Jambo
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Jambo
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Perfect.
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kennySRi
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Registered: 12th Nov 10
Location: Lancashire
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Nice buy, silver suits the E46 perfectly.
Im glad you have bought it knowing that you may not 100% be able to afford to fix it, just enjoy it and if the time comes to sell it then so be it, at least you are enjoying yourself until then 
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taylorboosh
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That looks amazing jambo....
Kenny if it broke on the scale of grahams then I wouldn't be able to afford it... But id just leave it in the garage till I could
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kennySRi
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Ye hopefully you wont be as unucky as Graham  
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taylorboosh
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Yea could be lucky tbh
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Ben G
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Originally posted by john-d
I'm not struggling. My payrise in Oct will cover the finance alone..
As you say jambo I need to keep a tad aside incase something goes wrong etc.. I can own the car comfortably... Its just the cash id usually spend on the imp
I don't have a huge amount of pocket money to waste each month like some on here but im comfortable because I never go out
i was joking mate. good on you for getting something you want.  wish i had gone for an m3 but the fuel costs would've killed me as it has to be a daily.
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taylorboosh
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I'm lucky in that respect mate. Z4 insurance is equally as bad for me or I would've had one
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taylorboosh
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insurance now £1350 fully comp...
reduction from adding commuting and removing garage
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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Originally posted by SetH
Interesting to hear that SMG is not great at lower speeds. I do most of my driving in 30-40 zones, in traffic etc so that's possibly a blow to my aspirations for the SMG box if/when I go E46 M3. The auto in my 330 is the complete opposite, awesome around town, so civilised and smooth but when driving in anger its a bit uhmm 'laggy' shall we say?
Auto mode is pants but you can play around with the settings to change how it shifts i.e slowly or sharply.
SMG 2 is well documented now so people really need to take the scaremongering with a pinch of salt and just look after it by servicing things more frequently. They sugest when the car is cold running auto 1 or S1 till oil temp is up then going up to S2-3 depending on your preference.
SMG does take a while to get used to but everyone who seems to buy them are converts and there is a reason why it is in the flagship CSL. Good choice John. Manual BMWs are wank IMO 
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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Originally posted by john-d
insurance now £1350 fully comp...
reduction from adding commuting and removing garage
Who's that with?
April 08 feature car
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taylorboosh
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elephant mate... decent price tbh
also just bought a private plate
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CORSA NUT
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FFS another teasing thread 
There's a she'd load of info on M3 cutters John explains all about the SMG settings and the M3 in general which is really surprising! How sad am I looking at this shit without owning one
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taylorboosh
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buy one mate, you know you want too
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
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Originally posted by SetH
Interesting to hear that SMG is not great at lower speeds. I do most of my driving in 30-40 zones, in traffic etc so that's possibly a blow to my aspirations for the SMG box if/when I go E46 M3. The auto in my 330 is the complete opposite, awesome around town, so civilised and smooth but when driving in anger its a bit uhmm 'laggy' shall we say?
Auto mode is pants but you can play around with the settings to change how it shifts i.e slowly or sharply.
SMG 2 is well documented now so people really need to take the scaremongering with a pinch of salt and just look after it by servicing things more frequently. They sugest when the car is cold running auto 1 or S1 till oil temp is up then going up to S2-3 depending on your preference.
SMG does take a while to get used to but everyone who seems to buy them are converts and there is a reason why it is in the flagship CSL. Good choice John. Manual BMWs are wank IMO
when are you going to stop being a pussy and wash your motor/post pics? haven't seen it yet.
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CORSA NUT
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Originally posted by john-d
buy one mate, you know you want too
It's one of those situations John, I could buy one but that would clear me out and if it needed major work ie like Graham's or SMG pump etc I'd be fucked.
Can't do that with a baby to take care of  I'd rather save up say 20k deposit and get a new M3 with warrenty etc. Get a nice driving vid of yours up though
[Edited on 10-05-2012 by CORSA NUT]
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taylorboosh
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Damn right I will
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CORSA NUT
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CORSA NUT
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Randomly here's a good M3 exhaust comparison video I like, albeit yanks. Something to think about 
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=IfOb57I_c8A
Also being a scooby fan I found this vid interesting...
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=xeAXcWY9yRg
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taylorboosh
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Good vids
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big eck
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I still havn't had a go in an E46 M3 yet. Had a shot of the older E36 model a few years ago but I wasn't that impressed.
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taylorboosh
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I wanted not to like it because of the M-people on here
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Turns out id never driven a real sports car
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Jambo
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a lot of random issues with the pumps seem to be solved with simple regular servicing (Replacing fluid and making sure acumulator is ok) LEaks are very bad news are the more it leaks the harder the pump works to maintain the pressure, the more it does that the less it lasts.
My SMG I has different settings to yours, its more simple as in less modes to choose. But i usually keep mine in economy/auto (smoother shifts lower down revs, keeps it in second untill dead stop) this seems to have served me well. Nearly had it a year with not one issue.
Not bad for a car thats 14years old, nearly done 100k and "will blow up everytime you drive it"
Ilove it. If i can afford an E46 again, it will be SMG II without a doubt.
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big eck
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Well I've driven my fair share of real "sports cars" and the way people wank off over the M3 it better be the best thing on 4 wheels when I get my go in one.
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taylorboosh
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Well I've driven a fair few hot hatches and powerfull ish cars but none like this
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