No offence taken at all. Good to have a debate. But as you can see 5 people already have said that they would prefer the e34.

I'd say if you asked the ordinary person on the street 99 percent would take the f10.
I think in enthusiast circles though there will be a large amount who will go for the e34.
As Andy and Chris have said there is a lot of enjoyment in pushing these older cars on.
I have an e39 m5 and have never felt that I have pushed it to the limit outside Mondello. I don't get much enjoyment out of driving it and very early bring it out whereas the e30 m3 or e36 m3 get brought out for any sort of excuse at all.

I'm not anti new cars but am not that mad about some of bmw direction
I don't like the idea of turbos on m cars. I do understand that things are being pushed that way. Also weight and size has gotten out of hand.
I do like the m135 direction alright. Much nearer to e30 m3 philosophy.