and roughly the same size as the E36 3 Series. He ended up moving to Boston (lots of snow!). He bought dedicated snow tires, and he's been fine. In fact, the IS300 does better on dedicated snows than his wife's 4x4 Explorer on all-season tires.
Buy some dedicated snows and you'll be fine.
The 135 will feel like a rocket compared to your 325... But I personally worry about the longevity of the N54 twinturbo--it runs very hot, which will be hard on everything in the engine bay. If I buy mine, I may well trade for the next 1er in 5 years.
If I were dead set on keeping a vehicle for 10 years... I'd seriously consider a 128 or 328.
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