I never understimate other marques on the road, some of the Seat guys are running very, very quick cars as well. The one thing Scoob has that top trumps most of them though, is the AWD. It Makes for a much more useable car.
Quote from the thread on VXR:
"But along came an absolute bargain of a 3 year old M3 at a really ridiculous price that I couldn't ignore. I loved it for a year but have got bored with it now."
Seems you got to where I was with my M3, but it only it took me a few weeks to get to the same conclusion.
M3's are great cars and do everything very well. 'Boring' although a strong word for it, is where I got to with it.
Interestingly the Guy I bought the STI from had also had an E46 M3 prior to the STI, that only lasted 3 weeks for him because it just didn't excite him enough.
Its a scratch I am glad I itched, but I have no regrets moving on.!