BMW E46 330ci Coupe - NIGHTMARE OR PLEASURE? BABY E46 M3? HONEST Owners Review 

Great video! Agree with what you've said here! I bought a £1,000 E46 330ci 2000 model in 2019 from a friend, she just needed rid of it so I gave her a grand for it. Absolutely loved it was fantastic but was high mileage and needed so much work doing that I continued driving my 2015 mercedes and no longer had 2 cars. But I missed it so much that in 2022 I bought another one. But this time I spent £6,800 on one, 2004 m sport, absolutely all the options, only 90k miles, no rust. So what you say is absolutely spot on. They are available cheaper but if you want a good one and honest good one £6k is like the minimum! Mines been bloody fantastic not a single issue, cooling system is on my list soon, looks absolutely fine but is original so fully aware what happens to them when they get old and worn out 🤣 good video mate 👍👍

Subscribed! Very informative video mate! I've got a 2005 330CI Convertible Manual as as my latest weekend car (with last summers being an RX8). Lovely car so far. It's only on 91k miles, having done 15k miles in the last 10 years. Not a spot of rust, but although I've done the various filters (Oil, Maf, Paper, Rocker cover), and dropped the oil for Castrol Edge 5w30, do wonder whether a squirt of brake fluid on the solenoids might help give it a restorative lease of life as they're prone to getting gritty)

Look forward to putting this next to its big brother in a future video 👀

I think if you guys were to get a throttle controller I think the reving would be better. That pedal can be quite unresponsive so the controller can make it be responsive. I don’t know maybe try that if see if it works

Buying an M3, the prerequisites include having the money to fully replace the entire motor on a set schedule, pay for regular service, and afford to replace the entire car if wrecked. That's just being realistic. Any E46 is a fantastic substitute for the M3, with some work, and affords the owner the reliability of the standard engines. I prefer the 2.5L blocks, over the 2.8 or 3.0L, because it has higher compression ratio. And for a few grand, you really can't go wrong.... Beats the hell out of a crappy Toyota

If you want the e46 to feel tight and snappy and more sporty like how it was with 30k miles than you need to replace every single bushing and rebuild vanos seals 💯 like any other 24 year old car kinda a money pit 🤷‍♂️

Very great job man! For your next driving videos, it could be possible to fix a camera on the pedalbox to film your footwork please? :D

Mate, non sports didn't come with the purple/yellow tag quick rack (both same ratio). Chuck one in.

If anyone is interested in doing a review on my e46 330ci, convertible let me know. Thanks

What short shifter do you have installed? I fitted one and then discovered it was only compatible with the earlier 5 speed cars (of which ive also owned 2 previosuly)

Watching this review, which, by the way, is excellent, makes me wonder if the 330d e46 is the better all round road car - It still has the torque lower down to keep pulling when going up through the gears. Would this or the 330d be a good choice for someone who wants to take an unmodified road car on a track two or three times a year?