Was looking for a cheap motor to do some tinkering on and came across this E46 325i SE Touring for under £400... Needed a bit of tlc but nothing too serious :-)
Never had a BMW before and it would have been rude not to ;-)
Was looking for a cheap motor to do some tinkering on and came across this E46 325i SE Touring for under £400... Needed a bit of tlc but nothing too serious :-)
Never had a BMW before and it would have been rude not to ;-)
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Welcome back Greame! That looks like a fun project!
Thanks :-) I hope to restore it to as close to original as possible before making a few changes - working on the fix it first approach :-)
Gratulation great car! Had the 335d. Was a great and quick car.
I do some basic stuff like brakes and filters. Mine is still under extended warranty. The following link helps a bit:
www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/
I do all my own service and repairs on my own vehicles
There was a time when I did all of the basic maintenance on my rides but no more. I probably still could but I don’t have the ability to do diagnostic and repair work. Too many specific tools are needed. Cheers!
You might be surprised how much you can still do with a fairly basic and mostly universal tool set even now. As long as you have a friendly local garage nearby to help with anything beyond capabilities or toolset, I would definitely encourage...
Read morethat car with 400?
how much does it cost to keep it alive?
i always wanted to have one but i think i could not afford the costs
Surprisingly not as much as you might think - excluding road tax and insurance, annual servicing is no more expensive than any other normal car - and because they were a very popular and common car, parts are readily available.
For...
Read morethat's good news
so around a thousand and half for a year
thanks a lot for the info
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