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    Posted: 17-June-2008 at 15:46

HI all I am new to the forum, I had an E36 Evo and sold it to buy an E46 '01 M3,

- The Question is are they very expensive to run as a daily driver, I will have to do around 30 miles a day with my little spin to work plus an evening blast, Is this too much petrol for one man to buy?

-Also are the service intervals reasonable? It will have about 70,000 on the clock, all I can afford!

Any other little gems of information on the car would be great?

Any info from current/past owners would be great! I hope to be an active member of the forum!

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E46Power - firstly welcome!

I'm guessing you might get better feedback to your question on the ///MPower forum on here.  There will probably be more people that will have first hand info for you hanging around on there that may only take a look in here less frequently.
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Make sure that if it's a oil pump recall car that recall was carried out, or you could have a big bill for an engine.

Think car effected were 01-03.

If it's SMG car your looking at there was a recall on that also.



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It's a £40,000 car with £40,000 car running costs, no matter how much you pay for it used.

A decent set of tyres, with the rears giving 12k to 15k depend on how you drive it, and the fronts giving 16-17k max (IMO) will be £800.

MPG in the real world is about 23-24, dropping to 18-19 if you're pushing it regularly.

Dealer servicing is £180 Oil, £600 Inspection I, £900 Inspection II.  If you know of a good dependent then no doubt you can halve those costs.  The service intervals depend on how you drive it, but are usually in the region of 12-15k.  One of mine dropped 2k one day - but it was a fun day.

If it's unwarrantied, then expect very big bills if it goes wrong.  Springs break like they're straws. 

Ultimately, they're a costly car to run, and cutting corners on costs usually leads to sliding off corners elsewhere.

 


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I've replied in the other thread.  This is confusing!


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Originally posted by Coasting Coasting wrote:

I've replied in the other thread.  This is confusing!

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