My E46 330i Sport Touring

[Ads_172]

Conscious that I've not put up any photos of my car, which is now for sale, so thought I'd better before it goes!

Gave it a bit of a scrub ready to sell - a quick decontamination followed by Blackhole and Tough Coat:

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I'll miss this one. :dapprove:

 

[yeecup]

That looks lovely, they do look great in black when clean, why u selling up?

 

[Daniel]

That looks lovely, they do look great in black when clean, why u selling up?

It's blue.

Ask your Mrs for a new computer for xmas?

 

[Ads_172]

Cheers it's actually Orient Blue but is a nice dark shade when cleaned up and cloudy!

Selling as it's the wife's runaround but her job is changing next week so will be doing a few more miles every week... becomes a bit uneconomical to run and don't really want to let it get battered!

 

[Jaff.]

i miss mine sometimes.

looks good. no rusty arches?

 

[yeecup]

It's blue.

Ask your Mrs for a new computer for xmas?

Its an iPad actually, blue, black, looks great anyway. Your just jealous cause you sold yours :rasp:

 

[Ads_172]

A tiny bit of bobbling on the driver's rear the size of a 5p piece but the best I've seen personally - they all bloody rust!

 

[Daniel]

Its an iPad actually, blue, black, looks great anyway. Your just jealous cause you sold yours :rasp:

I am! I bloody loved that car!

 

[Ads_172]

They're brilliant cars, so practical but great fun when you boot it. Takes a little while to get used to the auto box but once you learn how to control it with the throttle it's very responsive.

Shame it's just a bit too much to run unfortunately and, to be fair, the missus doesn't give it the love it deserves!

 

[daveski]

Still tempted by an E46, they look great even now.

 

[Hixle]

Love that.

 

[Tim.]

I'm prepping mine for sale, but keep having second thoughts. Such lovely cars these, and yours is a peach. The paintwork looks so nice, really like that colour!

 

[Richyy182]

I'm tempted by one of these purely so I can get the bike in the back

 

[daveski]

That's what I'm thinking. Carrying people and things in a Mini gets boring really quickly

 

[philmots]

Looks nice. I'd be all over it if it wasn't for the grey leather.

 

[Ads_172]

I dunno, in the flesh it's actually nice. Doesn't go all cracked and shitty like black or red either, and definitely nicer than beige!

 

[Djw John]

I'm prepping mine for sale, but keep having second thoughts. Such lovely cars these, and yours is a peach. The paintwork looks so nice, really like that colour!

Daniels old one? Don't you dare! I regret not buying it but now I've got the Saab estate there is no way I can justify it! If it had been up for sale 6 weeks ago I would've been on a flight down!

 

[Knuckles]

Want


that is genuinely awesome.

Really.

It looks immaculate.


I wish I needed an estate

 

[Ads_172]

cheers mate, need to issue credit to Andy for sorting the paintwork out when I got it.

 

[Tim.]

Daniels old one? Don't you dare! I regret not buying it but now I've got the Saab estate there is no way I can justify it! If it had been up for sale 6 weeks ago I would've been on a flight down!

Like I said, one day I'm ready to get rid, and the next I can't bear to part with it so who knows how long it's going to be before it makes it onto Pistonheads/Autotrader.

I wish I needed an estate

Don't believe it, Scott. I didn't need one and I bought Daniel's old one, and that sits alongside the Trophy, which I also don't need - I walk to work and my OH's car does the bulk of the family stuff.

Why do I own two cars? Because I can! You can too - buy it!

 

[Knuckles]

Don't believe it, Scott. I didn't need one and I bought Daniel's old one, and that sits alongside the Trophy, which I also don't need - I walk to work and my OH's car does the bulk of the family stuff.

Why do I own two cars? Because I can! You can too - buy it!

lol! Good sales pitch. Let's see what happens with the gfs job first

 

[Ads_172]

Damn straight! You don't 'need' an estate to own a Touring BMW, it just looks better.

If it makes you feel better, drive around with some patio furniture in the back, or borrow someone's dog.

 

[_Tom]

Looks lovely that.

 

[Daniel]

Ads_172 be prepared for the Cliosport sales procedure...

Buy new car

Everyone says 'let me know when you get rid of it, I'd love to own that

Advertise car

Not one of the many 'interested' people buy it

Sell on autotrader.

 

[philmots]

I dunno, in the flesh it's actually nice. Doesn't go all cracked and s**tty like black or red either, and definitely nicer than beige!

Yeah.. It's more the grey plastics, bottom of dash and door cards etc.. If they were black with grey leather bits it'd be fine.

Altho, I do like the beige lol

 

[Sir_Dave]

@Ads_172 be prepared for the Cliosport sales procedure...

Buy new car

Someone says 'let me know when you get rid of it, I'd love to own that, send me a pm when its for sale"

Advertise car. Dont pm original enquirer.

Original enquirer doesnt buy it as they dont know its for sale.

Sell on autotrader.

Fixed that for you

 

[Sir_Dave]

Yeah.. It's more the grey plastics, bottom of dash and door cards etc.. If they were black with grey leather bits it'd be fine.

That wouldnt be that hard to change though. Probably £5-750 of "black" parts + your labour, then sell all the old stuff. Or kill it with fire.

 

[Adam93]

E46 has aged exceptionally well; looks a cracking example.

 

[Mr Burns]

My last Auto Trader search was E46 330 estates.

I'm interested!

 

[daveski]

Still want one. Want a Mini?

 

[Mr Burns]

Do you sell your cars when they run out of fuel, Dave?

 

[Ads_172]

If you're genuinely interested mate then search with the postcode EX5 5PT on AutoTrader. Had a few calls with people planning to view over the weekend but nothing solid yet.

 

[Mr Burns]

Have you got an advert anywhere, with price, mileage, history etc?

 

[Ads_172]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201408306987553

Try that mate.

 

[Mr Burns]

Didn't realise it's an auto. Sorry, I need a manual.

 

[daveski]

Do you sell your cars when they run out of fuel, Dave?

Nah when they need new tyres

 

[Ads_172]

f**king timewasters do my head in! Arrange a viewing only to call before coming to try and knock me down on price because some jobs 'might' need doing... it's a 10 year old car FFS.

 

[philmots]

f**king timewasters do my head in! Arrange a viewing only to call before coming to try and knock me down on price because some jobs 'might' need doing... it's a 10 year old car FFS.

Personally, I love autos and they suit the car great but at this age people are scared of them going wrong.. I think it's too expensive for that reason. That's speaking from experience selling my 330i Sport saloon auto, it went for absolute peanuts in the end, and it was tidy, and a nice spec!

 

[Ads_172]

Yeah maybe, I priced it based on others available and it doesn't seem too far off the mark? It was more a case of the guy arranging a viewing, fully aware of the asking price, but it seems I wasn't prepared to drop the price by 10% without him even viewing it...

 

[yeecup]

Standard morons you have to deal with selling a car unfortunately.