Nice to see you are 'keeping it in the family' and getting another bimmer. As a first time BMW owner, it gives me a warm fuzzy to hear that.
I lucked out when got my '12 last fall. I told my sales guy what I wanted, and he said, "You're not going to believe this, but...". Turns out the car I wanted (128i M Sport, LeMans Blue, 6MT, leatherette (have a dog), moonroof) was on a boat enroute to Canada, but not sold yet! I had to wait a whopping 2 weeks from order to drive home.