It is astonishing the way prices have increased over the last couple of years for the M cars.
When I bought my Z3 three years or so ago, I seriously considered it as a stop gap until I'd buy an M to use as my daily. The roadsters were just within my reach at the time but it was the running costs of using such a car to do a minimum of 20k miles a year that were making me hesitate.
Now I fear they have moved out of my grasp...