E46 M3?

A lot of CSLs have been tracked at some point in their life. That one in the picture I posted belonged to my friend, it was brand new at the time. Since owning that one he has had 2 more and tracked both of them. One was purely used for track with a few modifications made including £4k worth of brakes. His take on them now is that they are nearly all wrecks. Worth saying that he never had any issues with SMG in the 3 that he owned and he drove them pretty hard.

In terms of comparison to the Z4MC. Mr Harris wrote an article sort of comparing them a while ago. It didn't go down that well when it was posted here. I agree fully that the Z4MC is a much better looking car, far more special looking but my opinion is that the e46 drives much better. http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=26310
 
They were designed to be track/road cars tho. A bit of work would get any of them to scratch but its all £££ look at the E30s… a lot over 150k and fine with most tracked.

But agree the CSL is a much better drivers car but the Z4Ms can be quite close when fettled but you need 10k to fettle them.
 
Mowflow said:
....In terms of comparison to the Z4MC. Mr Harris wrote an article sort of comparing them a while ago. It didn't go down that well when it was posted here. I agree fully that the Z4MC is a much better looking car, far more special looking but my opinion is that the e46 drives much better. http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=26310
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My experience is that the Z4MC is a significantly faster car on the track (even in OEM spec), but I agree that the E46 is probably a better road car in most circumstances.
 
Yes, never driven a Z4MC on track but it is certainly noticeably harder on the road than an e46 (unless the one i drove was broken) so I could see that being an advantage on a nice smooth track.

Tom, I think Harris was comparing standard M3 to Z4MC and not CSL. Regarding the article, I think Harris must be blind to say the Z4MC looks conventional. To this day it's a car that turns heads.
 
Ain't been on here for a few years. Well since I sold the Z4...


I bought the below car yesterday. Anyone who has doubts about these cars...forget about them. I am in love with it already..

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Oh and 30+mpg and I was not going slow!
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Beancounter1980 said:
Ain't been on here for a few years. Well since I sold the Z4...


I bought the below car yesterday. Anyone who has doubts about these cars...forget about them. I am in love with it already..

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Oh and 30+mpg and I was not going slow!
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That's gorgeous

What year?

Can I ask what sort of money you gave?

The price of M3's seem to vary wildly with mileage/service history having no effect!
 
chrisba said:
That's gorgeous

What year?

Can I ask what sort of money you gave?

The price of M3's seem to vary wildly with mileage/service history having no effect!
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Hi. Paid £8,500 all in. FSH all BMW stamps, 2005 reg.
 
BMWZ4MC said:
Mowflow said:
....In terms of comparison to the Z4MC. Mr Harris wrote an article sort of comparing them a while ago. It didn't go down that well when it was posted here. I agree fully that the Z4MC is a much better looking car, far more special looking but my opinion is that the e46 drives much better. http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=26310
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My experience is that the Z4MC is a significantly faster car on the track (even in OEM spec), but I agree that the E46 is probably a better road car in most circumstances.
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No experience of either on track but the figures suggest the E46 M3 may have the edge on track over a Z4M, which is quite surprising as my E46 330ci feels like a tank comapred with my Z4C(lowly SI) http://fastestlaps.com/comparisons/bmw_m3_e46-vs-bmw_z4_m_coupe.html
 
Don't believe everything you read on the internet. The E46 won't be quicker 0-60 or 0-100, unless the difference is down to the driver, or the laws of physics have changed....
 
Adamski said:
Don't believe everything you read on the internet. The E46 won't be quicker 0-60 or 0-100, unless the difference is down to the driver, or the laws of physics have changed....
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Absolutely, I think the 0-60 and 0-100 on this site are some sort of questionable calculation but the lap times are typically from fairly reputable sources(car magazines tests etc), I personally would have a Z4M over an E46 M3 but at £8500 as mentioned by some-one else it's a lot of car for the money :)
 
Beancounter1980 said:
chrisba said:
That's gorgeous

What year?

Can I ask what sort of money you gave?

The price of M3's seem to vary wildly with mileage/service history having no effect!
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Hi. Paid £8,500 all in. FSH all BMW stamps, 2005 reg.
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That's a bargain!

She looks a beauty.

Purchased locally or online?
 
Adamski said:
Don't believe everything you read on the internet. The E46 won't be quicker 0-60 or 0-100, unless the difference is down to the driver, or the laws of physics have changed....
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is the diff the same? that would make a difference. I understand the steering rack is different too.
 
They are very similar but the E46 has 100+kg on a Z4M. The E46 rides much better, being in the Z feels like being in the back seat of the E46 as your in a similar position in the car hanging over the rear axel which is why the Z4M feels skittish in comparison.

The Z4M shares many of the components from the E46 M3 but also the CSL.
 
I'm going to look at one Saturday :-) looks like it should be a good one, same owner for 7 Years, garaged, not taken out in the wet, wheels off to clean them regularly, twice the oil changes it should have. You get the picture... Price is top end of the market but if the condition and history checks out as I'm sure it will then I'm happy to pay a premium.
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It'll hold it's value or possibly even go up slightly long term so it's worth paying that bit extra as long as you plan on keeping treating it so well.
 
TrickyDicky said:
I'm going to look at one Saturday :-) looks like it should be a good one, same owner for 7 Years, garaged, not taken out in the wet, wheels off to clean them regularly, twice the oil changes it should have. You get the picture... Price is top end of the market but if the condition and history checks out as I'm sure it will then I'm happy to pay a premium.
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Bought it :-) it's pretty darn close to mint and drives and feels more like a 2-3 year old car not one pushing 10 this year. The surge of power is relentless, love it :-)

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And at least your boy will not now complain about you failing to buy an M :lol:

Congratulations :thumbsup:
 
Bing said:
And at least your boy will not now complain about you failing to buy an M :lol:

Congratulations :thumbsup:
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Cheers, now I can scare the whole family at weekends lol. Would I be allowed on forum cruises in it? :-) Would love to do the Kent cruise route in it

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