Wow great post - and great discussion...many thanks Blake for posting your impressions.
I'm flying out to Scottsdale in two weeks for a M3W test drive...was planning on ordering then if I like the car, but I must admit that your post does give me pause...
I'm in Houston, and having no dealer in the state of Texas does concern me. I do wonder if it might make more sense to wait a bit longer before ordering and waiting for some of the niggles to be fettled...
I'm also wondering if the purchase price might not drop with time. $40k for a toy of questionable build quality seems a touch crazy - but not completely nuts. I'm starting to wonder whether this car isn't overpriced at $55-60k USD...
Anybody out there want to sell me their used M3W????
Thanks Blake - you've given me a lot of food for thought...