New owner, E46 M3 Questions

[endaitr]

Hey!

Looking to buy an E46 M3, looking at this one at the weekend :

http://www.adverts.ie/car/bmw/m3/2003-bmw-m3/8364624

Does anybody recognise it ?

Issue is that the clutch has started to slip, he was honest over the phone, is this an issue on a supposed 80k mile car ? (genuine?)

He has cartel report, but I am going to get my own aswell just incase its forged etc...

[318 iS Cosmos]

Do you have the reg no? Looks fairly clean, and if all the checks have been carried out as mentioned in the ad, should be a good one. It's not unusual to see a clutch on a high performance car start to go at that mileage.. all depends on the type of driving done. IIRC mine was changed at 65k.

[endaitr]

Do you have the reg no? Looks fairly clean, and if all the checks have been carried out as mentioned in the ad, should be a good one. It's not unusual to see a clutch on a high performance car start to go at that mileage.. all depends on the type of driving done. IIRC mine was changed at 65k.

The reg is 03 D 79268

That re assuring!

How much do you reckon the clutch/fly/bearing would cost to replace including garage fee ?

[rebel.ranter]

Do you have the reg no? Looks fairly clean, and if all the checks have been carried out as mentioned in the ad, should be a good one. It's not unusual to see a clutch on a high performance car start to go at that mileage.. all depends on the type of driving done. IIRC mine was changed at 65k.

The reg is 03 D 79268

That re assuring!

How much do you reckon the clutch/fly/bearing would cost to replace including garage fee ?

Not an issue per say but a reg that high indicates that it is a UK import. Worth doing a good bit of digging in to the history.

The guys here will tell you all about the cracked floor where it meets the subframe. Budget for this work to be done on any car that doesn't specifically mention it being done. If it's not done then it will likely need to be done.

[318 iS Cosmos]

Ah ok, I don't know that car..thought it might have been 03d130 but no... eh you're probably looking at 600-800 for clutch and flywheel, not sure on labour. PM @[Valdelisbmw] on here. He knows these M's v well

[Peter-E36]

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[Paddy]

Ah ok, I don't know that car..thought it might have been 03d130 but no... eh you're probably looking at 600-800 for clutch and flywheel, not sure on labour. PM @[Valdelisbmw] on here. He knows these M's v well

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Is @[Valdelisbmw] not selling a better example? Or has he shifted it? Same colour with black leather???

Welcome to the forum by the way!!

[endaitr]

Ah ok, I don't know that car..thought it might have been 03d130 but no... eh you're probably looking at 600-800 for clutch and flywheel, not sure on labour. PM @[Valdelisbmw] on here. He knows these M's v well

Contact our site sponsor - Motor Confidence

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He did work on my 335i and I can highly recommend him, lots of threads on his top notch work as well

Is @[Valdelisbmw] not selling a better example? Or has he shifted it? Same colour with black leather???

yEAH ? Hopefully hell see this!

Just been informed from a mate of a mate that viewed this one, good car but subframe aint good , gona give it a miss

[Gavin46]

try and get the uk/ni regs for it and post them lots of these were driven in the border areas while still on ni plates and it might be more familiar to some on here if they had the uk/ni reg. my cousin had the identical car you never know it could be it!
the reg had M3 DG and another letter in it i sold it for him to a guy in Dublin with 34K miles i think

[endaitr]

try and get the uk/ni regs for it and post them lots of these were driven in the border areas while still on ni plates and it might be more familiar to some on here if they had the uk/ni reg. my cousin had the identical car you never know it could be it!
the reg had M3 DG and another letter in it i sold it for him to a guy in Dublin with 34K miles i think

I did another cartel on it and the UK reg is GK03VOA