E46Fanatics - Irish BMW 318 CI M-Sport

How are you all keeping? I'm from Ireland and just picked myself up a BMW 318 CI M-Sport. I had a look around the internet for a good e46 based website and came across yours.

Anyway after years of driving Japanese cars...

1.5 Toyota Cynos:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...s/cynos001.jpg

2.2 BB4 Honda Prelude:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...c/100_3220.jpg

... I took the plunge and got myself a Euro.

I was originally looking for something with a bit more poke but comfort and sense won out in the end. Petrol is up around ***8364;1.50 a litre here now and you still have road tax (***8364;568 for the year on the BMW with it being a 1.9) and insurance to pay! I'll treat myself to something for the weekends down the line, but for now I am delighted to have picked this up as my everyday car. The running costs are very reasonable for what it is and I seem to be averaging ~30MPG as I do a mix of urban and non-urban driving.

Anyway I think the car is a credit to its past owners. The 150K miles on it don't show at all, apart from a small bit of wear on the drivers seat bolster. A few months back it got a new thermostat and bushings and had over ***8364;1000 spent on it. I know the last two owners, the car was never seen to be dirty or abused, and prior to that it was a company car for Philips Electrical.

Should you have any information or suggestions for me fire away, I was thinking of getting the rear lip spoiler and the splitter section of the rear bumper carbon wrapped.

Also are there any points I should pay attention to on the car or with owning a BMW in general?

Thanks in advance :thumbup:

Here are some recent pictures:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/hamr/IMAG0367.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/hamr/IMAG0354.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/hamr/IMAG0365.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/hamr/IMAG0355.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/hamr/IMAG0364.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/hamr/IMAG0357.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...5/IMG_3077.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...5/IMG_3052.jpg