BMW M3 e46

[Jcs]

I'd love one, infact I did look at getting one before the 197, unfortunatly the majority of them are pretty high milage and I'm a milage whore. Maybe one day.

 

[BenW]

Had my test drive yesterday, decided that SMG is definitely not for me and I'll be looking for a manual one. It's a shame as I loved everything else about the car

 

[nutnutwelshman]

I did look a one before the Meg but the running costs were to high for me but what a stunning car

 

[GREGSTERWIZ]

Buy the best one you can find - loads of rubbish about

Tyres are conti's - £170 each if you shop around - M3 specific

SMG box is prone to actuator failure - £1500 repair

"Rear subframe issue" is actually an issue with the bodyshell - they rip out their own boot floors on the welds (spot welds run along the seams and are weak). The issue is caused by a poor design of suspension bush and torque can twist the shell. If it's gone then it's a full axle off job and will cost £££.

Buy a mint low mile car and you won't lose much, it may even appreciate - but these cars are becoming scarce.

A friend has a completely original, mint 20k mile example and he looked at about a dozen cars before he found this one. If you're looking at the lower end of the market then be prepared for big repair bills; clutches, brakes, etc are expensive. As I said - lots of iffy ones about.