my first bimmer

[Ferrer]

Trade it for a 330ci. Its not that much worse for fuel efficiency but it is significantly more powerful. Or maybe even a 330cd which apparently is pretty good but they never sold it here so I dont know

I wouldn't buy (another) diesel BMW.

[ripper46]

I was thinking more in terms of e39 m-pack 525d or 520d, but an audi a4 tdi looks like a smarter choice reliabilty/ running cost wise. We'll just have to see what time tells.

[LeonOfTheDead]

don't buy earlier x30d cars.

[MRR]

I wouldn't buy (another) diesel BMW.

Then go with the 330ci

[ripper46]

Because I decided to hold on to it for a little longer ,I put some brand new OEM (BBS) wheels under it, and took the towning hitch/wart of.
A friend took some hdr pics.

Because I miss my GTI so much I decided to look for a mk2 gti 16v / corrrado 16v. But that search aint easy, hopefully I can get something fun before summer...

[Ferrer]

Because I decided to hold on to it for a little longer ,I put some brand new OEM (BBS) wheels under it, and took the towning hitch/wart of.
A friend took some hdr pics.

Because I miss my GTI so much I decided to look for a mk2 gti 16v / corrrado 16v. But that search aint easy, hopefully I can get something fun before summer...

Mk 2 GTI 16v is ace. Driving position is a bit odd, but everything else is pure hot hatch goodness.

[iwmakemh]

I wish I had that in my life!

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I do not like the wheels, sorry

Having said that the rest of the car is made of epic and win. keep it simple, and it will reward you.

[ripper46]

car is sold, time for a weekend warrior, maybe an ///M , maybe a clown shoe , maybe a VAG again, we'll see...

[Gotmilk]

I have a question.

Everyone was saying that the amount of mileage it had was not good and since this thread is two years old I'm assuming you kept on driving it for two years?

So did you put a lot more mileage on and did the car still run fine?

(To be quite honest I'm not even 100% sure what damage having high mileage on a car entails.)

[ripper46]

I have a question.

Everyone was saying that the amount of mileage it had was not good and since this thread is two years old I'm assuming you kept on driving it for two years?

So did you put a lot more mileage on and did the car still run fine?

(To be quite honest I'm not even 100% sure what damage having high mileage on a car entails.)

I did not put massively more miles ( km's) on it( because I was just a student , and thus in my situation not a hyper miler at all), but it's capable of lots more.
at around 200k , the spark plugs had to be replaced , and I did a compression test, all 6 cilinders were " like new" and the results between them were also consistent. In my experience with this car , as the miles get higher stuff wears out , like suspension bushings( really weak point for the e46,although I only replaced swaybar bushings) , cooling system needs some maintenance ( not really a big deal) etc... , but there is 1 part of the car that will almost never fail and that is the straight 6 under the hood. 200 000 km's is NOTHING for an m52TU. As allways : maintenance is the key. Only morons judge a car's mechanical condition only on the basis of the mileage.

[Gotmilk]

Ohh I see what you mean. Thanks

I learned something today.

"Only morons judge a car's mechanical condition only on the basis of the mileage."

Gotta remember that heh :P

[TTEETT]

Love the pictures.

Very nice car, my wife has a 328ci in the exact same colour but with chrome package (mouldings door handles) and comfort seats, same OEM wheels yours was optioned with, we recently had the front repainted due to stone chips and mags re coated, still holds its own in the looks department all these years later, and with the dark blue and tan it feels very classy to be in.

Looks like yours has some nice options, Xenon lights and NAV would be nice.