It works okay for now aside from the usual torque converter lockup issue on the highway. The car has an automatic transmission, for better or worse. For whatever reason that seems to be an extremely rare option. Believe it or not, I've almost never owned a BMW that had folding seats before. No heated seats, but being a coupe it does have folding rear seats, which is super exciting to me.
Super exciting color combo, I know! It's well-loaded, with the sport package, auto headlights, self-dimming mirror, lumbar support, seat memory, Harmon Kardon audio, bixenon headlights, and style 68 wheels, albeit in a less-than-desirable chrome finish. I made them a fair offer on the car, taking into account its mechanical issues, and they accepted, so I became the owner of this 2003 330ci.Ī little about the car: it's a titanium silver coupe with a gray leather interior. That got the gears turning in my head, as I needed another car to daily drive with my E34 525i falling apart (long story). They told me they were trying to sell the car and didn't really want to invest much money into it for that reason. I also noted a variety of common E46 issues when I talked to the customer about their car. After running a compression test and verifying that the engine was still in good shape, I diagnosed the overheating issue as being caused by an ancient (if not original) cooling system and a completely dead clutch fan. That's where this particular E46 came in- it got towed to the shop one day on a flatbed, having overheated. As a little bit of backstory, I run a small BMW specialty shop here in Tempe, AZ, where I specialize in older BMW's like the E28, E34, E39, E36, E46, etc.
The timing for another E46 never seemed quite right until this one fell into my lap (not literally, that would hurt!). there's something irresistible about its blend of modern features along with classic BMW handling prowess and a relatively light curb weight. Nonetheless, in that time I still missed having an E46. After selling my Oxford Green 330i/5 last year, I had a variety of different cars, ranging from an E39 540i/6 to an E32 740i to several E34 525i's.
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