[Taryon]

I have to agree with most of the North Eastern folks here.. although it's really up to you. An xDrive equipped 335 or non will still perform pretty well with proper snow tires. With xDrive, you just get that extra bit of control taking off from a stop and going around corners.

If I lived anywhere that saw less than a month or two of our kind of winters (you're from NY, so you can attest to what I'm referring to), I'd have gotten my car in RWD. The AWD is just really, really nice getting around town in the snow. I don't really think you can make a wrong choice though! Good luck.