E46 M3 - Best $25K used car?
 

I have moved on from my alpine 03 wht E46 M3..however I know I will always remember that car very fondly.......kinda like a really good gf that you broke up with due to work life factors more than not liking each other anymore. I bought my M3 in 06 for $55K. In the day, that was a good deal before the bottom fell out in the Cdn car market. Nowadays, a nice clean E46 M3 2004+ is approx. $25K for a low mileage example. I don't know any car that can come close to the feel, performance, reliability, fit/finish, and styling of the E46 M3. The other cars that are in the ballpark are G35, 350Z, Merc c55, Subaru STI, etc...but they all are missing something......

I think the E46 is the best $25K you can spend on a second hand car. What do you guys/gals think?

+1 I agree:thumbsup:

Aren't M3s quite expensive to repair in the long term?

and pics of the GT3 plz :D

btw i would pick a G35 or Z4 over an M3, theres too many douchebags in M3s doing loser laps on robson to make it stand out anymore

I definitely agree. I recently sold my E46 M3 and moved on to something bigger but I still miss that car.

It handled great and the raw power was awesome. The car came out in 2002 and it still turns heads today when you see a clean one drive by.

My old love:

http://www3.telus.net/justinliu/M3/n...%20(Large).JPG

G35 isn't even in the same league as an M3.

The E46 are great cars. But for $25k I would like to have a Porsche 964. Nothing comes close to that IMO, but again it's expensive to maintain. I can't exactly say that BMW are cheap cars to maintain either.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/...56a0f0a81b.jpg

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btw matte black cars are played out. :)

^^ What did you replace your M3 with?

IMO with cars being cheaper now like e46 m3s and 986 boxters and 996 carerras to me what's more relevant is not that you can afford to BUY the car, but whether or not you can afford to OWN the car.

my friend wanted to get a m3 cause it was ONLY 30k, but there are other things to consider beyond the asking price.

MK4 Supra

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02 Z06 will kill it in every aspect of performance

The M3 looks better, sounds better, and its a BMW after all not a Chevrolet.

they aren't too bad, inspections 1 and 2's are the most expensive things, but they are spaced approx ever 25-30k km so its not bad. gives you enough time to save up for the next one =) also depends on how much you drive, i for example only get about 10k km on a car a year, so inspections would happen every 2-3 years.

Shyguy: spotted your old M3 at the TypeR Meet on june 16 at ironwood mall.
Ppl were watching it roll in and they were saying its shyguys old ride.
It had the front lip w/ stabilizer rods rite?? The current owner was a brown guy.
Car looked nice but had few rockchips everywhere.
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yep, used e46 m3 is the best bang for the buck if you want to experience the the true sports car engineering and your on budget

E46 m3 would be my car of choice id even take it over the e92
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I was looking into one when I was in the market as it really does give you great value for the car that it is. But I drive a lot and I figure the repair/maintainence is just going to rape me.

it is a nice car, but to be honest it is quite old

my friends always tell me to trade in my antique.... 25k for this car is good value though definately

Corvette is a Chevrolet.....

NSX is just a Honda
Ford GT is just a Ford
R8 is just a Audi
LF-A is just a Toyota/Lexus
GT-R is just a Nissan

so what ? Great cars are great cars regardless of brands. You know BMW 3 series is just an entry level saloon in Europe, not the hyped up luxury car in North America... they use E90 3 series for taxi in some places too. Conversely, try driving a Chevrolet Corvette in Japan or China, you'll get way more attention especially so in Japan.

They also use the Mercedes E class as taxis all over Europe; however, that isn't the point. In the NA market which brand would you rather own, BMW or Chevrolet?

a honda





on a serious note

E46 m3 , one love yo

seriously a timeless machine, like NSX

classic, enough said.


probably the best bang for the buck for $20-30g range, just more expensive to maintain. Than again, anything euro/BMW badge dont expect it to come cheap in any form

you are right...but I was thinking about cars in the $20-$30K price range...not necessarily performance wise....

I still have my M3 and not gonna sell it anytime soon :D
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...96_3441412.jpg

sure for a fun car...but no way as a DD....964s needs proper heating/cooling ventilation system to be a good DD

Doesn't have the fit finish or refinement of a fine German automobile.
Not knockin it tho I like MK IV Supras too.