I have personally owned a few M3's (2 e30's, 2 e36's & 1 e46) and a handful of other BMW’s (1979-2006) and I will say that the e36 was no slouch, I mean the US spec was raped in power compared to the Euro spec, but the car handled very well, was nimble and still very much a mechanical car compared to the e46. I did…