BMW E46 330dA Touring

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Sadly the 330 is no more. I won’t go into details but it was written off following an accident.

Temporary replacement is an Audi. Long term replacement is being collected tomorrow. The 330 died at 250000 miles and 18 years old so didn’t have a bad innings.

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Thanks, the Audi won’t get a write up as it’s a temp replacement. The long term replacement from Munich may get a write up.

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In theory it’s repairable and possible to buy it back but I don’t have the time or inclination to do so.

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The car did exactly as it was supposed to in the crash and no one was injured.

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The replacement will be announced shortly, it’s from Munich and has no rust!

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Correct! Just got an E65 to fix then I pick the new E46 up.

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All will be revealed.........but I’m starting with a manual this time.

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Here it is: (library pic as I don’t collect it till tomorrow)



2002 330d SE Touring. 126k miles, 1 owner, fsh. Comes with all keys, full folder of invoices and gen BMW roof bars. It cost £200 more than my insurance payout. Needs a clutch as the release bearing is noisy and a pair of rear tyres. I’ll cover it in more detail when it gets it’s own thread. I’ll be glad to be out of an Audi!

It’s got Xenons which is nice.

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Ideally I would have stripped the old 330 for parts. It had some very rare and expensive parts on it, such as Nappa electric seats, Bilstein B8 dampers, Individual sill trims, Eibach rear arb.

However it wasn’t the right occasion to do so, it was a great car and served me well.

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I quite like the wheels too, not quite as much as Style 68s but enough to keep them.

Clutch change is straightforward, I’ve got the aligning kit and BMW clutch grease from the last one I did. Also got use of a workshop to do it in. I’ll start a new thread for the new 330 soon.

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Please see new post for new car details.