JohnM575

Must have been KMB233 that I spotted over the weekend on Upper Harbour Highway. Rare sight!

Sold for $4,610.

At first I was quite interested, but there's probably a good $3,500 - $4,000 + (if paying retail) to get this thing repaired and WOF'd. At minimum the car requires a water pump, diff mounts, front rotors and pads, and rear pads. That's assuming the engine is all a-okay from the water pump failing. Plus circa $400 of RUC's, rego etc...and then the cosmetic work. Having purchased my Touring at 200km, there was a fair list of items I had to address to bring the car back up to the standard it deserved.

Viewed today. Great project car.

I'm trying to sort that very issue on my parents C36 at the moment. The engine wiring loom was replaced recently, now we're onto the headlight loom ?

To throw another local option in the works, have you thought about giving George Stock (Koni) a call to discuss a suitable coilover kit? I know they have made a coilover for the BMW Race Series E46's at the moment. I'm sure they could valve the shocks for road application and would pair with appropriate spring rates. Russell at Koni looks after my shocks in my race car, and supplied me with adjustable Koni Sport shocks for my E46 Touring. Good guy to deal with. Images pulled from the George Stock & Company FB page below:

I inquired with my insurer (Classic Cover) about increasing my sum insured for my E46 recently on the back of those sales you mentioned. The advisor checked their database to see what other E46 M3's were insured for; turned out there were a few race cars but no road cars. So she updated my policy with my nominated sum insured and said if the underwriter had any issues with the updated value they would be in touch.

I noticed last week someone had hit the buynow offer of $24K, but then was relisted today. I thought it was just de-registered due to a rego lapse? ?

Seems like the seller doesn't mind being a bit misleading...

Looks great and appears to be well priced. Agree with @leichtbau, Schwarz would be my preference over Carbon Black.

Interesting to see some hard data and value trends, albeit from a different market.

I ordered a replacement auto-dim mirror for my M3 through MirrorJohn in the UK, and the parcel has been stuck at international dispatch with Royal Mail since April 22 with no update since. Pretty frustrating huh?!

Relisted and comment regarding deposit being taken now removed.

Who installed the CMP reinforcement kit for you? Way to futureproof the rear end!

I don't think it's actually that cheap at all. It sat on Trademe 2-3 years back for a longgggggg time (from memory over 12 months, private listing). Something doesn't quite add up with that car - it appears to have been re-registered, there's orange peel on the front quarter panels, and the interior looks pretty well used. Why would you replace the floor mats with odd ball replacements at 58k?

As pictured, I'm after one 18 x 8 (front) Style 350M wheel. Bare rim and no curbing ideally. Thanks in advance.

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Ideally after a damaged stock E46 M3 muffler. Will also consider undamaged examples. Reason being is that I am just after the two inlet pipes, hence I would rather chop up a damaged muffler than one that is in good working order.

PM'd.

Didn't realise it didn't have a cert. Not so great buying at $23k then...

I currently run the Eibach Pro Kit on my M3 with stock shocks - it's a mild drop and not impractical at all in terms of ride height. My stock shocks only have +/- 70k on them and still feel as if they're in reasonable order hence I haven't upgraded those yet. If my M3 saw more use and spirited driving I would be upgrading the shocks sooner rather than later however. I did purchase a set of Koni Yellows through George Stocks for my E46 Touring and that made a big improvement to the ride. I recommend them if you want to avoid the cost and hassle associated with the coilover option. The only problem with those is that rear rebound adjustability is a nightmare if you intend on playing around with the settings. Unfortunately in NZ there aren't many options for locally supplied coilovers other than BC's. As mentioned above, Demontweeks, Schmiedmann etc would likely be your best bet if you're after a decent set of coilovers.

The rear tail lights are an interesting modification, seems odd to 'downgrade' to an E46 M tail light set... Otherwise at that mileage and price point (subject to service history, PPI etc...) it could be quite a good option for someone wanting an M3 as a daily or for regular use.

@m325i those look great! Where did you end up buying them from?

I've had it coming up four years in August. Enjoyed every minute of ownership, need to drive it more often.

@darren_mk welcome fellow Imola Red/Silver Grey M3 owner! Did you buy this out of Wellington? If it's the one I am thinking of I recall it being very sharply priced.