Sammo

I'm a poser though haha

I’m not in the market for an E46 M3 and likely won’t be with the way the market is but I would definitely pay a premium for the right colour. A nostalgia hero car like this ideally needs to be the right colour (for the buyer) IMO. Which is totally subjective as well - especially when the two ‘hero’ colours are a little bit marmite. Personally I would want Mystic Blue / Silver Grey / Imola but could totally see why LSB could command a 10-20% premium.

Thanks mate, yours will definitely be faster haha

Haha love my 3.38, but yeah a lower ratio would probably make those 1st to 2nd shifts nicer

Great start to the weekend - got an ECU tune + burble / crackle map done and most importantly got my my rev hang fixed which has been a pet peeve since I've had the car - I had learned to drive around the rev hang (slowing shifts down), feels much sharper and lighter now. Car feels livelier, although probably Placebo, but it is definitely driving almost as good as it looks now Sounds good too - the burbling / crackling is obvious on deceleration but not obnoxious as the Supersprint is a reasonably quiet muffler.

Wheels aside, what a machine!

Not sure but as a Newb, most 635csi's seem to be silver or light blue so Burgundy is rarer, and with the contrast cream interior, feels quite era appropriate for the style of car TBH. Could be a factor, or maybe the rust isn't as bad as thought - panel and paint certainly seems OK in pics.

Absolute weapon! Very cool

This needs to be renamed 'Grahams Car Porn thread' haha

Saw @M M on the bridge heading south just now - car looked tough, fitment and ride height on point 👌

Can a RMVD actually get out of obligations under the CGA? A quick google suggest no, but I guess the sale agreement would need to list all present faults.

Well, I found the ALL CAPS description reassuring 🤣

I follow this guy on Instagram - carlos_e46_ Oxford Green with the MTexture and CSL styling - absolute beauty and great photos.

This deal was TWICE as good

Haha - I've seen this car - the dealer selling it bought my wife's old Mazda Axela off us (to on sell for a $1000 markup). Its pretty rough but the guy said 'it gets the ladies' 🤣

There's a guy on NZ E46 Owners Club on Facebook selling one along with some Vanos seals for M54B30

That makes for some sobering reading 😆 Thoughts on preventative subframe / RACP solutions for a non-M? Planning on getting my subframe bushings done later in this year.

Someone more knowledgable may chime in but pretty sure that isn't the case, and with how much M3s like eating subframes with less torque than an M60B40 I would look to re-bush, reinforce and brace your 330i subframe.

You’re only supposed to have one beer per step haha

Gave it a full detail - wash / clay / polish / sealant

Gave the car a full detail, been holding off on this for a while until I had some panel and paint done and redid the seats. Got a few nice snaps as well - used a polarizer for the reflections which worked great. Wash with Carpro Reset Wheel clean with Meguiars wheel cleaner Polyshave (clay block) Rinse and dry Hand polish with Menzerna 2400 Solution finish trim restorer and Fireball tire wax Meguiars Hybrid Ceramic Wax Carpro Elixer to finish

Going to roll the dice for another 6 months and see - only other things Vodis noted were a split bushing and missing undertrays. I have new plugs and air filter to go in it shortly. If it's still playing silly buggers in 6 months I will try to manipulate the wife into getting 'herself' an F22/F32.

I painted them with satin black - came out good but was literally 3 hours of masking (lots of rubber seals right on the trim, very frustrating) and still managed to get a bunch of overspray somehow... polished most of it off but it will be getting a full paint correction soon anyway. Sweating away on the E46 biannual mega detail now, hope to have some glamour shots later 👌

All sorted again (for now) - got a couple little things to do when its serviced in a few months but nothing else significant flagged. Did a chrome delete on the grill frame and window surrounds yesterday which looks much better with the dark wheels IMO so at least its looking good - will look great once I get a full paint correction done.

I've seen these for E46 too, could be good as I use wireless carplay so am not tethered (charging)- can't imagine the charging rate is too quick though? 5w?