Thing is I know what you mean but the sentiment is still there. A bora tdi a older 3series would allow the same without sacrificing your soul.
Well, sold the M3 tonight so the hunt is definitely on. Test driving the 335d tomorrow morning and then the Alfa 159. Will be an odd comparison but will see how it goes.
I'd be interested to see how you find the two as well, as I like both cars. I imagine you'll find the 159 very under powered compared to the 335D.
I predict a big drop in M3 prices in the later half this year. You can see on autotrader and PH how many have been up for sale for months at the same price. If private sellers have to drop their prices to get buyers, the dealers are going to have to follow eventually. The E9x is going to go the same way as the E46, which you can get for peanuts these days.
Congrats / commiserations on the sale...
Did you get close to asking?
I'll miss her, but as soon as I stop commuting so many miles I will buy another. Such a good car (except for commuting on your own money). I had her up for 22k, got hardly any calls except people offering 19k. So I dropped it to 21.5k and got 5 calls in a day; one guy came from Suffolk to see it and left me £200 deposit and will be returning today with the balance, I hope. Sold for 21k. Not bad at all considering the other stupid offers I was getting. BMW offered me 18k p/x.
Definately congrats then, I'm genuinely suprised / pleased for you.
Not suprised about the £18-£19k offers, so I think you've done really well there... Fingers crossed it all goes through...
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50544
Just found that, expensive for an E46 but a very nice example. From my experience the E46 is better built than the E9x.
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Just found that, expensive for an E46 but a very nice example. From my experience the E46 is better built than the E9x.
A 3L petrol 'makes a ridiculous amount of sense as a daily' - Seriously ?!?Or:-
http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201214461309539/sort/priceasc/usedcars/transmission/manual/engine-size-cars/3l_to_3-9l/quantity-of-doors/2/fuel-type/petrol/body-type/coupe/model/3_series/make/bmw/radius/1500/keywords/nav/page/2/postcode/le33dp?logcode=p
^^ That makes a ridiculous amount of sense as a daily...
A 3L petrol 'makes a ridiculous amount of sense as a daily' - Seriously ?!?
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50544
Just found that, expensive for an E46 but a very nice example. From my experience the E46 is better built than the E9x.
A 3L petrol 'makes a ridiculous amount of sense as a daily' - Seriously ?!?
BMW only quoted 31MPG on the 330ci (E46), Pretty unusual to beat the official figures.Yes...
I ran two of the less economical predecessor over more miles for the best part of three years...
38.9mpg combined...
BMW only quoted 31MPG on the 330ci (E46), Pretty unusual to beat the official figures.