E46 M3 Project

[mwstewart]

shalmaneser said:

I know, but I seem to remember earlier in the thread the OP was interested in buying a standard low mileage late model car and keeping it original (...) and was wondering if he every did go through with that plan, or if he is now M3-less

Ahh, I remember - the one from Hexagon; no, I didn't. This was my third E46 M3 and it's now time for a change.

[mwstewart]

Cheers.

[mwstewart]

Thank you. The transaction has been completed. I have the car until July as that's when we're both next free to meet up for collection. Perhaps at some point the new owner will drop in.

Good luck with the search - there are still good ones out there but for whatever reason often not on forums.

[mwstewart]

dhutch said:

New to this thread and your past build blog.

All I can say is, what an absolutely mad project, in all the best ways. Must take hours and hours and a huge amount of funding!


Daniel

Hello Dan, small world!

Mark

[mwstewart]

That's the one. It is a lovely example.

Matt has picked up a very nice 997 GT3 so the M3 is making way for that.

[mwstewart]

Ha ha you're worse than me...

The airbox is missing an M5 screw - I noticed that too.

The aux stuff is normally hidden under the rubber mat/cubby hole liner thing which must have been removed for the photo.

M3's don't have a complete tool kit because they come with a gel repair kit and inflator i.e. no spare. The rear silencer takes up the space normally used for a spare.

[mwstewart]

It sure deserves another careful enthusiast owner like Matt.

I think the mark of a nice car is the interest it generates at service time. The M3 was never short of attention in fact at the last inspection 2 my local BMW main dealer wanted to buy it to retail.