Shed Of The Week: BMW 328i
A sweet straight six, nice spec and (apparently) no rust make this old 328i a winner for Shed
You'll never get a definitive answer because this kind of thing, along with colour, is always a matter of opinion. Shed is very much a coupe man. The more radical the coupe the better, in fact, as it means he doesn't have to take his mother-in-law down to the food bank every week, what with her not being able to bend down or anything. She's better on the bus anyway, mixing with her own kind.
Colour/wheel/interior spec spot on
Regarding the colour, since you brought it up, it's hard to be sure looking through the cobwebs on Shed's Amstrad screen, but this car looks like it's in Boston Green. Now, in today's multivarious, multiplicitous and indeed multilicious society, we must all be tolerant of each others' views, but if you hold the opinion that Fern or Laguna are better greens for a BMW, then (in Shed's opinion) you're a damn fool and a blithering idiot.
Green cars used to be seen as unlucky, on account of how (according to urban myth) they blended into the background of our green and pleasant land and thus always headed up the crash statistics. Green might still be unlucky for all Shed knows, but leaving that aside for the rest of time, just how unfortunate are you likely to be as the holder of the V5 of an E46 328 approaching its autumnal years?
And there's this lovely lump up front too
Mechanically, BMW's 2.8 straight six is as close to unburstable as an engine can get. Ten thousand drifters and club racers can't be wrong. This car is an auto, mind, so not the ideal choice for sporting madness. On the plus side though, that means no worries about misslotting third and fifth, an occasional mannerism of the manual. Drive it very gently and you could see 35mpg, maybe even (gasp) 40.
On the important matter of body rust, vendor says there is none on the wings. With E46s it's the arches and bonnets you need to watch, but again without actually spelling it out on his ad the seller gives us reasons to be cheerful. Window motors eventually burn out and brake lines corrode, but then which ones don't? Rattly suspension is again not E46 unique.
Absence of rust a bonus too
The M-Tech wheels look spiffing in this application, all the more so because they're wearing minty-fresh rubber. White indicator lenses work well against that green paint too.
Really not much to do here but jump on a train to Gloucester, jump the first old geezer you see coming out of the local Post Office holding a freshly-stamped pension book, and then hop straight into the driver's seat to enjoy the rich, delicious flavour of six-pot E46.
Stunning 328ci auto coupe. 146k miles, 12 months MOT, full service history. Electric grey leather seats, arm rest, CD changer, ice cold air con, metallic paint, immaculate and rare BMW mtec 17" alloy wheels with 4 brand new tyres. Averages 32mpg, No expense spared, No rust on wings!! Bodywork overall very good condition, interior also lovely condition. Been in the family for 5 years. Only selling due to length of commute increasing and don't want to keep putting miles on it. Price reduced to 950 for quick sale!
This is a very tempting shed.
Since moving to Germany I've scanned the classified for interesting motors under 1200 euros. After sifting through hundreds of Corsas, Puntos and Golfs, I've drawn a blank.
Even Merc W124s rarely fall into that threshold here!
I'd have to fork out an easy 3000 - 4000 euros for something close to that Beemer here... mental.
Oh come on, 40mpg from a 328 auto! Be lucky to get that from a 320 diesel.
Otherwise a nice car and write up.
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