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..And you can write two more pages if you like, it won't change the fact that you bought a used car with no visibility on how it was driven for 50k miles including most importantly break-in, just the previous owner's sale pitch with vested interest. Sorry but this matters, people pay factory price so as not to have to carry that risk along their ownership. There is nothing wrong in buying used as long as you are aware of the added risk versus lower price trade-off. Like most, i've had my used cars some good and some bad, some worse. It's the nature of that game.
All along you are implying that every first 50k miles of a car is the same no matter how it was driven. Sorry, that's denial.
Take any healthy car you listed, no matter how bulletproof (american pushrod, turbo, high strung NA, anything) a misguided driver can make a radical life expectancy change to its engine in less than 100 miles, just from behind the wheel, no mechanical foul play. It might be a guy the previous owner lent the car for an hour or maybe he himself was one of those adepts at "flooring the car during break in to get better piston ring seal for low oil consumption over the car's life". Don't assume that a zealous maintenance record is all that matters. Maybe it's a sign of trying to compensate for a car that went through more than what ordinary M3 goes through. Bottom line, it's used, you don't know. Just search the forum archives, it's not the irresponsible ignorant type you'd expect, some were advanced track instructors.
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There's only one person in denial here.
I can assure you that being the original owner on a well maintained e92 M3 does not preclude you from this issue. Might help postpone the inevitable a bit, but if your clearances are too tight, you're screwed.