E46 325 Sport - £800 delivered to my door!

[callywally18]

Hello everyone,

Thought I would show you all my little bargain I acquired a few months back!

Needed something quick as my MX5 (bought because of PH), had blown up and needed to get around. Saw the BMW online about 50 miles away, after a quick call and little bartering, he was on his way to my house to deliver the German!

2001 with 125,000 miles and full service history, had 2 months MOT left on it and a load of extra reciepts which was always nice to see!

I previously had owned an E39 520, which I loved, so was expecting a similar level of quality and smoothness from the 6 cylinders. However, It (in my opinion) is far superior! The finish in the cabin is still nice after 15 years and has worn its age well, engine still pulls very strongly and smoothly, and delivers a lovely note midway through the revs.

Anyway some pics below!











Have owned the car for about 6 months now and put 12000 miles on it and has been faultless! Passed its MOT with no advisories and still is pretty nippy for the age of the car.

Plans were to remove the M badge of the rear, as it is faded and gay, but frankly I cant be arsed!

For now I am just enjoying it and saving money till i can get something better!

Thanks for reading

[carbonblack]

Looks very tidy - and it has LED rear lights fitted which makes it look even better. For £800 what a bargain!!

M Badge lets it down IMO - tacky!

[cat with a hat]

nice bangernomics

[ethomas]

Forget bangernomics, that is a properly lovely car!

[callywally18]

whats the best way to remove the m badge?

[thestig84]

Looks great value but that M badge is horrible. I would be embarrassed to drive with it on there. Surely you can find 10 minutes to remove it.

[anonymous-user]

callywally18 said:

whats the best way to remove the m badge?

Get a long piece of dental floss and run it between the badge and the car. Afterwards just use some sticky stuff remover or similar to get the remains of the glue off.

[outnumbered]

That is a real bargain...

[anonymous-user]

thestig84 said:

Looks great value but that M badge is horrible. I would be embarrassed to drive with it on there. Surely you can find 10 minutes to remove it.

it's not the end of the world, considering new BMW are plastered with them.

OP I would go to Halfords and get a 'V6' and 'Sport' badges much better.

nice car BTW.

[ChocolateFrog]

In response to removing the M badge.

Hairdryer and a solvent (white spirit, nail varnish remover etc)

[dannyDC2]

Just rag the badge off. Missing paint would look better than that.

Other than the badge, cracking motor.

[C70R]

That's an excellent bargain! I don't know if it's specific to the saloon, but the rear bumper looks nothing like the one on my 02 coupe - it's a completely different shape, has a black plastic strip, and the parking sensors are in a different place.
Has it always been a sport?

[anonymous-user]

C70R said:

That's an excellent bargain! I don't know if it's specific to the saloon, but the rear bumper looks nothing like the one on my 02 coupe - it's a completely different shape, has a black plastic strip, and the parking sensors are in a different place.
Has it always been a sport?

For £800 I guess it doesn't matter!

[johnwilliams77]

That's a proper bargain. I thought my 540 SE for <£2 at 75000 miles was a steal (no issues 1 year in) but this could be even better.

[JonoG81]

Looks like a lot of motor for little cash, congrats

[Medic-one]

That's a lot of car for that money, well done!!

[C70R]

St John Smythe said:

C70R said:

That's an excellent bargain! I don't know if it's specific to the saloon, but the rear bumper looks nothing like the one on my 02 coupe - it's a completely different shape, has a black plastic strip, and the parking sensors are in a different place.
Has it always been a sport?

For £800 I guess it doesn't matter!

Indeed so. More a case of curiosity on my part, to be honest.

[SteBrown91]

C70R said:

That's an excellent bargain! I don't know if it's specific to the saloon, but the rear bumper looks nothing like the one on my 02 coupe - it's a completely different shape, has a black plastic strip, and the parking sensors are in a different place.
Has it always been a sport?

The bumper is correct the coupes had different bumpers to the saloons with no strips etc

[C70R]

SteBrown91 said:

C70R said:

That's an excellent bargain! I don't know if it's specific to the saloon, but the rear bumper looks nothing like the one on my 02 coupe - it's a completely different shape, has a black plastic strip, and the parking sensors are in a different place.
Has it always been a sport?

The bumper is correct the coupes had different bumpers to the saloons with no strips etc

Well there you go, my initial suspicion was correct. You learn something every day.

[callywally18]

May attempt to do the M sport badge tomorrow!

have been toying with the idea of a change, but with a budget of around £2k max I cant seem to find anything that ticks so many boxes!