hi ya mate.

i do work for bm and mini and know the guys at sytner, were i live, i wanted an m3 e46 and when i went to buy one, they all told me that the m3 was fast, expensive to run as when it needs disks they are sided and cost around £200 each, and servicing is expensive,
so i bought a 330 ci sport convertible, which wasnt as fast, but told by the mechanics that a good driver in the 330 wouldnt be far behind in a race around town as long as you got a manual 330.
they were right, it was fast and looked almost as good, if not better as like everyone has said, they are common

but drive the two and see for yourself, 330 for me tho and itll be a convertible

Bryan