Cost of an Inspection 2 for an E46 M3
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Topic: Cost of an Inspection 2 for an E46 M3
Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Subject: Cost of an Inspection 2 for an E46 M3
Date Posted: 05-April-2007 at 15:35
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One of my mates was talking about how the E46 needs a £2500 service every 3 years. I assumed he was talking about the inpsection 2. How much is it to do the big service (main dealer prices) and is there a more expensive service for this car? ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
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Posted By: Webdunk
Date Posted: 05-April-2007 at 15:52
They're dear... but not THAT dear  ------------- 
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Posted By: skull
Date Posted: 05-April-2007 at 17:26
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its only about £800 +- a few pounds so i was told by the dealer. ------------- just a little crazy. My drive E46 M3 COUPE [MAN]CARBON BLACK GREY LEATHER H/K 19"s LED REARS S/B. |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 05-April-2007 at 20:59
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That's for the services as per the service sheet....... then you have the add on's, brake pads, disks, wiper blades anything else they may find, etc. that you either agree to have done or don't....... ------------- 
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skull wrote:Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 05-April-2007 at 22:14
if you can afford to buy an E46 M3 - you can afford to get it serviced!  ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: flyingalexf68
Date Posted: 06-April-2007 at 18:26
Not nescessarily. I'd only get the standard service done by the dealers as per the instructions. Plenty of ads in the BMW mags will quote Oil = £100, Inspection 1 = £525, Inspection 2 = £650. I'd get the service done by the dealer and service book stamped and for anything else that needs doing I'd do it myself or go to a good indy. But he should factor in high maintanance costs. A good few of the invoices that came with my M3 are for £1500-2000. Mental insane ludicrus money for an e36 M3. These were 10 years ago too. ------------- 1995 e36 3.0 M3 Coupe, Daytona Violet, AP Racing BBK, CCFL Angel Eyes, M3 Spoiler, M-Tec 3 Steering Wheel. 2000 530d Steptronic, Poverty Spec, 18" Alloys. |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 06-April-2007 at 20:37
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hmmm, I was 'toying' with idea of getting an E36 M3, maybe I won't ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 07-April-2007 at 09:51
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E46 M3 Inspection II services, on average, are around £900-950. I do think this highlights something we've discussed before. If you pay £20-25k for a second hand M3, you're still going to pay servicing and running costs of a £40-45k car. Its often forgotten by many desperate to own such a car. I might be wrong on this one, but I'm pretty sure BM3W carried a thread about 18 months to 2 years ago in which it became clear that about 30% of people buying second hand early E46 M3's were keeping them less than 6 months because whenever tyres, servicing etc came up...they couldn't afford to keep them. Someone recently asked me what I thought about a 52 plate E46 M3 they were looking at. It was a perfectly good car. However, it never ceases to amaze me just how little research some people do....because he was lost for words when told how muich he'd need spend on a set of tyres, the approximate costs of servicing etc. I wouldn't care but I deliberately played the costs down and mentioned independent specialists for cars out of warranty. Most buy them and know what they'll be faced with - but there is still a section of the pubic out there that don't think about the running costs until they're faced with the bills.. ------------- 
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Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 07-April-2007 at 10:41
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Oh yes! E46 M3 will be very cheap when they are old.....
But it's not only the high priced cars with stupid service costs. Just take you ageing E36 318iS to the dealer and let them have a go of getting it right to their books. ( I have been quoted £750 to replace the brake pipes running to the rear brakes) ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: flyingalexf68
Date Posted: 07-April-2007 at 16:38
Well I just looked again and the big one included 5 tyres, pads and discs all round. And the smaller ones are for about £400. But the thing with the e36 (and e30 I presume) is that you would never take them to a dealer. The dealer probably wouldn't have a clue how to fix them anyway. You maintain them yourself as much as possible and bring them to a specialist indy to do the stuff you can't. ------------- 1995 e36 3.0 M3 Coupe, Daytona Violet, AP Racing BBK, CCFL Angel Eyes, M3 Spoiler, M-Tec 3 Steering Wheel. 2000 530d Steptronic, Poverty Spec, 18" Alloys. |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 07-April-2007 at 18:44
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oh so true ............ (so maybe I will get an E36 M3 after all then - anyone want an E30?) ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 10-April-2007 at 18:10
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Thanks for the responses guys. I'm not thinking of getting one, me and my mates were just talking about the running costs of various cars. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |