I had a 2011 E92 335i and test drove a F30 328i and 335i and ended up with the F30 335i for the reasons you stated. I think it would be hard to go with the N20 after having owned a 335i. Had I never owned the previous 335i, I suspect I would have been more accepting of the N20/328i.
I agree the steering, while direct and accurate, is very low effort and takes some getting used to. I will say now with 1300 miles on the steering bothers me less than it did.
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