My hat goes down for us E46 owners under 20!

Owning an E46 is not really that hard since majority of these guys bought their bimmer used...i think its not really a big deal..just IMHO

sounds bad but I dont really want to put a lot into my car. I'm prepared for being 16 years old that I will probably crash at some point therefor totaling it.

I bought my car when I was 16, I sold my old car for 4k which my parents gave me and then got my e46 for the money from the old car and rest I had saved up, I got a really good deal which was 8k 2 years ago. It was from some older people that always took great care of it and always serviced, and my parents still pay insurance I just pay for everything else, every mod is out of my pocket. I work hard for my money and always will.

wtf is goin on...I had to buy my car form my parents. Now parents are buying their kids cars?! 2009 FTW!

Originally Posted by JSanders

Try buying the car for yourself and paying for all your mods gas / everything minus insurance at 18

Didnt intend for that to sound harsh if it did lol

lols been doing that since i bought my first car at 15. bought my bmw for 5.5K
and modding as i go. its all in the lifestyle.

however my parents never paid for sh*t.

lol. some of the most ridiculous things ive ever read in this thread.

Originally Posted by bimmerbum46

my rents bought me my car but i paid for every single mod on my car myself...its not that hard, just work hard and anything is possible. Congrats on the car

great for you, i wouldnt tell anyone that. awesome your parents paid for it, youre lucky, but dont feel accomplished and proud after spending peanuts on mods compared to the $20 or 30 or 40 or 50 or whatever thousand dollars was already spent on you.

got my first bimmer when i was 21..paid 8k all myself+ 2k in mods and still addin! full time student and work full time. i pay 4 everything

Im 19 and so far i've payed around 25k on the car , still owe my mom 5k for the S/C,coils and Flywheel +clutch (all neccessary items to bne drivable, except the blower)

im 18

my parents bought it for me....7.5k, but ive payed and will continue to pay for anything that needs to be done to it

Originally Posted by JSanders

Try buying the car for yourself and paying for all your mods gas / everything minus insurance at 18

Didnt intend for that to sound harsh if it did lol

K lol, sounds good except for the fact that we are students too. Trying to keep GPA up is pretty tough...

Originally Posted by K Cuv

lol. some of the most ridiculous things ive ever read in this thread.



great for you, i wouldnt tell anyone that. awesome your parents paid for it, youre lucky, but dont feel accomplished and proud after spending peanuts on mods compared to the $20 or 30 or 40 or 50 or whatever thousand dollars was already spent on you.

Whatever dude, you can't judge him, you don't know anything about him...

i got my 323 at 18 from my grandparents for 5000$

im 19 and got mine at 18...was my first car...my dad paid the half with me. im still payin the second part by months. great deal with my dad! some sacrifices to do but i did'nt want to get a shitty first car and that my parents bought it for me...it will be a personnal satisfaction when all gonna be paid to get a bimmer by myself at my age...anyway BMW FTW

i got it when i was 18 and now i just turned 19

life is good

i payed for it with MY MONEY

I'm 18, paid in full for my bimmer myself. Feels great even though its just a 323ci :p

Originally Posted by JSanders

Try buying the car for yourself and paying for all your mods gas / everything minus insurance at 18

Didnt intend for that to sound harsh if it did lol

Me too but a '99 323 dosen't cost nearly as a much as a newer 330.

Originally Posted by Duracell

Well I'm glad you like us, because our insurance companies do not.

my insurance went down after taking my 97 plymouth off and adding my e46.
& im 19. some people luck out

I'm 19, sophomore in college.

Just bought my 01 330cic w/ 55k miles for 9000.

Put 3k down and i'm making payments on the rest.
I pay for gas, car, insurance, maintenance, and college.

Although my parents allow me to keep my car on their plan to lower my rate


No mods as of right now, i'm more worried about paying off the car itself and keeping it running.

i'm 22. i bought my 325 for $19k and paid it off in a year. i'm not a baller like some on here, but i got a little cake.

Good job to those responsible people in this thread.

I busted my ass as a teenager and bought myself a (used) wrangler at 16 in cash. Started modding shortly after and paid for it all myself as well.

Now that it is time to move on to a more "mature" car (i'm 22), I bought my E46 cash a little while ago. So far, I've kept the "expensive" modding bug somewhat contained .