If you arenāt familiar with BMWs I would definitely recommend getting a thorough PPI performed by a tech who KNOWS BMWs. An E46 3er is one of the last analog Bimmers, and while the cars have their issues most are relatively easy and inexpensive to rectify. If you do land on a BMW I would definitely join BMW CCA and get a subscription to the British magazine BMW CAR, as both are excellent sources of technical and DIY information.I need to learn what all the bmw lingo is and means. I read the e46 had water pump and vanos issues. I know nothing about vanos. they seem intriguing to own though.
Iāve owned 12 BMWs, and according to the inane blabber from some of the BITOG āread testersā and hearsay peddlers anyone who has owned that many BMWs should be on their fourth or fifth Chapter 7 and living in a cardboard box under an overpass.