I loved my M3. It was an amazing car! But Transport trucks don't seem to like it
I don't mean to sound rude however after owning both I would say the M3 is an upgrade is every way from the Z. Power, Handling etc. ALSO price....
I will say though, one thing I did not like about the M3 is that it fits into the crowd. When I had my Blue Z people would stop and look at it. In the M3 you would get the odd person who would know what an M3 is and look at it for a bit. I more got douche bags on the highway in a normal 3 or 5 series trying to get me to race them....
It's very unfortunate but the major majority of BMW owners are douches. The community was just not the same as with the Z. With the Z you get more down to earth people. Because of the price tag you are getting people that respect the car but don't have the since of entitlement most of the BMW guys had.
Again I know everyone you meet is going to be different but there is a reason I am still on the Z forum and not on the M3 forums…..