I've owned several M3s as well as a few standard 3 series, and driven them all pretty hard and in different situations. Under no circumstances have I ever said, "wow, this 330 is actually better than the M3."
So let's be honest with ourselves here and call a spade a spade - you're either not buying the M3/4 because you don't want to spend the extra money (which is perfectly fine) or perhaps in this case, you just want the newest thing in the M340 (again perfectly fine).
It's just embarrassing and borderline insulting when people need to justify their purchase by stating that it is better than a car whose soul purpose is to supersede their model. So just drive what you have and enjoy it for what it is.
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