Would anyone like to sell me their 3-series please? Thanks!

[TwoBobBit]

I've spent all this week excited as I had arranged to look at someones E46 325i (which looked lovely) on Saturday (tomorrow) but they've just phoned to say its sold. Booo!

Therefore i'm currently scouring the interwebs for another one without much success.

Does anyone want to sell me theirs?

I have £3000 & I'm after a 2002 upwards, sub-80,000 mile standard(ish) E46 325, 328 or 330, manual, petrol, one lady owner, etc...

Failing that does anyone have any recommendations on where would be a good starting point for classifieds (done the usual autotrader, ebay, pistonheads, gumtree, etc)

Cheers

Edited by TwoBobBit on Friday 19th September 19:08

[TwoBobBit]

Yikes! I'm all the way down in Kent so bit of a trek to get to Edinburgh! I have realised that i may have set my price a bit low - Went to look at a 325Ci listed for £3000 today and it was a dog! I've seen a lovely looking low mileage, looked after 330Ci, for £4000 so i'll have a look at that and probably up my limit a bit

[TwoBobBit]

Emailed you Steve

[TwoBobBit]

I think what Blitz means is that Scotland is generally a bit colder (especially far north) than most parts of England. Therefore winters would generally be harsher and as a result there would be salt applied to the roads for a greater length of time each year.
As we know salt is one of the main killers of British cars as it causes them to rust prematurely. More salt = more rust

I went to Cuba a few years back and was pleased to see LOADS of big 50's yank cars looking fresh as a daisy (obviously apart from the smashed up panels most of them seem to have). Theres no way they would have survived this long over here with regular use...

Having said that, Scotlands climate isn't that far different from England in the grand scheme of things (when compared with say Norway/Sweden), so the comment may have been a little extreme.