Just bite the bullet and take the 330i la, you won't regret it.

The price difference you pay between 330e and 330i will all be balanced up by the time you want to sell the car. Meaning the 20k saving on 330e will take a hit when resale. It's just the timing difference, if you pay more now, you get more in future. If you pay less now (for 330e), you get a lot less when resale.

For e.g.

330i, bought 304k, after 5 years sold for say 154k, you lose 150k

330e bought for 283k, after 5 years sold for say 130k, you lose 153k

Of course the time value of money or the interest cost is not covered in the above example.

Haha just guessing work. I am a former user of hybrid car, so I know how bad the resale value is. Basically any hybrid car that is not Toyota or Honda, resale value horrible.

My insurance agent friend ditched his G10 530e at low price, and bought a 320 or 330 Li instead. He said the hassle from the hybrid system is not worth the time he has to endure without having a car to use while claiming for parts / issues.