i loved mine but like said , you have got to be preparired to part with cash to fix. my thermostat went and i thought £30 and i will fit my self .......... more like genuine part only at £60 ish and had to had it fitted cos of where it located . proper tight behind the rad etc....

mine would cost £65ish of super unleaded and i would get about 300 miles if i drove sensible amd nearer 250 if i booted it quite abit. to scared to boot it all the time , probably been below 200 miles

 

i paid £7k for it . spent £350 in 2 tyres then the thermo, and sold it 3 months later for £5.5k with out the wheels !!!!!!


some days i wish id kept it cos everyone looked at it and it drove like new !!!!!!!!

 

Had a bit of fun in mine tonight, on a private road of course

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/B...6845C0CF55.htm

 

james your car sounds quality mate
seen your car down granton the other week.looks very nice

 

May well have, doing work in Drylaw and site office is on lower Granton road

 

was the evo badge on back i noticed first from the sig
i work on lower granton road im affraid to

 

lovely miles to the gallon then i bet !!!!!!

 

[quote="WD Pro"]Forget about the mpg, with an M3 fuels the least of the costs !

'In my opinion' - They are not a car that can be run on a tight budget mine snaped its inlet cam and cost 8.5k to but right (BM prices but it was covered by them).

Very nice dailey drivers though and do everything very well.

PM me if you want the low down on running costs etc.

Cheers,

WD


Indeed i agree and a just to add dont bother with a 5 grand m3 unless you have that again to spend on it,they can be even more trouble than a cossie if badly maintained!

To be realistic at around 5 grand id settle for the 328 sport which are every bit as good as the early M3's,and not much slower really.

 

They do sound great when reved, I had the ACS pipe on mine and it begged to be driven with the windows down so you could hear the soundtrack