Maybe you do have a sorehead.
All stock:
http://www.dragtimes.com/compare2.ph...ame=Compare%21
http://www.dragtimes.com/compare2.ph...ame=Compare%21
fwiw, I'm on this board because I've owned more BMWs in the past then you can shake a stick at. (I'm way older than you, which is why I have an auto 7 speed tranny LOL) My P-cars are another story, another day....
Anyway, enjoy the car you have chosen at this point in your life, 'cause that's really what it's all about. Nothing else matters.