Sunglasses Ron's E46 330Ci M-Sport

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Picked this up yesterday.

It was in desperate need of a detail so I set about getting up to scratch today.

10 hours later...

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Like it!!

Is this to sell seized drugs from?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Very nice mate

 

[Matt W]

Tidy.
I also went blue 1*2 to black 6 cylinder 3 series.
MX-5 next?

 

[fixedgear]

E46 FTW

 

[Cub.]

Lovely. Enjoy the wafty, smooth power

It must be one of the last e46's. Mines a 55 plate e90.....

 

[McGherkin]

150% Ching Sling Spec, but it's shinier than your head so I'll let you off.

Cushty.

 

[182jwilliams]

Bloody lovely that!

 

[Gally]

Love that Dave Ron Don! Nothing better than getting to detail your new car!

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Love that Dave Ron Don! Nothing better than getting to detail your new car!

Cheers Gally:wink:

My DA packed up halfway through and @TheEvilGiraffe came to my rescue and lent me his :up: cheers TEG!

It was bloody knackering but it was worth it in the end. It does look pretty decent

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Sorted it then haha !

Smart bus.. Do like. Gangsta tints 'n all.

Welcome to the cool kids club. Hope it treats you well.

 

[DaveDreads]

Nice g-unit tints, are you going to fit blue strobes in the grill and scare the sh*t out of people in your way?

 

[ADS_V6]

Very nice motor can expect this blaring out the speakers :smile:

 

[sbridgey]

Tidy.
I also went blue 1*2 to black 6 cylinder 3 series.
MX-5 next?

I believe that is how it works!

 

[rctempire]

Looks great Ron. Super clean, what's the interior like?

 

[leeds2592]

Love these.

 

[Rob]

Nice purchase mate! Looks lovely now, what's the interior spec on it?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Looks great Ron. Super clean, what's the interior like?

Nice purchase mate! Looks lovely now, what's the interior spec on it?

It's electric leather interior (not Nappa) but it's in pretty good nick to be honest. No Harmon Kardon either.

Low mileage was my main priority with this car (60k).

 

[Rob]

It's electric leather interior (not Nappa) but it's in pretty good nick to be honest. No Harmon Kardon either.

Low mileage was my main priority with this car (60k).

Bloody hell! Good find at that mileage mate! Such lovely cruisers too.

 

[McGherkin]

Yeah, where's the interior photos? :wink:

 

[Stefan.]

Looks nice bar the tints

Loved the one i had

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Tints don't look anywhere near that bad IRL.

 

[Cookie]

Tints don't look anywhere near that bad IRL.

They are pretty dark, more gangsta than my gangsta mobile!

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Yeah, where's the interior photos? :wink:

I'll take some tomorrow :up:

 

[Hixle]

Great buy Dave. Like it!

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Great buy Dave. Like it!

Cheers Luke! :up::up::up:

 

[N4TH4N]

Lovely motor mate. What made you get rid of the 182. Fancied a change? Bet that's torquey

 

[Bluebeard]

You just need an E39 touring for the family wagon now.

Funnily enough I have one for sale.....

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Lovely motor mate. What made you get rid of the 182. Fancied a change? Bet that's torquey

Needed a bigger car for when my wife goes back to work. She wouldn't drive the Clio which meant I was going to be left with 2 kids plus associated baggage in the Clio.

You just need an E39 touring for the family wagon now.

Funnily enough I have one for sale.....

I spoke to Jo about an estate car the other day funnily enough. She used woman logic and said she doesn't like estate cars because there too long. I didn't bother arguing.

 

[Bluebeard]

She's wrong. Hit her.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

She's wrong. Hit her.

I'm not that brave

 

[DaveDreads]

Make her drive a Merc Sprinter for a month then put her in an estate, she'll think it's a hatchback.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Make her drive a Merc Sprinter for a month then put her in an estate, she'll think it's a hatchback.

She wants a new Cmax. She's going to be mighty dissapointed lol

 

[DaveDreads]

They're the same length as an estate. lol

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

They're the same length as an estate. lol

Yeah you don't need to tell me.

I don't bother arguing against woman logic anymore. It's futile.

 

[DaveDreads]

Be on the look out for a Cmax and an estate in the supermarket carpark and point them out to her, let her figure out she'll essentially be driving a big f*cking minibus.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Be on the look out for a Cmax and an estate in the supermarket carpark and point them out to her, let her figure out she'll essentially be driving a big f*cking minibus.

She already drives a Cmax but wants the new shape one. Trying to convince her that she needs an estate is utterly pointless. I'm not gonna waste my breath.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Couple of issues cropped up yesterday.

First I noticed a slight metallic rattle coming under the car at low speed over speed bumps. Looks like it could be one of a few things. Heat shield or broken exhaust bracket is most likely but could also be something to do with brake pads being without a clip?

The second and slightly more concerning issue is that after a run into London the traction control light (DTC), brake warning light and the tyre pressure warning light all popped up. I switched off the ignition and stated back up which got rid of the DTC and brake warning lights. I then reset the tire warning light no problem. But since then the DTC and brake warning light keep popping up despite them going away briefly upon turning the ignition off and on. Even with the lights on the car still drives perfectly fine.

I've plugged in my cheap OBD scanner but it's not finding any fault codes. I'm guessing it's because it won't read stored codes?

So I'll be contacting the garage I bought it from tomorrow to take it back to get these issues sorted.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Couple of issues cropped up yesterday.

First I noticed a slight metallic rattle coming under the car at low speed over speed bumps. Looks like it could be one of a few things. Heat shield or broken exhaust bracket is most likely but could also be something to do with brake pads being without a clip?

The second and slightly more concerning issue is that after a run into London the traction control light (DTC), brake warning light and the tyre pressure warning light all popped up. I switched off the ignition and stated back up which got rid of the DTC and brake warning lights. I then reset the tire warning light no problem. But since then the DTC and brake warning light keep popping up despite them going away briefly upon turning the ignition off and on. Even with the lights on the car still drives perfectly fine.

I've plugged in my cheap OBD scanner but it's not finding any fault codes. I'm guessing it's because it won't read stored codes?

So I'll be contacting the garage I bought it from tomorrow to take it back to get these issues sorted.

Few of us have got INPA (BMWs version of Renault's CLiP system).. If you need to check faults etc.. Or do some coding.

Brake and traction faults I'm going to leave to the garage especially as you've only had it for a few days !

 

[Jekyll]

Painter guys at work have got these. One in silver with silver wheels and black interior, the other a purple with silver wheels and cream interior. Both lovely cars.

Get some eibach prolines on there Dave.