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I'm another 335i - 135i member. I swapped as the 135i is a much better drivers car where as the 335i was great at being a cruiser, somewhere between 1er & 5er. I find that the 135i turns in shaper, stops quicker, accelerates a little faster and handles better stock for stock but what it lacks in compared to the 335i is a lower quality interior (marginally I guess), it has mega hard suspension with the RFTs, doesn't look as pretty or have the cool twin exit pipes, the OE exhaust system isn't at throaty or as sporty sounding (the 135i and golf-tee mod does less) and finally the 3-series badge comes with more prestige.
There is a bonus to owning an E82/E88 now though, it still has 1 full production year left where as the E90 has been replaced for some time and the E92/93 are in their last days priors to the 4-series. Based on that the value of the e82 will hold up for a little while yet.
My opinion overall was that to gain the same level of performance as a stock 135i, the 335i needed suspension stiffening and brakes but both need RFTs gone ASAP.
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