The E46 325ti Appreciation Thread

[LocoBlade]

Yep might do that, this is the top half thats split I believe, not sure which bottom section I need though
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fits-BMW-3-Series-E46-32...

[s m]

LocoBlade said:

Yep might do that, this is the top half thats split I believe, not sure which bottom section I need though
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fits-BMW-3-Series-E46-32...

Looks about right - this one's a bit more expensive than the one you found by a couple of quid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Genuine-Mass-Air-Sen...

[LocoBlade]

Ah thanks for that, just come on to ask the question which your link has answered! Mine seems to have an additional breather attaching underneath which the one you linked to has but the others on ebay like the one I linked to don't seem to have. Its a different part number to the others too so looks like thats the one I need.

s m said:

LocoBlade said:

Yep might do that, this is the top half thats split I believe, not sure which bottom section I need though
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fits-BMW-3-Series-E46-32...

Looks about right - this one's a bit more expensive than the one you found by a couple of quid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Genuine-Mass-Air-Sen...

[T0M]

Checking in here having bought a fellow thread contributors family's car.

First impressions are so far so good,looking forward to spending more time in it and bonding with that engine.

Will post pics at some point

[JakeT]

Welcome. Still fond of mine after over a year and 25k miles.

[Kawasicki]

battery died this morning...suffered from the low temps here in Germany. New Varta now fitted...hopefully it will last

[Mr Tidy]

T0M said:

Checking in here having bought a fellow thread contributors family's car.

First impressions are so far so good,looking forward to spending more time in it and bonding with that engine.

Will post pics at some point

Hi and welcome.

I've had mine just over 2 years. What can I say? It is a great car!

[Cheapstraitsix]

T0M said:

Checking in here having bought a fellow thread contributors family's car.

First impressions are so far so good,looking forward to spending more time in it and bonding with that engine.

Will post pics at some point

Glad you're enjoying the car! My sister put an impressive amount of miles on it during her limited ownership and it never cost her a penny as far as I know.
Think it must be one of the cheapest sports about without silly miles.


A few posts back I said I think my white one maybe the only one in UK......after a lot of Internet digging I found another one, a rather nice one at that.



Now as mine is mainly for a bit of track fun, I would never have 19" wheels, but I think they REALLY suit it.

Funny thing is it's also got the identical options extra and list on the vin decoder.

[s m]

Cheapstraitsix said:

Glad you're enjoying the car! My sister put an impressive amount of miles on it during her limited ownership and it never cost her a penny as far as I know.
Think it must be one of the cheapest sports about without silly miles.


A few posts back I said I think my white one maybe the only one in UK......after a lot of Internet digging I found another one, a rather nice one at that.



Now as mine is mainly for a bit of track fun, I would never have 19" wheels, but I think they REALLY suit it.

Funny thing is it's also got the identical options extra and list on the vin decoder.

Cheapstraitsix, there was another one with a sunroof up for sale just over 3 years ago, black leather but not heated and no satnav ...plus another white one ( no sunroof ) when I bought mine

ETA yours is the HG one from Norfolk isn't it?

[Cheapstraitsix]

s m said:

Cheapstraitsix, there was another one with a sunroof up for sale just over 3 years ago, black leather but not heated and no satnav ...plus another white one ( no sunroof ) when I bought mine

ETA yours is the HG one from Norfolk isn't it?

Indeed it is.


You sound like a man with impressive 325ti knowledge


All I'm working off is what I have seen in the last 8 months on the market and images on forums etc.
Other then a 318ti that had a respray, it's taken me all this time to find another white msport.

I wonder if the figures were published anywhere?

[T0M]

Cheapstraitsix said:

Glad you're enjoying the car! My sister put an impressive amount of miles on it during her limited ownership and it never cost her a penny as far as I know.
Think it must be one of the cheapest sports about without silly miles.


A few posts back I said I think my white one maybe the only one in UK......after a lot of Internet digging I found another one, a rather nice one at that.



Now as mine is mainly for a bit of track fun, I would never have 19" wheels, but I think they REALLY suit it.

Funny thing is it's also got the identical options extra and list on the vin decoder.

Thanks again - the wife even likes driving it, which was unexpected!

They look lovely in white - rather him than me on 19s though, I may well swap to 17s at some point for a bit more waftyness, the roads round here are terribly potholed and can be a bit jarring on occasion (the MV1's look superb though).

[s m]

Cheapstraitsix said:

Indeed it is.


You sound like a man with impressive 325ti knowledge


All I'm working off is what I have seen in the last 8 months on the market and images on forums etc.
Other then a 318ti that had a respray, it's taken me all this time to find another white msport.

I wonder if the figures were published anywhere?

Probably just down to the fact I've had mine for a fair few years now.....and I'm always on the lookout for one with better spec than mine....plus I'd like a white one
I found a nice spec black one for a friend .... plus another friend says to tell him if I find a well specced red one

Great little cars for the cash - remind me of older model BMs I've had

[venskip]

On my commute to work I see two other silver 325tis - the most common car I see on my journey! Its becoming a bum-hole car lol

[dirtychinchilla]

There are a couple near where I live too, in Surrey. There's actually one on our estate, a silver one. Mine's black.

I also saw a red one the other day in Morisson's - couldn't believe it!

[JakeT]

I think I've only ever seen three of them throughout my travels. The most common by car are the 4-cyl petrol models.

[s m]

venskip said:

On my commute to work I see two other silver 325tis - the most common car I see on my journey! Its becoming a bum-hole car lol

They're the only 6-pot E46s of that age not rusting away

[Mgd_uk]

does anyone know if they suffer from the splitting rear subfram mounts? same as the M3's etc.

[helix402]

Never heard of one failing.

[Mgd_uk]

helix402 said:

Never heard of one failing.

great

[s m]

helix402 said:

Never heard of one failing.

I think someone on here has had some cracks develop on their's ( go back through thread )

James' opinion at Redish motorsport opinion is that because of the way the panel is on the Compact they don't suffer the same as saloon/coupe

Edited by s m on Wednesday 25th January 14:31