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Post by paddy wright » Thu May 04, 2023 11:02 am

Just wish I’d bought one when they were peanuts!
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Post by LeeZ4MR » Thu May 04, 2023 4:01 pm

paddy wright wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 11:02 am Just wish I’d bought one when they were peanuts!
They did used to be really good value once upon a time as you say. My BIL absolutely loved the one he had. He swapped that for an E93 M3 Convertible that he had for 11 years, and he's just swapped the M3 for a 2016 911 Carrera S Convertible(the 3.0 twin turbo model).
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Post by pvr » Thu May 04, 2023 4:09 pm

You should have married him instead of him marrying your sister :lol:

Unless it is your wife's brother, than the same applies :D
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Post by LeeZ4MR » Thu May 04, 2023 7:08 pm

pvr wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 4:09 pm You should have married him instead of him marrying your sister :lol:

Unless it is your wife's brother, than the same applies :D
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He did marry my sister. Thanks for making me laugh Paul! :thumbsup:

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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu May 04, 2023 10:44 pm

inkey$ wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 5:16 pm Met up with a mate today and got to also meet his recently acquired M3. The E46 has aged really well. Purposeful, balanced; they just work.
If you don't need rear seats just save some money and buy a Z4M. No boot floor cracking to worry about either! :D
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Post by TomK » Thu May 04, 2023 11:17 pm

Miss mine a little but not really, Z4M a much more interesting driving experience imo. They do look nice though.
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Post by plenty » Thu May 04, 2023 11:23 pm

Rust is now a big problem on these. Thankfully the Z4 doesn't suffer nearly as much.

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Post by inkey$ » Fri May 05, 2023 8:10 am

Mr Tidy wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 10:44 pm
inkey$ wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 5:16 pm Met up with a mate today and got to also meet his recently acquired M3. The E46 has aged really well. Purposeful, balanced; they just work.
If you don't need rear seats just save some money and buy a Z4M. No boot floor cracking to worry about either! :D
Been there and had to sell because I thought I needed rear seats when my first was born. Big mistake selling, although it did eventually lead me to some other special cars.

For me, the E46 M3 would need to be manual in steel grey with cinnamon interior, and the first thing I’d do is get the boot floor/diff hangers looked at and reinforced.
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Post by tomscott » Fri May 05, 2023 9:37 am

One of my fav cars of all time. Like go karts to drive.

My dads first M car and have vivid memories, basically the reason I bought a Z4M coupe instead because I couldn't afford the insurance for the M3 as was £3000 and the Z4M was £800. The Z4M was also super cheap back in 2011.

This was my dads. Titanium silver black leather with CS wheels.

ImageBMW E46 M3, Alston, Hartside, Cumbria, CSL wheels by Tom Scott, on Flickr

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My ideal would be Silver Grey red leather with a CSL conversion kit on it.

Ive got 7 weeks until a little one is incoming... and ive been after one for a long time. Seeing hundreds of them at Ultimate BMW at the weekend hasn't helped. There was a stunning Silverstone edition for sale a while ago but it was £35k and a decent one is 25-30k hard to justify when the Z is worth maybe 14-15 and the Z is the same platform.

This was the one.

https://simonabbottcars.co.uk/car/bmw-m ... e-edition/

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