It appears that you are wrong.
///MCompact is code for my old BMW 330ti. ///M (M3 engine) swapped Compact (318ti)...hence ///Mcompact. There are probably less than 30-40 swaps like that in the states, so I'd wager that you'd likely see 2-3 Merkurs before a 330/332ti. Even without the swap, the hatchback bimmers (of all years) are rare.
But it doesn't matter because neither your Merkur, nor my old car were special. We are not talking about a Porsche 959 or a Ferrari F40 here.
And just for shits and giggles, my present car (Evo VIII MR) is kinda rare for a factory produced car. Only 1000 brought to the states (around 300 in my color). How many Merkurs were brought over?
Do I know about XR4Tis? Yes. I'm not ignorant to the car and even know a bit about Coworth. I know enough to understand that your 8-valve engine doesn't share shit with the Cosworth 16-valve engine that came in the Sierras.
What I, and others, had a problem with was how you handled the typical new guy jabs that were thrown at you. You had high expectations that we would just trip all over ourselves in posting attaboys, kudos and Wowzers at your import on a predominately Domestic biased forum. Once the first jab came at you (and it was a good one!!!lol), you went defensive and claimed we were all ignorant, didn't "know" anything about your car, etc.
If I posted up about my 330ti or Evo VIII MR on a forum outside of bimmerforums or evom.net......especially on a predominately drag race forum (let's face it..80% of import owners rice..not race), then I would expect some catshit being thrown my way until I fit in.