It looks spectacular in polished alloy, you are a very brave man and you must collect many admirers along the way and they are rarer than the M3W

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Really interesting your comparison with the handling and also luggage capabilities, there is a beautiful blue LHD one for sale which the guy in France could not get registered which would suit a Brit wanting to tour Europe, it's brand new and I felt sorry for the guy that bought it. It's on Car and Classic site or was last week.
I had many happy thousands of miles in an Ami 8 all over Europe which had the 602cc engine and running gear, fantastic reliable and fun car, that's how I knew about the inboard discs as I had to replace the tiny handbrake pads on mine once..