I had one and miss it dearly. Great handling, beautiful interior, and a real head turner. Mine got caught in a hail storm in Croatia, so I sold it and bought the GT500.I just got rid of my Jeep SRT for the very reasons you list. Absolutely an awesome daily driver, but the costs were just too much.
I was pretty disappointed in the e46 M3 I had. It was an absolutely incredible chassis with excellent handling. The only problem was that it made no torque...I need torque in my life to have fun, and 200 ft-lbs doesn't cut-it.