JayCC

As subject. What sort of price is a really well kept example?

They seem to vary in price quite a lot. Just toying with the idea at the mo.

9k would be about budget I'd imagine. Maybe stretch to 10.. Maybe..

Thanks, Jamie.

cfoster

i would say yes you would, they are starting at about 6-7k now so 9 should get you a tidy one. Search the forum posts as there are loads on here about buying. I'm tempted to chop my dc5 in for one soon!

Alps Pacino

100% deffo but same as every other perforamnce car you will have to have a look at loads of sheds before you find a good one cause people say and genuinly believe there mint when there actually bags of shite.

the_frozen_one

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My mates one is dead tidy, It's up for 8800 and he's not had a sniff. Most people are after the cheap cheap wrong uns. I'm not gonna advertise it on his behalf because the Gestapo seem really alert at the moment, but copying and pasting 321027452127 into a well known internet auction site might help you in your search

RSI_TOM

Theres an m3 in the for sale section in here mate . If its any good to you

v man

I'd go for a mint e36 evo maybe a gtr not a e46

Dicko&Vacant

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This is very nice

http://www.wynyardmotorcompany.co.uk....php?carId=448

the_frozen_one

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Pricey for the mileage and colour

The Youth.

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is that the place opposite your work dicko?

steve

JayCC

Cheers for the replies guys.

I'm thinking about taking the plunge sometime in the new year.

I have only 2 preffered choices too, which are NO gold, and NO red interiors.. I really dislike them!

Also, it's either the M3, or a 130. Will have to make sure I can afford the running costs etc too I think!

Will make sure to check out the buying guides too. Still just a vague plan at the moment.. Will have to see what happens!

vaughant

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Agreed.
You'll get a mint car for that money,the one in that link would be Ł6500 on the bay.

the_frozen_one

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My money would be on this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3210274521...127%26_rdc%3D1

xr2wishy

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i just got a 330ci, love it more each time i drive it.
however an m3 won't cost much more in servicing, and fuel costs won't be anything in it really. so one may be on the cards next year.

TIFF

I sold my 04 plate E46 M3 for Ł9500 and it was a minter with all the options and the right color combo ect......They are out there and your better off looking on somewhere like m3cutters.co.uk...superb forum, Thats where i sold mine

Glenn_

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There a cracking car these M3s..

JayCC

Thanks Tiff.

Has anyone worked out a typical monthly cost to run one?

I'm not worried about fuel etc. Its more a set of discs and pads and a set of tyres. Full service etc.

I'm hoping its not a case of "if you have to ask, its going to be too expensive"!!

Will have a look on that site too, thankyou.

zippyobrien

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18 mpg

90 ish for 4 tires

botters

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i got offered a very very nice looking example against my 3 door the other week he wanted 9.5k, if i was at all interested in m3's i might have had it as it happens i dont like them so i said no, i think the car is for sale on turbosport

xr2wishy

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18mog, very similar to my 330, so not bad on juice then
also Ł90 for 4 tyres, i wish, more like Ł200 a corner for something reasonable.

Glenn_

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200 quid for 1 tyre?? fook that.

xr2wishy

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yeah, i just had a quick price up for the rears on my 330, Ł200 is middle of the road.

SteveB

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Service parts arn't too bad.
Discs and pads all round will be Ł500
I've just bought 4 Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres Ł850 (2x 275/30/19 and 2x 245/35/19)

I get 21-23mpg out of mine

Ford Ł9k you'd get a very nice car.


Steve

JayCC

Thanks for the help. I drive like a granny most of the time now! I'd probably manage the same.

Tyres are a worry.

Also, what's the difference between the "facelift" other than the tax bracket?

xr2wishy

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discs and pads are reasonable money, i totally agree, tyres aren't that bad, they are low profile, wide and fit on sizeable rims.

it's the fuel costs that will kill it, i plan on an m3 when the weather turns and i trade in my 330ci, but already realising a 3.0 straight six is thirsty and m3 isn't actually much worse for so much more potential.
they are making quite a bit of sense right now and there are many good ones out there ready to be used properly.

jameswrx

Do like these cars, keep promising myself one but just something holds me back. I think it's the fact I rarely use my car and not sure they're that special as a garage queen.. More a special every day car I guess.

Seems odd to think they'll probably be a couple of grand in a few years. I remember buying an E36 M3 for Ł8k and it was exceptionally cheap at the time, they were Ł10k cars at the time. Found the E36 very slow though and I've never heard the E46 M3 described as fast, most people say they don't feel ast then you look down and you're doing xxxmph, which is the opposite to what I want really. Last thing I want is to spend out high performace car running costs for a slow car.

Then I start thinking maybe a convertible is the answer, extra angle with the roof off and my lad would probably love that too. See how the finances go in the new year.

Escy

I can't talk about E46's but after owning a E36 328i and an E36 M3, the difference in running costs between the 2 was massive.

All the parts tend to be M3 specific which means M tax is applied. The cost of fuel was huge. I didn't think they'd be much difference. My commute to work went from 26mpg in the 328i to 17mpg in the M3.

I'm guessing it'd be a similar story with the E46's.

Jay,

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A friend of mine is building 4 m3 e46 race cars and just paid in total 24k for the lot and there in very good order and with no more than 80k on the clock and has managed to get 4 k back in interior parts ect ! There getting cheaper

Jay,

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Just to add csl m3's will be the only m3 that will hold its value

SteveB

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/\ exactly what I bought mine....