Originally posted by Ochdx
thats not what i heard from the owners.

whatever.
how many E46 M3 owners do you know? I personally know over a dozen and out of that 10 of them either autox or track their cars aggressively.
The last engine failure was about 4 months ago and the manufacturing date fell in the problem area, which has been addressed by BMW now.
This particular owner was scheduled to go get the fix done but his engine blew before his car was to go in. How do I know? I autoxed with him for the past year and I've known him since 2000.
He also took 2nd place in a borrowed Boxster S in BStock at the Nationals in Kansas. So he drives like the devil and then some.