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It’s not all that bad
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The car lost its mechanical feel. The new gearbox is really fast and smooth but the car loses the raw feel of the E60.
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Oregon east of the mountains is our preferred route to and from Bend. We cross at Biggs Junction and head for Chinook Pass if it's open. There are good stretches of road to balance out a little boredom, and it's not I-5. |
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Never an owner but I drove the SMG - it's not an automatic gearbox, and that put some people off. You have to "drive" it, not exactly like a manual, but it is not a full-auto (DSG, torque converter etc.). Personally, I really liked the feel for spirited driving but it was a little tricky if you weren't used to it in stop-and-go. I always felt that the SMG matched the BMW-ness of the E46 and E60.
However, my opinion may be invalid because I didn't care much for the e36, which I only ever thought was "okay" - about like a B5 S4, maybe a little sharper and little slower (U.S. model only - no opportunity with Euro engine for either, which was allegedly much, much better esp. for BMW). |
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All great cars! Do you Have a link to this 1M or more details? |
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Here you go.
https://www.suttonmotorsports.com/ve...6509a406c07fe6 All great cars! Do you Have a link to this 1M or more details?[/QUOTE] |
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Chicago market was already completely sold out and nationwide there was a premium between $7K and $15K. This was supposed to be a daily driver for my wife, she liked the car a lot but was worried about RWD in winter so we passed, one of the biggest mistakes I ever made car wise |
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As long as we are talking cars here is my current sled. Need to mount my bike rack as I just found out that my bike build is complete and she is ready to pick up.
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The E46 is a great chassis, and well kept examples are coming up off the bottom of the pricing curve. If this car is in overall "good" condition, and its kept that way, you can likely enjoy for a few years, and then pull you entire (initial) investment out of it.
Have driven a bunch of them. both stock-ish on the street and fully caged and prepped race cars on track. They are SO easy to drive at the limit, and lap times are always faster than they feel. I do find fault in the OP's statement about $$ in the bank being more important than a fun car/ race car....or something like that |
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I know. I enjoyed the 10 years I owned the car, including all the DIY projects (shocks, struts, radiator, trailing arm bushing, ECU update, etc....) I had gotten good at taking the trunk liner apart to access the shock tower for service...
Still miss the driving dynamic of the car, but there is something to be said in driving maintenance free vehicle (Acura) outside of routine stuff.
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For the E36, I had to drop the whole glove box to do it. Then I found an "easier" way where I had to contour myself to lie across the floor and remove just the cardboard bottom panel of the glove box, then use hand only to pull the old filter through the wires, etc. Not missing that after changing cabin filters in modern Japanese cars.
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Sweet Cayman!
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