I will voich for the OP as I am in the same boat currently. However I was able to get temps by paying the sales tax and registration in Washington. I've spent hours going back and forth from the dealer to my licensing department to the California dol. I'm still waiting to fully register the car...
Honestly I have always been affraid of used BMW's and especially Audi's as I used to have one and cost a lot to fix and maintain. You are absolutely correct with reliability between the 2. However, I wouldn't be ok with Bev unless I can go 200 miles. We used to have a leaf and continually caught...
I just purched my 2014 CPO Rex from valley BMW in Modesto and I live in Everett Washington. I found it through cars dot com and filtered for cpo within 1000 miles. I purchased it sight unseen and had it shipped. That was a HUGE PITA btw and am still waiting to be able to register it.
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