Ferrari Mailing List: Daily driver

[Jim's Email (jimshadow]

Ok gang....
My situation may be changing here real soon which means that I'll lose my 
company car and will have the need for a daily driver.   I've been looking 
around both new and used but haven't found anything that screams 'gotta have 
it', except the M5.   Given the following parameters, what would you be looking 
at?...

-Has to be fun to drive
-Has to have 4 seats 
- At minimum, just enough trunk room for 2 sets of golf clubs
-under say $42K

I've looked on the net at the following:
Lexus IS350
BMW 330i 
Acrua TL (not sure I want FWD)
BMW 530(used)
BMW M5 (older used. '00-'02  Anyone know what people are actually paying for 
these vs. asking prices....cLyDe??? :)
BMW M3(used) 
Merc Eclass(used, but I'm afraid of reliability issues)

What else should I be looking at?  Input on whats listed..

TIA, 
JIM