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What Kurt said. Rule #1 of used E46 ownership is to go through the cooling system. You can get all you need for $500 as a package deal and it's not hard to do.

The 325ci is pretty but not very powerful. If you can stretch to a 330 motor you will probably be much happier. Happiest might be a ZHP edition.

Warning: those cars are nothing like a 2002. Compared to the old 4 cylinder, those modern inline 6s engines are so smooth as to be *completely* devoid of character, I know it's a quality for most people, but they bore the $hit out of me (like driving a rubber band wrapped in butter with caramel filling - only indication of what RPM you are pulling is the Tach)

E46s are infamous for rear subframe cracks, but the 325 is so low on power it won't be an issue ;-)