BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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i hate an E46 BMw 318. was a lovely motor. massively underpowered but nice to drive and very smooth. was a coupe and in alpine white to.
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Well hopefully I will see them all ( except the silver one as the guy was a tosser) tomorrow 
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aim1
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Kent
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I had an E36 320 and it was pretty underpowered. The E46 318 isn't far off the same power except it sounds so much worse because its four cylinder. E46 328ci are going fairly cheap as they were replaced fairly early on by the 330. The level of refinement of the E46 is much much higher than the E36. My car with 100k miles+ compared to several firends E46 with 100k + showed a lot more wear and tear. Harman kardon audio option is a big plus compared to the standard awful speakers if you go the E46 route. The thing is, if you're talking E46 318ci versus a E36 M3 or M3 cab there should only be one winner if you test drive decent examples. Technoviolet or Estoril M3 cab with polished motorsport wheels 
E36 M3 can achieve reasonable mpg too if well looked after and driven lightly (so i've read  )
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bolton
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id rather have a 320/330 diesel
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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on the e46...
318 is a 2.0 4 cyl
320 is a 2.2 6 cyl
fuel wasnt that different as the 318 is underpowered and you need to give it hard. 6 cyl engines sound much nicer
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by bolton
id rather have a 320/330 diesel
coupe dervs are hard to find as they only started doing them 2004 if i recall, most are high miles or high priced....looking for a 320d sport convertible at the moment or a 330 if one comes along with less then 40k on the clock for 15 grand
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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Oh Andy! 
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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set on a bmw? not my audi...
just a thought.
bmw's do look nice.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Id recomend going and driving both.Seriously,a 318 shouldnt be on the list with an M3.
318s are slow,M3's on the other hand are not.
Was in my bro's E36 M3 the other day and its the 1st time hes driven it hard when ive been in it and i was pretty shocked.Every gear was a hard shove in the seat when changing up.They have some pull on them and the noise is something else.
Average fuel consumption on the comp was 32mpg and that was with mixed driving.Constant shoe and they sook they fuel.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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318 wont cost anything to run, M3 insp2 service will be big bucks (alltho cheaper than a scooby rebuild  )
Check the the evo hasnt got a mettalic rattle when you start it up as that means the Vanos is on its way out.
Techno violet ftw.
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Off to look at the techno vioet one shortly
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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The second one 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Purple one looked fine in pics, not so good in the flesh, plus the vanos was abit noisy
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Gonna look at Blue one later, then got a few others on a list including a nice 325 compact
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Compacts are sweeeeet.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Nice seats
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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Love E46s Andy im sooo tempted by one.
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Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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Friend has a very clean E36 coupe for sale... very well looked after . u2u me if you want details.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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compact is nice
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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Hope you got good money mate, load's of effort went into that car !
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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I got what I wanted
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NovaGTE2
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Registered: 26th Sep 06
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Ah was just going to say i know of a 99 V plate m3 evo convertible with 98 and FSH for prob under £5K; the guy really needs rid of it!!
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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i quite like compacts with mv2s! Look sweet.
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Left a deposit on the blue M3 
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