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Blew out some of the covid cobwebs from the 46 M3`s.

Stunning Needs a Phoenix yellow to be period correct for the holy trinity of E46 M3 colours.

Lol I remember your 135i thread. Bummer that you sold it, but hopefully this one causes less stress for you! I think the E90 330i's are pretty hassle-free, unlike the 335i's. Amazing that they're so cheap now, they're still excellent cars.

This whole sale process has a been a joke. If he hadn't been a dick he would have had his 16k from me.

Yea, he’s sold it to a guy in Invercargill, sight unseen for $28,000.

It's been a year and a bit Since the fiasco of the 135i. Since selling it immediately after it was fixed for a silly price and swearing off BMW's, I realized it was I that was the problem. Maybe not so for the problems occurring, or the way I was treated by the dealer, but for not doing any research and jumping into a car having no idea what I was dealing with (yes, you told me so!). Since the 135i, I've owned a Toyota MarkX 2.5 that thundered through oil, a Ford Territory with ABS issues and a distinct odor (read: poop), and an '06 2.3 Mazda 6 which was solid as a rock but underwhelming. I managed live cheaply enough to pay off all of my debt from previous cars including 135, and try and be happy with the Mazda... But surely enough, the itch came back and I yearned for excitement, a feeling I'm sure some of you with family cars and daily drivers are familiar with! The catalyst for the change was my Fiance buying a '14 Santa Fe, and me 'inheriting' her Camry. I managed to sell the Camry (03, traveled 360,000km!) and the Mazda for a combined budget of 6k. Flicking through Trade Me a few weeks ago, I found this; an 06 E90 330i, 143,000km, for $6500. In our house, you leave your boots, bags, and BMW's at the door. In fact there might be a bar of soap lying around for anyone that mentions a German car after the 135i. Despite the resistance I knew I'd get, I shielded my monitor and did my research. To my delight, the car seemed perfect and it met my main criteria: it was port injected. The water pump and thermostat were done in 2006 and the seller was the third owner. He had receipts and evidence of its servicing at both Auckland city Bmw and BM workshop. It sounds like it's been in Auckland its whole life. Here's her specs in M Decoder. I Managed to convince Mrs Steve with a lot of talking and nodding in the Santa Fe's general direction. It paid off as she was smiling the moment she drove it. I've given it a clay bar, wax, and an interior clean, although the interior was redundant as the previous owner had kept it really nicely! I have to repaint the front bumper as it has quite a bad split in the middle due to a driveway. I offered 6k and drove it away. It's a lot of car for 6k and I couldn't be happier. So today, my friend and I went for a bit of a spirited drive from Masterton to Mauriceville and Back via Whangaehu valley road. I'm not sure if anyone has been down there but it's a really nice drive with a bit of everything driving-wise. He bought his 2zz Celica which he hadn't had long either. We both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Now that I have a not-lemon, I'll pay my subs and start coming to events, eh ?.

Will check with him next time we speak. He liked that it had the problems solved, 135/335 reliability is very easy to poke at but its only the bad stories that get published not the ones that run trouble free.

worth about $300 without tyres

It's the 55l that I'm after. I believe it's shared between early e30's.

Its an utterly gorgeous car, just a shame the seller is a right diddle.

No iDrive is the big winner in these cars IMO. The one in my old X5 was just so out of date and so slow it was pointless.

Seems more like a case of bidding on his own auction and pretending like the sale didnt happen cuz his other acc is “a scammer”. why would you leave that kind of feedback with a positive face? probably will just relist and do it again until he gets a higher price

Fitted some M3 rear subframe bushes and while I was there also chucked in an E93 335i rear sway bar, 15mm Vs 12mm 135i bar. Rear end feels a bit more solid now.

Hi bimmer fans. This is mine. I got paid out from the repairer's public liability insurance. It was driven for over a year. The certifier got audited as he didn't take enough photos hence NZTA revoked the cert. It's still registered just needs to be stripped back so the new certifier can take photos. The old certifier since retired. Happy to answer any questions. It's fully spec M50d.

Still sidetracked on the genuine E30 M3 parts. They have been helpful in nutting out how to mount the fibreglass parts, but I’m spending far too much time chipping the paint off and cleaning them up to be honest.Paint layers on the rear bumper are stupidly thick, thankfully coming away reasonably easy. Front bumper is pretty much there for prime and paint now. Using the wooden dowels for location to work out mounts, etc. Genuine spoiler ready for priming, mocked up in fibreglass boot lid. Spoiler is a bit heavier, but is correct for the JPS M3 so will use that. Genuine boot is made from “fibrolite” or something and weighs heaps so won’t use that. To make more work for myself and things more difficult, I have decided to use the genuine bumpers for display & classic “gentleman’s” racing and the fibreglass for the more competitive BMW class. Having them interchangeable adds another dimension of complexity, but I have a good idea...

It's how we know the search feature is working. Haha. And it's why the Forum will outlast facebook and it's black hole of knowledge.

Holy thread revival Batman

I would have bought this for 16k when it was initially offered. But because he was a bit of dick I bought two other cars, pisses me off as I really wanted it but now the money is spent.

Some images I hadn't posted on here (pre tints) Battery is on the charger.