After many months of pondering and test driving I decided today that the 530xi was the way to go for me. Now I need to sort out the options and find the right car (or order it as I want it, unfortunately European Delivery just does not work for me right now, maybe next time). So, I have a couple of questions:

1. Comfort access: Does this allow you to open any door or just the front doors? I know on some other cars I have tested the keyless entry only worked on the front doors. That would sway me away from the extra $1000 on the BMW since the whole purpose for me would be to allow me to open the door without having to find the key when I've got my son in my arms and trying to get him in his car seat. The salesman was 90% certain that it worked on all 4 doors for the 5 and I've seen some posts on this board that suggest that is true, but would like confirmation from someone who owns a 5 with comfort access.

2. I have always bought cars in the past, but am considering a lease given the low lease rates right now for the 5. I saw something in Consumer Reports that suggested that you could try to negotiate a better price on purchasing the car when the lease was up rather than pay the residual value. Is that something that actually happens in real life? I'm looking at the 3 year lease with 10K a year, that leaves a residual of 63%. If I decide I want to buy the car when the lease is up, but the going rate for the car is less than 63% is it possible to negotiate a better price? It seems like this should be possible since almost everything in life is negotiable and it would save BMW the costs of processing the car for repeat sale (though they may just sell these cars at auction).

John