Originally Posted by DesignIt

I have a friend who owns his own racing shop, is a track driving instructor, experiences many different cars on the track, and he feels much the same as you about Audi vs. BMW. He could afford to have any car he wants, but he has just replaced the "family car", an older Audi S4 Avant, with a new Audi S4 Avant. His wife does have a BMW (a Z8) but his opinion of it is much the same as yours is about your M-coupe. He acknowledges the understeer issues of the Audi, but still loves the quality and performance it provides in a station wagon package with a manual transmission. He even caused quite a stir a while back when he took his Audi and four other instructors out on Texas World Speedway's road course and proceeded to outrun every Porsche, NSX, and Ferrari in the advanced driver's group. However, it didn't hurt that he's a top ranked spec Miata racer and there was a light rain falling at the time.

Personally, I think it's cool that some cars still have "personality" that causes some to like them and some to dislike them. Much better than the generic automotive/truck appliances that don't evoke any passion at all.