anyone have an idea on this. I know a friend registered a 2003 one 3 years ago for 1100 but no idea now.
car is 2003 with 100k miles
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anyone have an idea on this. I know a friend registered a 2003 one 3 years ago for 1100 but no idea now.
car is 2003 with 100k miles
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About 5kQuote:
Originally Posted by ian.j
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do u know someone who has registered 1 recentlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave
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Yup, 105k 05 and it was 5.5kQuote:
Originally Posted by ian.j
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ouch. makes the UK 1s look like a no go for me so. thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave
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I dunno, there's nothing but money pits for sale in Ireland at the moment, get the best possible car you can afford in the uk, swallow the VRT hit and know it'll be offset on maintenance in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian.j
A good E46 is 20k, one way or another.
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That would mean that Revenue are declaring the OMSP as €15,278 so (36% VRT band) - of course you could try to appeal using documentary evidence of cheaper M3's for sale.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave
Probably sounds about right to be fair?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big H
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Originally Posted by Dave
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100% agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moe
While I'm not doubting you, if spending north of €20k on an E46, would it not make a whole lot more sense to go for an E92 instead - https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sal...coupe/21230905 (which has been discussed on here before). Sure neither are going to bottom out much further price-wise in future....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave
If I was in the market, it would be a no brainer TBH. Of course you can argue that they're different cars - the E92 being possibly more refined & road biased.
Discuss. ;)
Problem a good e92 will cost you 30k in the end :)
If you buy a 10k or 13k or 15k e46 you will little get a solid car, but then the fun starts, service it, sub frame, whatever suspension parts need replacing, bearings, vanos....to get it spot on you looking at 25k, to get it half decent is 20k and the ones that have all those things done are not for sale. Same with the e92, the cheaper ones will all need money spent on them in the 5-10k mark, and they have some issues that are not cheap to fix. You might get lucky on a e92 and just get a good car that some chap can no longer afford to run or wants to run but that would be the exception.
Completely agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moe
I also think that when you compare like for like, the E46 is the better all rounder.
When I say that, I mean, manual, non EDC E92 M3.
I've taken both of these for a spin recently, as I've been agonising over cars for months now.
This one is a 51k mile manual
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This one is a 70k mile DCT
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I've also driven a few E46 M3's previously.
When you throw a manual E92 M3 down a back road, it is lovely, the manual transmission feels very old school and the whole experience really is great.
Outside of that, so just regular use, it's a car I cannot gel with.
There is drive train lash in stop start traffic that's just annoying, an E39 M5 does the same thing. I don't recall this being as evident in an E46 M3.
My biggest gripe is that it doesn't seem to settle down at speed, it revs too high, 120 ish KPH is near 3k RPM, that's way too high, it doesn't relax.
So if I were given the option of a low mileage manual E46 for 20k or a reasonable mileage manual E92 for 23-25k, I'll take the E46, I think it's the more complete car.
This is based on the premise that it would be my daily, if it was just a Sunday car, the tides would probably swing in the favour of the E92.
I did completely fall in love with the the DCT E92 though
Yeah Dave, Say all you want about the purity of a manual, DCT is just so sweet at speed and so smooth round town, best of both worlds. The e92 does make a great sound. Neither the e46 or the e92 are a bad choice, and I have to say I would consider either a solid choice.
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Originally Posted by Moe
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Aside from maintenance costs, etc. would it also be fair to say that the e46 would be cheaper to run (less thirsty) than the big V8?
Thinking of buying either and being worried about fuel consumption - you really need to look elsewhere....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenKane
I ve never driven E92 but e46 is getting really annoying to daily drive around dublin. Harsh suspension, clunky diff, notchy gears, feels like a tank when you doing stop start and driving around town.....
Not about being worried, but if you're factoring things like maintenance costs in to your decision between the two as discussed as above then why wouldn't you also factor in this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big H
In my experiance the e46 and e92 are about the same, the e46 is not frugal at all especially if you like to rev it out, I am surprised at how much of a drop it like to drink TBH.
2 more rod bearings, an extra throttle actuator, 2 more spark plugs. No measurable performance difference to an e46. Arguably worse build quality. Only pro for the e9x is the noise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big H
I’m one of the few that used endless man maths to justify owning both at the same time. The e92 is by far the better all rounder by quite a considerable distance. On the perfect road, on the perfect day, I’d choose the e46 m3, but for everything else the e92 won for me.Quote:
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