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635CSi
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Personally I would avoid all those dealers around the Naas road area, they just seem way to dodgy!! You'd be even safer buying privately than buying off those dealers. I'd recommend if your budget allows buy off a BMW dealer, Frank Keane have a 2001 Phoenix Yellow M3 with full black leather and low mileage and you'll have peace of mind which is the most important thing. BTW I would avoid the 19" upgrade alloys because apparently they make the car less engaging to drive. http://www.usedcars.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car& ;carid=613346
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A customer of mine bought a Lovely Steel Grey 3 series coupe of Glenn Walker last August, he swore he would touch up the paint and a few other jobs also, he has called and called this guy, he spoke to Glenn himself and they have done nothing for him at all, they have been blanking him for 8 months now, I would avoid this crowd like the plauge, I must get him to call them again as we were only talking about Glenn Walker today, I was giving him Alan Carroll's details as he wanted a good Indy BMW specialist to do the jobs Glenn Walker is blanking him on. |
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Great link - saved that one for future reference
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Garbo Its not a "clunking" as such.......its like a groaning rubbing sound (LOL I'm waiting for all the finbar saunders types to chime in here) that you here when turning. Clunking when moving from gear to gear is pretty normal.....the M3's gearbox does that a lot. Chances are you would have heard this if its a problem for your car. mick |
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that link is well worth a look... interesting stuff!!!!
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Thanks Mick, I really appreciate all that Info, with regards to the Diff, would the groaning/rumbling noise be permanent or occasional? I have heard a clunking noise during slow parking manouvres, when i switch from 1st the reverse or vice versa as the car begins to move, have heard it a fair few times, could this be an indicator the the diff is going, or do they just 'go'? Thanks again for your help. |
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Garbo This site details all the issues http://m3.madrussian.net/faq.shtml#28 Main one is the engine bearing recall. This applied to all cars up to and including late 2003. My car was registered in OCtober 2003 and it had to have it. Its major work, and I can't imagine you have a warrantied/fbmwsh car that wouldnt have had it done. Its worth checking though just to be sure. The other item that fails regularly on the cars is the diff. You would have noticed this by now as a groaning/rumbling noise from the rear of the car on slow tight turns and parking manoevres. Aside from this there is nothing else major thats a particular failing of the car that I can think of. Mick |
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cheers Garbo!!!
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Hi Mick, My '02 M3 is still under warranty for the next 3 months with Maxwell's, is there anything specific i should ask them before the warranty expires? These recalls you mention, I have never herad of them, should the garage have done them before selling the car on or is it something I have to specifically ask about, buyer beware type of thing? If it's the latter, buyer beware, I would appreciate if you could post any specific recalls or known issues that I should ask about, or anything at all you can think of for that matter as I'm dropping her in for an Oil inspection next week. By the way do Maxwells still give a 10% discount on consumables? Does that apply to servicing consumables? Thanks for your advice. P.S that's a savage new car you got yourself Lukeduke!
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hey luke well done on the new motor , isnt this your car ? was up there today looking at the 03 M3 they have , he told me he sold yours? yesterday to a guy in cork , said he bought it in the trade from autoquest !! note its advertised as 50k on the clock now !!
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Dave Of the cars mentioned on the thread, I reckon Phil's sounds the best value. 2004 vs 2001 with less mileage for a few k extra? Plus the 2004 engines werent subject to the rod end bearing problem and didnt need the engine rebuild. Mick |
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Luke, anything I need to know before i go up and have a look at your old motor? e.g. rod end bearing recall, diff problems, tappets adjusted etc etc, basically what Mick said in an earlier post!
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I know Paul at Carsource and they do know their cars, he used to own a E39 M5 and actually bought his a week after mine. Paul actually tried to buy my car but I got there first. |
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by all means go to the garage selling my old one and take it from there, take it for a spin and haggle like crazy, as there is so many m3's now avaliable he wont shift it to easy... take your time and dont be hasty... good luck, you will love the m3, amazing to drive!!!
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lukeduke
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well Dave you should be looking at a straight swap if you ask me!!! but with my experience with dealers, that wont happen, they will want something off you which is crazy!!! your car should be worth a little more than mine, i let mine go for 36k in the end.
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It is cheap, but the 325 I have now is only worth €39k at the most, if only I could find atleast 6k and someone to buy my motor I would be laughing! I am slightly tempted to go to that garage selling your car Luke and see what trade in they offer me... |
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