I was single & in my twentys during the nineties & owned cars from those three decades a 1967 restocal beetle (well almost the seventies), a 1986 jetta 16v GTI, 1992 e34 525is & a 1991 e34 3.6 M5 & would make the same choices again.
Wish I'd kept the Beetle
But the M5 was the ultimate Q Car