Re: E46 325ti compact sport - servicing intervals?
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One of these has caught my eye locally, there's no mention of the service history on the advert (red flag right away) but am I right in thinking it is 12/15k or annually, whichever comes soonest?
Also, if anyone could chip in with anything I should look out for, that would be tremendously helpful.
Also, if anyone could chip in with anything I should look out for, that would be tremendously helpful.
Edited by zb on Wednesday 7th March 18:54
Mustard said:
Circa 12-17k miles depending on use or upto 2yrs regardless if service indicator does not show due
Thanks.Hmmm, this is a tricky one, it's an 03 car but with only ~30,000 miles on it. So, it could have 2 services in that time. I guess I'll have to investigate further but I like to get all my ducks in a row before asking questions, it's at a main dealer, so they'll undoubtedly have tales to explain anything away.
zb said:
Mustard said:
Circa 12-17k miles depending on use or upto 2yrs regardless if service indicator does not show due
Thanks.Hmmm, this is a tricky one, it's an 03 car but with only ~30,000 miles on it. So, it could have 2 services in that time. I guess I'll have to investigate further but I like to get all my ducks in a row before asking questions, it's at a main dealer, so they'll undoubtedly have tales to explain anything away.
As mentioned above, would want to be seeing proof of at least fairly regular oil changes
These are brilliant little cars. Ran one for 3.5 years and 60k miles, and never got tired of the noise. Quite quick too once you keep it over 4000RPM, and you can really chuck them around. Found it liked a drink because of that though, but still miss it (way more than the 335d that replaced it actually)
These are brilliant little cars. Ran one for 3.5 years and 60k miles, and never got tired of the noise. Quite quick too once you keep it over 4000RPM, and you can really chuck them around. Found it liked a drink because of that though, but still miss it (way more than the 335d that replaced it actually)
Leins said:
These are brilliant little cars. Ran one for 3.5 years and 60k miles, and never got tired of the noise. Quite quick too once you keep it over 4000RPM, and you can really chuck them around. Found it liked a drink because of that though, but still miss it (way more than the 335d that replaced it actually)
I wouldn't mind one of these but not sure whether to wait for a 3 litre 1-series 2 door coupe ( as more of them seem to have sunroofs which is a must for me ) to come down in prices m said:
I wouldn't mind one of these but not sure whether to wait for a 3 litre 1-series 2 door coupe ( as more of them seem to have sunroofs which is a must for me ) to come down in price
If you could get a good ti for small money it'd be worth it for the fun factor if you like small hatches with bigger engines. There was a review by an ex-F1 guy (might have been Marc Gene?) where he described it as a mini-M3. Saying that, you really had to stir the 6-speed box to get it to keep up with a Golf TDi, so quite unlike an M3 in that regard 
Never saw too many others about, and the only distinguishing marking from the front were adopted by many owners of the 316ti and 320td i.e. the chrome slats in the grille, so you normally couldn't tell another 325ti until it went by. Mine was a silver grey manual Sport bought from Sytners Nottingham, with half-alcantara, 6-CD, Xenons, and 18 MV2s, which for me was perfect spec. Always wondered what happened it
Think most 325ti owners jumped into the E81/E87 130i when it came out, but I personally wasn't as gone on the looks of that. A 135i would certainly be a nice alternative, but a little bit pricier
Leins said:
s m said:
I wouldn't mind one of these but not sure whether to wait for a 3 litre 1-series 2 door coupe ( as more of them seem to have sunroofs which is a must for me ) to come down in price
If you could get a good ti for small money it'd be worth it for the fun factor if you like small hatches with bigger engines. There was a review by an ex-F1 guy (might have been Marc Gene?) where he described it as a mini-M3. Saying that, you really had to stir the 6-speed box to get it to keep up with a Golf TDi, so quite unlike an M3 in that regard Never saw too many others about, and the only distinguishing marking from the front were adopted by many owners of the 316ti and 320td i.e. the chrome slats in the grille, so you normally couldn't tell another 325ti until it went by. Mine was a silver grey manual Sport bought from Sytners Nottingham, with half-alcantara, 6-CD, Xenons, and 18 MV2s, which for me was perfect spec. Always wondered what happened it
Think most 325ti owners jumped into the E81/E87 130i when it came out, but I personally wasn't as gone on the looks of that. A 135i would certainly be a nice alternative, but a little bit pricier
I've always liked the Compact since we had one as a loaner for a few days whilst we waited for our old 330i to be sorted. Just missed out on getting a last of the line 325ti.
I'm not keen on the 130i looks so I'd rather have the 3 litre in the coupe ( 125i ) and do a few tweeks to it. If the 135is drop quickly in value one of those would be good. Both cars seem pretty much the same performance as the E36 328/E46 330s anyway - I'm happy to bumble round in my 328 till I see the car I want with the bits on I'd like
zb said:
Wow! Thanks guys, I turned my back on this thread for a few hours and the info piled in. 
Inspection 2 service, that's the one the serpentine belts (amongst other things) should be done? Sounding expensive already.
Did you go with the car in the end?Inspection 2 service, that's the one the serpentine belts (amongst other things) should be done? Sounding expensive already.
Just wondering as I've seen a 325Ti Auto that I fancy... not sure what to look out for?
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