The E46 325ti Appreciation Thread
Discussion
KTMsm said:
Although if the Ti is significantly better to drive then the kids will have to cope ! 
It is. s m said:
I remember one of the F1 drivers at the time trying Top Gear mag’s long termer and liking the sound too
Thread on my most recent purchase that might be of interest. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
There's a tidy 02 sport in silver with extended red leather on FB marketplace for £1800 ono if anyone is looking for a 325ti.
Based in Coventry.
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/20232487...
Based in Coventry.
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/20232487...
Mark-insert old BMW said:
There's a tidy 02 sport in silver with extended red leather on FB marketplace for £1800 ono if anyone is looking for a 325ti.
Based in Coventry.
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/20232487...
I went to look at that tonight... it's far from tidy. Whole right rear quarter is stoved in, every corner is scratched up.Based in Coventry.
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/20232487...
grahamgraham said:
Had a cracking day with my compact at Donnington on Wed, great fun little car
2 hours drive there, bombed it round all day and then drove two hours back, little car didn't miss a beat :-)
Excellent Graham - sounds like a tidy example you’ve got yourself there 2 hours drive there, bombed it round all day and then drove two hours back, little car didn't miss a beat :-)
They are such fun little cars to drive
Thoglan said:
Most of the way through converting my 318Ti to a 330Ti. M54B30, ZF 5 speed, 330 brakes front and rear, 330 auto diff/driveshaft/axles etc. It's in and running, just waiting for the last of the parts to show up so I can button everything up and drive it.
RSTurboPaul said:
That looks extremely clean! Will look forward to the finished pics 
Thanks mate, I'll be sure to post them up when it's on back on the road. Motor and gearbox and everything else got a pretty extensive refresh while everything was out, what was meant to be a quick swap for a daily driver crept into 9 months of rebuilding and replacing.s m said:
Yes, very clean
I like to see them in white
Weren’t many 325tis in white
Even fewer white 330Ti's :P Sad really, I think white might be the compacts best colour. When this one came up I bought it within a few hours of being listed, had been thinking about building one of these for years and this was the perfect spec for it.I like to see them in white
Weren’t many 325tis in white
Mr Tidy said:
It's great to see another Compact get a 330 transplant.
If BMW had made a 330Ti it would be a cult classic, it's the best non-m BMW never made.Surprised there aren't more of them given how easy it is to swap from a 325Ti. Little bit more involved starting with a 4 cylinder but unfortunately 325Ti's are few and far between in New Zealand and rarely well specced.
Thoglan said:
If BMW had made a 330Ti it would be a cult classic, it's the best non-m BMW never made.
Surprised there aren't more of them given how easy it is to swap from a 325Ti. Little bit more involved starting with a 4 cylinder but unfortunately 325Ti's are few and far between in New Zealand and rarely well specced.
You're right, a 330ti would havebeen a cult classic, mind you going by these pages the 325ti is pretty highly regarded too! I loved mine, and still miss it. Surprised there aren't more of them given how easy it is to swap from a 325Ti. Little bit more involved starting with a 4 cylinder but unfortunately 325Ti's are few and far between in New Zealand and rarely well specced.
I don't know what the Clubsport gear knob looked like, but my 325ti was a Sport and had the weighted ZHP gear knob that I really liked. So much I bought one for my Z4!
It looked like this:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391952759664?chn=ps&...
Don't be tempted by cheap ones, while they may look the same they aren't weighted!
It looked like this:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391952759664?chn=ps&...
Don't be tempted by cheap ones, while they may look the same they aren't weighted!
Mr Tidy said:
I don't know what the Clubsport gear knob looked like, but my 325ti was a Sport and had the weighted ZHP gear knob that I really liked. So much I bought one for my Z4!
It looked like this:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391952759664?chn=ps&...
Don't be tempted by cheap ones, while they may look the same they aren't weighted!
The one in the link is a non weighted one. It looked like this:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391952759664?chn=ps&...
Don't be tempted by cheap ones, while they may look the same they aren't weighted!
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