Coolrex's new ride - 2002 BMW E46 M3

Here's my new ride. Picked it up yesterday. I'm gonna detail it this weekend and take some more pics.






















I'm not gonna mod this but it already has Wilwood front brakes, Full Turner Motorsports suspension with camber plates and strut bars, and probably has more under it that I haven't found yet.

I suspect it may also be chipped as I'll be surprised if it's not faster than my 18g setup was from a roll. I'm loving everything about this car.

 

mmmm

good choice, you will be happy

 

I am extremely happy. The Subaru is a thing of the past I really don't miss it one bit.

 

saweeet!! very nice man, im sure you will enjoy it

 

I officially hate you even though I have never met you. I would love a E46 M3.

Do you have a good shop around to take care of the maintenance? Those can get pricey to take care of if you drive it a lot.

 

Maintenance will be done by me

 

Sooo nice!

 

check around you can find 2002/2003 m3s in the low twenties. very nice well maintained examples probably can be found for 24 to 26k.

i always wanted an m5....

 

kick ass

 

That's cool. I was just wondering. I am very jealous.

If I read things right when I was looking at them, you have to adjust the valves every 15K miles. The shims needed were dealer only last I read(it was over a year ago). Has this changed?

Also, don't forget that the oil for that car was a dealer only item last I read. If you use a different oil it will void the engine warranty that was extended due to some kind of bearing issue. Got a good source for the oil out there?

I will have a car like that one day. It just won't be my daily driver.

 

Mine was $17,900.

 

theres a nice one on ebay 6spd with only one scratched wheel for $15888

 

All this dealer only stuff is all bs.

 

I was just going by what I read on the M3 forums I browsed. They said on there that the independent shops had to go through the dealers to get some of the parts to maintain the M3. If what was said was wrong then I am more than welcome to learning what is right.

 

Not necessarily wrong, you just have to have the right connections in the right places.

 

Ah, I understand.

I still want one. I would want one in grey or silver though. I have done some quick searches and I am stunned at how much the prices on these cars have dropped int he last 12-18 months. I am seeing price drops of $5000-10K. You can't say that is normal depreciation. THe economy really brought the used prices of these cars down.

 

Odd, usually in recessions used car prices jump and new car prices drop.

New cars being the more expensive, less attractive option.

 

Very nice car! I would love to have one.

 

I think, at least in the Atlanta metro, it is more of a price correction than anything. I saw 2002 M3's priced at $25-30K about 18 months ago. Now they are less than $20K. I saw 2005-6 models going for $40K. Now those were less than $30K when I went looking around today. The M3 was far more expensive than it should have been in this area.

 

That is a sexy ass car.... :bigthumb:

 

Nice, I'm sure you will be really happy, I do some private instruction for a guy with one at Roebling every once in a while and they are very capable cars in stock form. With a few select upgrades they are track stars

 

You know how much power those bottom ends will handle stock.....I mean I'm just saying

 

i heard horsepowerfreaks makes a COMPLETE kit for the car, .... i mean I'm just saying



OEM internals


built internals

 

^^^ This

my favorite video on youtube :rofl::rofl::rofl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa6_mO3NAO8

 

$15,000 kit. I'm just saying....LOL.

 

Yeah Matt this car handles insane. It's different but it likes my driving style better than the Subie.

 

Needs to be silver. :keke:

 

I actually LOVE this color. It's black with a bluish pearl. Gives off this DEEEEEEP Indigo blue look. BEAUTIFUL.......but gets dirty fast

 

Nice choice! You definitely will have lots of fun in this thing!

 

I hate you and your cheap, beautiful, hella-fast new car.

 

Nice ride.

 

Thanks everyone.

 

great car! Enjoy it man. Once you drive a Euro car it is hard to go back to the Japanese cars.

 

Nice man. You should bring it to one of our TA events to see how she does.

 

Car looks good man!

 

So true but to have that smooth as butter autobahn surface really lets that car shine. Got to run in a M5 on a visit and quite honsetly not comfortable to ride or drive unless you cruised at 100mph. Those wiley Germans know how to dial in the suspension.

 

You should let me reflash it

 

LOL I was waiting on you to say that Doug.

 

Not really.

 

When it comes to quality, soundness, and all that comfort and luxury.....yes.

 

nice car, and gl. I'm also jelous, i want an m3 next my self. But only in red color tho.

 

I think you will fit in nicely with the other cocks that drive M3's
I mean Im just saying

 

When you start worrying about these things, you have finally crossed over to being old.

 

Heh. The biggest annoyance I had with the WRX was that EVERYTHING rattled like no other. It irritated me so much and I'm deaf yet still heard it. :rofl:

The M3 is so nice and quiet.

 

No worse than some of you cocks.....I'm just saying. Several of them everywhere no matter what you drive. Shoot I'm guilty myself.

 

:unamused:

 

Does that make him a soccer mom? The mini-van might have been better. haha

 

nope...thats the wifes..I drive a honduh