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Originally Posted by dadC4s
As the OP, I am very sorry to see all the vitriol my comments and question have caused. Sorry to have gotten so many so stirred up. Never Mind.
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Bottom line (since you never clarified from your OP):
If you want AWD get the S4 since Audi's AWD blows away BMW's. Audi build performance AWD cars, BMW builds "utility" AWD cars and performance RWD cars. (This is a generalization - no flames please).
Since you are sersiously considering the S4, if you decide you don't need RWD, I would also consider the 335i in addition to the M3. You've already said that you are trying to be money conscious here, which is why I think the 335i is worth a look - and you can get the MSport package for some uniqueness as well. Don't get caught up to much in the debates about the capabilities of M3/S4/335i. Just go drive them and see for yourself.
If you are looking at the M3 coupe, I would skip the S4 altogether for sure and instead look at the S5 (I think you still get the V8 there, whice is a bonus in my book, although fuel economy will be much more M3-like than the S4 or S5 cab).