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Originally Posted by Ian1973
E46's are maintenance pigs and have some chassis flaws. The VANOS being the huge one. If the bolts in the VANOS are failing you can expect a complete motor failure. You have to check and adjust the valves like every 30k miles. Have they ever been adjusted? Then you have to think about the subframe mounts, as the floor tears.
The interior trim scratches and peels. The rearview mirrors have a tendency to fail and leak onto the interior and ruin it.
Just to name a few things. lol But they are cool cars and drive differently than any generation after.
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I had a 2006 E46 M3 for 8 years and never had a day of trouble with it. Never had any of the issues that you mention. It was worth over 20k when I got rid of it. Actually wish I could have kept it, but don't have the garage space.
Even with maintenance due, 2.5k sounds like a great deal.