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BMW M3 E46 - Running/Service costs

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  • #52
    DirtyOilBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭DirtyOilBurner


    Thats it Bazman, you can take it down now tho, wouldnt be favourite thread :mad::D


  • #53
    jimboddb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭jimboddb


    DirtyOilBurner wrote: »
    Here it is

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/M3/(SATNAV%23/200908191877664/advert

    I think anyone that was going to duty pay it would have to contest the vrt as that figure is completely ridiculos, id say 8k maybe.


    Looking at making a move for a M3 myself. What you reckon the chances would be of getting it down from the 11,400 I was quoted. Only ever heard of people getting a couple of hundred off.


  • #54
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    €11,400? I got a 15K quote online today. I didn't put in the same mileage, but I doubt that could account for the difference.


  • #55
    jimboddb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭jimboddb


    No the 11,400 was a '03 with 75k. This VRT ****e is getting old.


  • #56
    jimbling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,053 ✭✭✭jimbling


    The car you're looking at is pretty much the exact same model I bought off the same garage not 6 months ago. Only difference that I see is mine has 28k less miles.
    I paid 10k more. :mad:


  • #57
    robio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭robio


    jimbling wrote: »
    The car you're looking at is pretty much the exact same model I bought off the same garage not 6 months ago. Only difference that I see is mine has 28k less miles.
    I paid 10k more. :mad:

    same car and garage as me? :eek:
    If so how did you find the aftersales, or did you require any within the garage's warranty?


  • #58
    COOLCORK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭COOLCORK


    Hey Jimbodd, did you do any more about getting your M3?

    I'm in the same boat, have a company car but have always dreamt of having an E46 as a fun machine for the weekends.

    J


  • #59
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    I love the M3! Everytime I see a BMW 3 series coupe I look for the air vents on the front wheelarches and when i see them i get the shivers!

    I've often considered buying on but the only thing putting me off isn't fuel costs or insurance, it's the tax. €1500 a year isn't something I can afford just yet!

    Best of luck robio and I hope you find one you're happy with!


  • #60
    COOLCORK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭COOLCORK


    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.


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  • #61
    nogoodnamesleft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭nogoodnamesleft


    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.

    Your thinking of getting an M3 at value.......

    how do you expect to run and maintain it. A mate of mine was looking at one over a year ago. investigated what it would be to run, tax, insure, and maintain. his insurance quote was somewhere in the region of 2k alone.

    He went off and got a 2002 Lotus Elise 111R instead.....had a problem over the cold spell as the windscreen froze both inside and outside the car :P


  • #62
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,193 ✭✭✭✭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: 39,782 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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