Consider a 325 sport compact , i bought one today after toying with an S3 or borrowing some money and getting a R32 .
Been running a 318 coupe for 3 three months previous which turned me towards bmw quality of build and drive .
Think the S3 looks a bit dated now and and although it has a superb and super quick engine it is quite common to alot of cars i.e TT, cupra , golf ( i'm sure someone will put me right on this )
The bmw has the drive of a cooper s with almost as good a sound track of an aircooled 911 , both of which i've owned in the past .
Just a thought
Steve