Ive just brought one myself, had a stage 3 3door a few years back and loved it but hated the cost of keeping it going. The m3 is a great car, nice place to be, quick, reliable, look awesome, and not to expensive to run so far. I do miss the turbo punch ive been used to though, you really have to thrash the arse of them to get the most of them, i also think the brakes are absolute shit and as lambchop said there a bit clunky when changing gear which isnt great.