The m54 is such a massive improvement on the terrible ( sorry mrk but I completely disagree in the e46) 4 cylinder that the smart money goes there....but of you want excitement its impossible to overlook m power, there is no competition ( from BMW)
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Each to their own of course 
I know that after 4 years of ownership and after I get something with a much bigger engine I'll still praise the 2 litre petrol engine! Okay it's running costs economy wise are no different to the M54, in fact I get 25 around town and 32 or 33 now on motorway purely because when I do drive it's mostly for leisure so don't even look at economy or petrol prices 
I know that after 4 years of ownership and after I get something with a much bigger engine I'll still praise the 2 litre petrol engine! Okay it's running costs economy wise are no different to the M54, in fact I get 25 around town and 32 or 33 now on motorway purely because when I do drive it's mostly for leisure so don't even look at economy or petrol prices 
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If you buy them on the cheap yeah but it's pretty easy to tell which ones have been looked after and which ones have not. No different in tells from other E46 of similar age now.
I've had quite a bit of time to learn the common faults and things to change on the e46 now having had those done on mine and have a good specialist for engine work so it's at this point I'd be perfectly comfortable knowing it would be in good hands should something under the bonnet go wrong.
As for the economy thing, not the same when it's just a casual glance when resetting each fill up I have a car profile in the costs app so update that every time I put money into the car hence knowing what I do and don't get from it.
I've had quite a bit of time to learn the common faults and things to change on the e46 now having had those done on mine and have a good specialist for engine work so it's at this point I'd be perfectly comfortable knowing it would be in good hands should something under the bonnet go wrong.
As for the economy thing, not the same when it's just a casual glance when resetting each fill up
I have a car profile in the costs app so update that every time I put money into the car hence knowing what I do and don't get from it.
The variance with prices of the E46 M3 is pretty astounding.
You can easily buy a dog, or you can buy a pristine example, and pretty much everything in between. The market can easily tell the difference between the good and bad, and the prices fall in place accordingly.
Most have fallen into the hands of too many people with champagne tastes and beer money, but it's unfair to say they're mostly all abused now.
You can easily buy a dog, or you can buy a pristine example, and pretty much everything in between. The market can easily tell the difference between the good and bad, and the prices fall in place accordingly.
Most have fallen into the hands of too many people with champagne tastes and beer money, but it's unfair to say they're mostly all abused now.
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I am clearly a terminally boring person as I have had my 530i 7 years this month and still have no real desire to part with it. Ok sure, it's performance no longer makes me think 'WHOA"!3132323333' but thats not boredom, it's familiarity.
Hes had an E90 335i
E92
Yeh I forgot it was the coupe
Ah sorry, my post misread.
I meant, Fox has had another car in that time, indicating he possibly had a desire for something else.
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The desire's there. It's just a waiting game until the F10 (F11?) comes into budget...at least I think I read that a while back.