I wouldn't want an M3 because of the stick shift and lack of ground clearance, unless I was taking it to the track. My e36 was a stick shift and it gets old real fast in stop and go traffic. I like my cars a lot the old ones are sort of slow and the new ones are total garbage, they went to an all electronic throttle and as a result there is a slight delay between stomping the gas and the car moving, a very disconnected feeling more like a video game than the ultimate driving machine.