which german sport sedan to get? opinions needed.

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The contenders are:

2002-2004 audi A4 3.0 quattro( i've fallen in love with their awd system)
2001-2004 BMW 330i
2001-200? C class sport sedan.

Whichever car i get i will probably try to work a warranty into the financing, and the car will be mainly a weekend driver so reliability while important, is not an end-all be-all so to speak. I'm going to strive for a manual on any of the above, but a good tiptronic will also keep me happy. I've heard that the 3-series has problems with their auto trannies, though.

Will be buying the car wholesale and paying for roughly half in cash, and paying the rest off quickly so i won't ever be upside down(this was the only way i could justify taking out a loan).

Anyone have any first hand experiance with these things? or anyone heard anything positive or negative? I'd imagine the BMW is probably the fastest, and ironically is actually the cheapest to insure, as well, although all are within 30 dollars of each other per six months.

Thanks,
Ryan