The e46 M3 thread
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Adjustable side bolsters:
Were those ever available as an option on this M3?
I was sure they were but then a friend of mine (who seems to rarely be wrong about Bimmer things) said he didn't think it was ever an option on the e46 m3.
Were they? Maybe it was only an option in certain markets?
Were those ever available as an option on this M3?
I was sure they were but then a friend of mine (who seems to rarely be wrong about Bimmer things) said he didn't think it was ever an option on the e46 m3.
Were they? Maybe it was only an option in certain markets?
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I had a new E46 M3 6-speed for a while (I've also had other BMW's). I liked it, but overall I much preferred my '95 Supra which I owned at the same time and drove back-to-back with the M3 on many occasions. I lost interest in the M3 after a month or so -- I found that I always gravitated to the Supra when I had the opportunity to drive one or the other -- and sold the M3 a few months later. IMO they are good all-around car, but are waay overrated by the general public and magazine readers in terms of actual performance. They'd make a nice daily driver though.
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Width-adjustable lumbar support was a "separate" option. it's not a typical option you will see from stealer ordered one though. Stealers normally ordered "fully loaded" with power seats but usually not the lumbar support. So generally speaking it would had to be a car the owner specifically optioned with the lumbar support.
Adjustable side bolsters:
Were those ever available as an option on this M3?
I was sure they were but then a friend of mine (who seems to rarely be wrong about Bimmer things) said he didn't think it was ever an option on the e46 m3.
Were they? Maybe it was only an option in certain markets?
Were those ever available as an option on this M3?
I was sure they were but then a friend of mine (who seems to rarely be wrong about Bimmer things) said he didn't think it was ever an option on the e46 m3.
Were they? Maybe it was only an option in certain markets?
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As far as your seat bolsters question, I do remember one of the cars I test drove having that feature. The others I looked at and drove I do not remember for sure - wasn't something I was too concerned with.
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it's ok, i know what i am talking about. last oct when they were 13 m3 lining up at the dealership, i asked the sales and he said all those cars were dealership order, and that's why since then they limited that. i always see m3, m5, and m6 sitting at dealerships, some for months. yeah, maybe a lot of people order theirs and bail out huh. but then this is since 01-02
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Thanks for the offer Dashocker, but since I'm looking at ones newer than that, I don't think the 02 brochure would be particularilly helpful; my questions would just turn into things like 'in 02 such-and-such was this way, what about later on?'. Also, I think I'm close to knowing all of what I need to. - - - - - What do you have coming hmm?
I drove a manual e46 m3 today ... LOVE IT ... I had to drive one to be sure that is the car I want AND DO I EVER! The guy at the BMW dealership was super helpful and nice, we drove a lot of stuff to be sure the manual E46 M3 is definitely what I want. It is, I want that one. Unfortunately the particular car I drove was a cab so I'm not buying that one, but my search & research continues with enthusiasm.
I drove a manual e46 m3 today ... LOVE IT ... I had to drive one to be sure that is the car I want AND DO I EVER! The guy at the BMW dealership was super helpful and nice, we drove a lot of stuff to be sure the manual E46 M3 is definitely what I want. It is, I want that one. Unfortunately the particular car I drove was a cab so I'm not buying that one, but my search & research continues with enthusiasm.
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Don't recall if these were in the ones I sent you before..
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1228967300.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1235715302.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1228967300.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1235715302.html
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Don't recall if these were in the ones I sent you before..
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1228967300.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1235715302.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1228967300.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1235715302.html
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it's ok, i know what i am talking about. last oct when they were 13 m3 lining up at the dealership, i asked the sales and he said all those cars were dealership order, and that's why since then they limited that. i always see m3, m5, and m6 sitting at dealerships, some for months. yeah, maybe a lot of people order theirs and bail out huh. but then this is since 01-02
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