2001 3 series

[katy81]

There's one on my neghibours drive.

Not sure of engine or spec level but it's petrol.

Last mot in 2006 at 35k miles.

Worth saving? Obviously will need tyres and breaks. Might knock on and fund out the story

 

[katy81]

1895cc

Is that the 2litre ?

 

[something daft already!!]

Sounds like it would be an odyssey to me.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Money pit

 

[katy81]

Money pit

You think?

If it's manual you don't reckon tyres and breaks, cheap chavy drift machine?

 

[Sparky]

"Worth saving" " Cheap chavy drift machine"

Let it die in peace.

 

[katy81]

"Worth saving" " Cheap chavy drift machine"

Let it die in peace.

Yeah.. I thought it might of been if it wasn't a poverty engine version

 

[rare]

Depends what it is really, is it a sport? What’s it like condition wise? If it hasn’t been driven since 2006 it’s going to be in dire need of lots of work, won’t really be economical I imagine.

 

[Mesai]

It’ll be a pre-facelift E46 320i then. Nothing special but parts should be relatively cheap and they’re easy cars to work on.

Lack of maintenance could make it very expensive though. All the rubber bits in the suspension and engine mounts etc. will cost. Really depends on what you want out of it.

You really want a 6 pot when it comes to these cars.

 

[ezekial]

The e46 is also very prone to rusting in the arches and sills so theres also probably that to contend with

 

[Haze]

In before the thread lock....

 

[Rilot]

It’ll be a pre-facelift E46 320i then.

Nope. If it's 1895cc it's a 318i or a 316i 4-pot making either 117bhp or 103bhp. The 320i was a 2.0 or 2.2 6-pot depending on year.
Waste of time. Crap engine in what will now be an utterly rotten body.

 

[mjt]

1895cc

Is that the 2litre ?

1.9 with 116bhp IIRC?

Doubt it's worth saving at all.

 

[I cant post photos]

Obviously will need tyres and breaks

Why? Has it been working really hard?

 

[Mesai]

Nope. If it's 1895cc it's a 318i or a 316i 4-pot making either 117bhp or 103bhp. The 320i was a 2.0 or 2.2 6-pot depending on year.
Waste of time. Crap engine in what will now be an utterly rotten body.

Oh yea, missed the capacity. Definitely a waste of time.

 

[Maccy]

I think the Reality of it would Bite you down the road

 

[Roadrunner_668]

anything with miles that low is worth saving to be honest unless its broken badly or something
has life in it
just whether or not you have the experience and time !

 

[Roadrunner_668]

is strange to let it sit there from just being 5 year old though
i wonder why they stopped driving it
maybe medical or a death in the family or something
odd how things can happen

 

[Haze]

is strange to let it sit there from just being 5 year old though
i wonder why they stopped driving it
maybe medical or a death in the family or something
odd how things can happen

You belive anything OP acctually says? this car probaly only exists in her twisted mind

 

[jpaul]

had been a recentish thread e36 though was it ? rolled out of relations garage dust & all for trailering ... where's that now ?
older sharks mouth 535i guy's still undergoing rennovation I guess, too.