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BMW M3 E46 - Running/Service costs

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  • #62
    Eoin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 21,238 CMod ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    I'd be very wary of getting an M3 that was repossessed. If the owner couldn't afford to pay for it, God knows how long they went without servicing it properly. Also, the maintenance costs are not the same as another 3 series (even a 330). Lots of components seem specific to the M3, and they cost a good bit more.


  • #63
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,659 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    COOLCORK wrote: »
    Hi,

    Does anyone know where one can get access to reposession cars? thought it might be a good place to spot an M3 at value.

    the best value m3 you will get will be the more expensive one properly maintained by an enthusiast :)


  • #64
    COOLCORK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭COOLCORK


    Many thanks guys, good advice.

    There definitely is more choice across the water, but as always there is risk associated with buying something secondhand.......

    Trying to identify a minded example over the net is not easy.

    What a machine though, my intention would be to mind it, but where's the satisfaction in minding something that has been trashed?


  • #65
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,429 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Cyrus wrote: »
    the best value m3 you will get will be the more expensive one properly maintained by an enthusiast :)

    i agree, an extra 1 or maybe 2k spent on the initial price of a well maintained car will easily save you 3 or 4k over the course of 5 years imo.

    back of a beer mat calculations :p


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