I had the itch for the R some time ago and took one out from local dealer, no offense to any R drivers out there but it was dissapointing sorry.
For around the same money you can have the M3 E46 with the same size engine but nearly 100 bhp more, Im not knocking the R cos I would have one without a question if some one else was paying but if I was paying it would be the M3 all day long.
Darren