[egebhardt]

I'm kinda the opposite.
Don't search for a year to find that golden egg. Why lose a year of your life wanting something.
Find a value and negotiate a few more bucks off. Then if/when something goes wrong you have money to fix it.
You don't have a huge attachment to lower price-points either and you can take a small loss to sell it quickly if you don't like it.

This doesn't have to be the one-and-only E90M3 you ever own. I owned 11 E36M3s. Every flavor and configuration. Your favorite flavor and configuration (once they're all gone) will not be the one you are looking for today. Believe it or not.

The 1998 Estoril Blau 5psd 4-dr with low miles looked awesome and fetched top-dollar but I hated the guy I bought it from and I hated the guy I sold it to. It drove the worst too.
The 1997 Arctic Silver 5spd 4-dr with super-high miles looked beat but I liked the guy I bought it from and I liked the kid who bought it (was a nice young policeman starting out). It drove incredibly straight and smooth.