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I've had one as well. My advice....don't do it. Get an E92 M3 instead. The E46 M3 was / is a great car but it is flawed in so many ways. My SMG pump failed at 150,000kms in the middle of an intersection with traffic bearing down on me at 80kmh. No warnings whatsoever, just shifted itself into neutral and that was it. Subframe is a matter of when, not if. There are reports now of guys that have had the subframe replaced by BMW that the new replacement is starting to crack as well and those that have had reinforcements done are seeing stress fractures in different areas now. Then you have vanos issues, big end issues, SMG issues.
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