Well my love affair with this car is now fulfilled. Got 31 mpg highway coming back from the dealer, my 325 gets about 34-35 high way, not too bad for twice the power :thumbsup: Seriously tho, my life might be complete.
2003.5 with 70k miles 6MT
Now, I must replace or zip tie my passenger side window regulator and fix my drivers side mirror glass, as it rattles past 40MPH. :facepalm:
Not bad if you got a good price considering the miles.
After many years of putting it off to be able to own a track bike and do track days. I think I'm gonna get one this year and out the bike on hold. We'll see tho.
Congratulations! I've owned my E46 M3 since brand new 11 years ago. If you continue to maintain your E46 M3, it will treat you very well.
Enjoy it and have fun! :thumbup:
I'm not sure what your budget is. If you are looking for only pristine and well maintained stock E46 M3s, I would check out www.enthusiastauto.com
Their prices are a bit higher than the average used M3 out there. Knowing that they only buy/sell top condition cars may be worth it to you. This is pretty much as close as you're going to get to buying a "like brand new" used E46 M3.
I'm in no rush at all, I have a car that runs great and if I happen to find one I like I'll buy it. I'm really in love with the e46 M's... best body style in my opinion.
Yup, and it really does help to go see them in person, the pictures of the car I bought weren't very good. I went to see the car with just the intention of a test drive and ended up falling in love. It sounds silly but you'll know the second you drive it's the right car. (I drove 6 before this one).
This was only my second car purchase (I'm 23 and have been driving my 325ci for the last 6 years doing all the maintenance myself). I taught my self a lot about BMWs and screwed a lot of things up the first time on my 325, but then got it right the second time, parts a were much cheaper than for the 325, definitely a great learning experience. Without owning the 325 and doing all the work myself, there is no way I could afford this car other wise. I can afford all the maintenance parts but not the labor, hopefully I'll have as much fun with this car as my other (Still trying to talk my parents into letting me keep two cars...I've probably spent 100+ hours under that 325, it's hard to let go.
Sorry for my rambling, and good luck with your search, I found craigslist the best place to look for cars, usually people list them in hopes of a quick sale or because they are in financial difficulty and must sell the car.
Beautiful car bro the color suit it's style.. I wish I can get E46 M3; Unfortunately I'm currently stuck with my E46 323i sedan that is heavily modded; I want to move on to something else but it is so hard to let go a good car )= how do you people manage to sell your babies after bumping crap loads of money into it and jump into something new ?? my head is such in a jam right now :s
I wanted to buy a 330 CI , a friend said why don't you wait and buy the the M in the end even if you don't do any mods you still have a better car , that's what I did , I love the car
Great looking car. Looks like you've already started with a few exterior mods. What type of corners are those? I'm thinking about ordering some smoked crystal ones from Khoalty soon.
Looks familiar. Oh yeah, just like mine. And I also just baught it. Couldnt b happier. I paid a bit more but has 48k. Also I drove for 11 hours to get it. Congrats
Very nice. I bought my Steel Gray 03SMG in November n I absolutely love it. Great step up from my 330ci. I see that u r in Illinois. I work in Greatlakes, live in Kenosha. Where about r u?
On my drive from New York to Chicago I had the cruise set at 65mph the whole way and the computer said I did 26.5 mpg. Never happened since. Around here mixed drive beetwen expressway and streets it sais 19mpg. I dont know how accurate that is, but thats what it sais.
Welcome to the club! What part of Maryland are you around?
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