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Originally Posted by dkl
It's definitely a car for people that loves DIY or know someone that is...otherwise, maintenance alone will drive you to the poor house. With a high mileage car, you better set aside some maintenance and up keep money. Not to scare you off or anything, but here are just a few things to keep in mind. The valve adjustment alone would run you in the neighborhood of $700 from an indie...can't imagine what a dealer would charge. I would not buy one if you're staining your budget just for the car without any left over for maintenance...just my opinion.
Here's what you're in for...engine-wise:
- Valve adjustments - every inspection
- Vanos exhaust hub tabs - known to crack and break...keep an eye out on every valve adjustment
- Vanos hub bolts - may shear off of hub - keep an eye out on every valve adjustment
- Excessive Vanos rattle - may need rebuilt
- Rod bearing wear - needs to do oil analysis periodically to monitor wear
- All drive train fluids - every inspection 2
Oh...keep an eye out for subframe cracks.
Are you getting a 6-spd or SMG?
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I drove few SMG equipped m3's and didn't like the delayed shifts, felt like if you won't be redlining the car it will be jerky daily driver, like the first time manual drivers that got into drivers seat. I was trying to find 6-spd. After looking through m3 forum threads it seems to pull me away from e46 because of all the things you mentioned, thinking on saving money, keeping x5 for little longer, and getting e90 m3 in the future.
02-09-2014, 12:21 PM
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