E46 M3

[TheRacingSnake]

Just got this to jointhe evo ixon the drive. My first rear wheel drive car and love it to bits!!! 28,000 miles, smg 2 box. Amazing bit of kit. Oh, and for those of you who are worried that I may start adding carbon bits as I have to my evo, then fear not, this is remaining exactly as standard.

[mwstewart]

Very nice. I used to really enjoy my SMG M3, I never thought the system interfered with making swift progress.

I've just bought an '04 with 27k miles, but mine is a manual. I saw this one advertised; did you manage to get any discount?

[FELIX_5]

That looks a fantastic example! Not normally a fan of silver cars, but it really suits the E46!! Great car....

[0836whimper]

Wow - that's a nice one. Love the colour combo and looks box fresh.

[E30Addict]

Very nice! It makes a change to see a silver M3 with red leather, and looks all the better for it.

[zeduffman]

I still can't see why some people could ever consider red leather a bad thing. It works on so many levels.

Get your Evo back to standard and you'll have quite a fleet

[Mastodon2]

Not a fan of the carbon fibre stick on bits on your Evo, but this car is one that can be improved with carbon fibre, namely a Grupe M CF airbox, ala the CSL. Add that an an Eisenmann and it's aural heaven.

[rumple]

Op that is stunning, I don't usualy like silver cars but the red leather sets it off, I can see why you bought it.

[billzeebub]

That M3 looks sensational, great colour combo and totally un-messed about with, really lovely

[celger7]

Awesome looking car OP. looks almost new.

[kashv90]

very nice! What year is it? If its under 10Years get it into a BMW garage for the rear subframe check.

[TheRacingSnake]

It's an 04. The red leather is beautiful. doesn't look tacky at all. i did get a small discount off the price but not muuch. it was pricey but it literally looks and drives like a brand new car. carbon airbox is top of the list, i have heard the induction noise is beautiful so will be thinking about that. finally the amg 2 box....... well after the first half an hour driving i thought i had made a terrible mistake. however after spending a lot more time driving it (day after i got it i drove from oxford to inverness and then on to aberdeen in one day) and giving myself the chance to learn how to drive it.....i absolutely love it. it is almost like learning to drive again but once you do it's very good. i admit i never use the full auto mode but thats because i have a slight control/ocd issue.
Also will bmw do the subframe check for free if the car is under 10 years?

Thanks for the comments.

And sorry but the evo is staying carboned up because i like it like that.

[TheRacingSnake]

It's an 04. The red leather is beautiful. doesn't look tacky at all. i did get a small discount off the price but not muuch. it was pricey but it literally looks and drives like a brand new car. carbon airbox is top of the list, i have heard the induction noise is beautiful so will be thinking about that. finally the amg 2 box....... well after the first half an hour driving i thought i had made a terrible mistake. however after spending a lot more time driving it (day after i got it i drove from oxford to inverness and then on to aberdeen in one day) and giving myself the chance to learn how to drive it.....i absolutely love it. it is almost like learning to drive again but once you do it's very good. i admit i never use the full auto mode but thats because i have a slight control/ocd issue.
Also will bmw do the subframe check for free if the car is under 10 years?

Thanks for the comments.

And sorry but the evo is staying carboned up because i like it like that.

[kashv90]

Yes they should, register on M3Cutters for more info. If you live down London way, PM a guy called Saty on M3cutters as he got recommend Vines (iirc) who give top service & no hassle if it is cracked. As some dealer can be very funny about it!

[TheRacingSnake]

It's an 04. The red leather is beautiful. doesn't look tacky at all. i did get a small discount off the price but not muuch. it was pricey but it literally looks and drives like a brand new car. carbon airbox is top of the list, i have heard the induction noise is beautiful so will be thinking about that. finally the amg 2 box....... well after the first half an hour driving i thought i had made a terrible mistake. however after spending a lot more time driving it (day after i got it i drove from oxford to inverness and then on to aberdeen in one day) and giving myself the chance to learn how to drive it.....i absolutely love it. it is almost like learning to drive again but once you do it's very good. i admit i never use the full auto mode but thats because i have a slight control/ocd issue.
Also will bmw do the subframe check for free if the car is under 10 years?

Thanks for the comments.

And sorry but the evo is staying carboned up because i like it like that.

[philmots]

That looks lovely. One thing that would improve it and I did the same to my E46 330cd is to get rid of that tape deck in the dash. I bought a BMW business CD unit off ebay and it was plug and play in 5 minutes. Really makes the dash look smarter.

[Amirhussain]

Looks lovely, wears the silver colour well, one of the all time greats.

[TheRacingSnake]

philmots said:

That looks lovely. One thing that would improve it and I did the same to my E46 330cd is to get rid of that tape deck in the dash. I bought a BMW business CD unit off ebay and it was plug and play in 5 minutes. Really makes the dash look smarter.

Already been replaced with an Alpine head-unit. Soon to be a Dynavix sat-nav unit. Just have to relocate the climate controls. Seems easy enough to do.

[mwstewart]

TheRacingSnake said:

Already been replaced with an Alpine head-unit. Soon to be a Dynavix sat-nav unit. Just have to relocate the climate controls. Seems easy enough to do.

Hmm. I've read a lot of bad things about those units, have they improved now? I have an entire OEM Sat Nav and Harmon Kardon conversion if you end up going the factory route.

[vsonix]

zeduffman said:

I still can't see why some people could ever consider red leather a bad thing. It works on so many levels.

I think possibly it starts looking a little less sharp as it ages and starts to sag. But it does look fantastic, especially with the darker silver shades.