OldNate

Yeah, was getting bored of the Benz.. so I moved to the dark side...

OUT WITH THE OLD...IN WITH THE NEW. (Don't be hatin)

OLD




NEW"ER"

45acp

nice e46, no hating here. and breyton magics too huh?

there's just sooo much more you can do to an e46 than a w210.

any reason you sold your e? wanted a coupe? wanted something that actually handles?

good choice either way man

OldNate

haha thanks man. It took me a lot of thinking to switch from mercedes to BMW. I still like mercedes, and will never hate on them, they have great quality cars. I just feel that at my age, a BMW suites me better. It handles way better like you say, and I did want a coupe. The w210, even with the lower, handled like a boat in comparison to this car. Lastly, my w210 had 170k miles, it ran absolutely fine...but I wanted to get a newer car with less miles. I will never forget that benz though.. we went through alot It was one of my favorite cars.

Plus, one thing that always bothered me about this car was the grill. It's size and boxyness always made me cringe lol. After 2000, they fixed it though.

MoNd3sTo7

Nice car Nate.. My wife always want a BMW too.. coz the w210 is a bit heavy for her to drive.. but i still dont know how reliable of BM.. hehe

OldNate

I have a bmw now, and don't have much experience with it thus far, but I still think mercedes are more reliable lol. I was on original tranny, original engine, original radiator, ball joints, and much more on my mercedes. I replaced few parts and it was at 170k miles. Which is another reason why i sold it, i wasn't sure how much longer it would last lol.

MB>BMW

congrats on the new ride, the e46 is one of the sexiest bmw's ever

check out these forurms, e46fanatics.com, m3forum.net

enjoy the new ride.


did you part out your car??? or sell it as is? or what???

OldNate

Sold it as is for 6,500. And thanks everyone for all of the help I got from these forums. Definitely saves thousands because of you guys.

ProV1

is that a 325Ci? hopefully u got a manual, cuz 325s are slooooooooooooow. great handling though. and you get 30MPG on hwy

but seriously, you should've gotten a E46 M3, those are pretty cheap now.

User110

ditto on the M3, but congrats, nice car





ALi

OldNate

nah, it's a 325ci in auto. No way am i getting a manual to go through LA traffic..lol

and m3= higher insurance, harder to maintain, and double the price lol. So they may be going down in price, but am I willing to pay twice as much? I bought this car for 12,000 including tax. I can maybe get a decent m3 (if i'm lucky) for 22k+ tax 0.0

ProV1

that's a good price. how many miles?

btw, your bimmer looks like it's been dropped already & those are 19" breytons right? Breytons are heavy as F##K, and those are so-so looking.. it's your car, but if you got lightweight 17 or 18s for your 325ci, she'll drive like a new car.

goodluck!

OldNate

86k miles

yeah, it's dropped on eibach springs and 19 inch breytons like you said. I do like the way they look, but yes, they are heavy. I really don't think changing the rims will make that much of a difference speed wise. I mean, it may make the difference of how much? To me, rim weight is when you are going for precision. As in if you want a car to go fast, you will make everything carbon fiber, and with EVERYTHING added together, there is a difference. Do you know what I mean? Like, even if each rim weighed 20 pounds MORE than another rim, that would be an extra 100 pounds on the vehicle, which isn't even a passenger. Is that worth spending another $800+? Catch my drift lol?

I may change out the rims later, but it will be a while since the tires are new. I'll probably change them to 18 inch hammans or csl rims. Although, i think the breyton ones look nicer then both, just my opinion though.