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Offline tweed

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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #30 on: 12 July 2013, 16:41 »
Bloody hell  :sad:

these are sounding like to be nightmares  :grin:
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #31 on: 12 July 2013, 18:34 »
Wouldnt worry too much, the valve clearences are pretty much always in spec, it just becomes an expensive cam cover gasket replacement, so if it was running sweet as a nut i wouldnt bother....

Then if your handy with a spanner you can do the rest your self  :cool:
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #32 on: 12 July 2013, 19:50 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 11 July 2013, 17:07


Jus' sayin' like.

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Ooooo that's nice. I've changed my mind, tweed you need a e46!
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #33 on: 12 July 2013, 20:36 »
I keep looking at them  :grin: just will have to wait couple of months untill I can afford a nice one  :undecided:
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #34 on: 13 July 2013, 14:32 »
i found the gearbox to be very clunky on the e46, but the rev counter that ups the limit as the car warms  :kiss:
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #35 on: 14 July 2013, 12:43 »
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #36 on: 15 July 2013, 01:00 »
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #37 on: 18 July 2013, 22:58 »
Decent e36 m3's are few and far between and command a higher price now days. I'd spend the extra and go for the e46, I've seen a number of reasonable ones for around the 7k figure, one thing to check is the boot floor isn't cracked, BMW still honour their bodywork warrenty on this as long as its less than 10 years old.
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #38 on: 19 July 2013, 00:35 »
its supriseing what BMW will do FOC  when you dump a broken one on them. 

mate had a free engine  :smiley:   

droped the car in to the steelers as it wasent quite feeling / sounding right, they decalared it fit and well

week later motor poped, towed it in they looked again, declared it fked but also declared that there eas some recall that the computer said had been done on but hadent actualy been done so they put a new motor in :)
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Re: e36 m3 or e46 m3?
« Reply #39 on: 19 July 2013, 12:44 »
Get a convertible and become the gay hairdresser!
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