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Montego Blue BMW Z4 Coupe, 39k miles, Supersprint Race exhaust and other goodies
- Thread starter R60BBA
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Had mine 10 years, it's a silver grey facelift 04 plate manual with genuine 55k miles. In a bit of a dilemma what to do with it actually - it's a total pristine example and I have it fully prepped for sale at moment but I might just hang on to it for another year as don't really need the funds at present and I think the prices are still increasing a lot for the mint low milers, especially the ones that are fully standard (another reason I didn't want to mess with the exhaust). I only bring it out about 1 day a month now just to give the fluids a full warm up and keep all the seals lubed etc, but wow I still so love driving it.
The E46 M3 absolutely nailed it in matching the power to the chassis - I never felt like it needed 'a bit more power' like I have felt with every other car I have owned. Mine has been a superb ownership experience too. Dare I say nothing has ever gone wrong in the 10 years I've had it apart from a reverse parking sensor!
The E46 M3 absolutely nailed it in matching the power to the chassis - I never felt like it needed 'a bit more power' like I have felt with every other car I have owned. Mine has been a superb ownership experience too. Dare I say nothing has ever gone wrong in the 10 years I've had it apart from a reverse parking sensor!
I would definitely keep it stock with that mileage and service history.
I’m looking to get enjoyment out of mine so I’m not fussed (just needed a solid base car as there are a lot of crap out there).
Eventually it will become a summer track toy I reckon, but I will try and keep it as standard as possible.
Only looking to change the exhaust, put a set of Pole Positions in the front, get a second set of track wheels, potentially go for the 4.10 diff, but that’s about it. (All removable mods bar the diff).
Prices are deffo on the up and yours should easily see £18,000 upwards assuming no rust and the bearings and subframe have been done.
I’m looking to get enjoyment out of mine so I’m not fussed (just needed a solid base car as there are a lot of crap out there).
Eventually it will become a summer track toy I reckon, but I will try and keep it as standard as possible.
Only looking to change the exhaust, put a set of Pole Positions in the front, get a second set of track wheels, potentially go for the 4.10 diff, but that’s about it. (All removable mods bar the diff).
Prices are deffo on the up and yours should easily see £18,000 upwards assuming no rust and the bearings and subframe have been done.
hopz121 said:What is the Trader offing you out of interest?
Has your M3 had bearings and floor done?
I can’t disclose that until the car is sold.
No but it had a bearing recall done and is already booked into the garage for an inspection.
However I intend to get the bearings done again as you never know with these things.
R60BBA said:hopz121 said:What is the Trader offing you out of interest?
Has your M3 had bearings and floor done?
I can’t disclose that until the car is sold.
No but is already booked into the garage for an inspection.
Plus I intend to get the bearings done asap.
Fair enough, it may help your sale if you gave the bottom line that's all.
Make sure whoever checks your M3 knows what they are looking for as many don't and will say its fine when it clearly isn't! For a proper check you need to remove the sub frame!
For those who are interested in purchasing the car I am happy to disclose that information.
Yeah I agree.
I think the bearings are priority over the boot floor, however I will deffo get the floor done by the end of summer. Probably by Redish.
And the car won’t be tracked or driven hard until this work has been done...
Yeah I agree.
I think the bearings are priority over the boot floor, however I will deffo get the floor done by the end of summer. Probably by Redish.
And the car won’t be tracked or driven hard until this work has been done...
Mine is on the original bearings too but at only 55k I'm not too worried about it. That and the fact that the service periods have always been half what BMW recommend (the proper Castrol TWS 10W60 every 5,000 miles without fail).
The boot floor thing gets a lot of debate over on M3cutters but my personal take on it is that many of the problems start when corrosion sets in on the spot welds and weakens them. It is a design floor as well obviously in terms of loading but nevertheless I've made a habit of re-undersealing the boot floor area every year for the last 8 years. No sign of cracking on mine that I can make out but as hopz says, you really need to remove the subframe to do a full inspection.
The boot floor thing gets a lot of debate over on M3cutters but my personal take on it is that many of the problems start when corrosion sets in on the spot welds and weakens them. It is a design floor as well obviously in terms of loading but nevertheless I've made a habit of re-undersealing the boot floor area every year for the last 8 years. No sign of cracking on mine that I can make out but as hopz says, you really need to remove the subframe to do a full inspection.
R60BBA said:Pricing update
Wasn’t the car already at £11k? :?
Pastry said:R60BBA said:Pricing update
Wasn’t the car already at £11k? :?
Pistonheads still showing 11kR60BBA said:Pastry said:R60BBA said:Pricing update
Wasn’t the car already at £11k? :?
It’s at £10,500
You might want to update the text in your PH advert to show the same price as the new asking price....