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I had both E46 (though, an M3) at same time as a slicktop 6spd 128i.

E82 is a good car, N52 is very nice, but I didn't care for the short wheel base, the baloony looks, the creaky dash.

On a performance level, the chassis is good, but the E46 is much more fun to drive, though again, it's an M3 not 330i.

I think the E82 is pretty ugly compared to E46 which is the prettiest 3 series imo.

Mostly, the fact the 128i was a base model (more plastic, less leather etc) really was noticeable when getting back into the M3. That bothered me more than anything.