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Thread: high mileage E46 M3s

  1. #51
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    How many of those Miles have been Highway miles??
    I think it all depends if your driving in city traffic or out on the highway.
    Obviously highway is much better, rather than stopping and starting in heavy city traffic.

    My brother just purchased a 2003 Subaru Liberty Wagon it has 300,000 km's on the clock.
    Full service history... excellent condition.

    Car was only used for highway driving. I was very surprised how well it was still running.

    I was also reading the other day of a Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van which did all highway KM'S and went up to 1,000,000!!!
    Last edited by skippy00; 09-02-2012 at 07:29 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

  2. #52
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    Just purchased my first M3, 2001 with 130,200 on the clock. Got home from buying it and it has a little over 131,000 now. Vanos was just replaced before I bought it. Other than that, nothing major showed up on the carfax but I don't have a full maintenance record.

  3. #53
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    1998 540i/6, 2002 M3
    142k on mine but its been sitting since the beginning of summer because I couldn't work on it. I am beyond those days when I would work on my cars at +110 degrees on a open car port with no A/C. Getting it fixed this weekend though so I can drive it again. BTW its getting a cooling system overhaul.

  4. #54
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    2002 e46 m3 hardtop vert
    i'm at 71k. i bought it with 55k.


    full bolt-on, tune, and daily driven hardtop 6 speed vert.



  5. #55
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    carless
    Damn im at 180k!! what issues should one expect??

  6. #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by peter321 View Post
    Holy crap these are all low miles!!! Just so you know people 100k is not a lot my friends 2001 m3 has over 300k and he still rips the shit out of it. He is a crazy driver I'm seriously terrified when I'm with him and the car has handled really well. Pretty unbelievable to me, it's funny too cause my other friends 08 ford focus with low miles is absolute shit. One time his wheel fell completely off lol. And he was delivering pizzas when it happened so he got fired too hahaha
    If that's true, he's put an average of 27k miles a year on the car. That's pretty ridiculous.

  7. #57
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    205,775 miles, she'll be at the track soon
    Last edited by Phil Trill; 09-07-2012 at 08:15 PM.

  8. #58
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Trill

    205,775 miles, she'll be at the track soon
    Cool picture, I love that color. I also have the same vacuum at the shop I work at

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Trill View Post


    205,775 miles, she'll be at the track soon
    You put all those miles on that thing? sheeeshh, what kinda repairs have you been through?

  10. #60
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    MaxPsi M3
    mine is almost to 140k, I drive it everywhere I can

  11. #61
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    m3 convertible 2004
    yes totally agree the m3 is very addictive. I cant ever imagine driving any other car

  12. #62
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    M3s don't seem to look happy sitting still

    i just recently bought mine with 99.5k on it after selling my '97 328is w/ 220k+
    ...no major issues in the first 5,000mi of highway driving

  13. #63
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    Quote Originally Posted by TornadoWarning View Post
    I have an '03 and half SMG with 150,000 mi. The only major repair was a vanos replacement in 2009 but everything else has been oil changes and tires and a bushing here or there. The car still runs like it did when I bought it with 32k miles. No SMG issues either.

    Mine just ticked over 162,000...still no problems other than new tires.
    2001 BMW M5, 2003 BMW M3 (SMG), 1988 BMW M3 (Alpineweiss I/Natural Tan), 1988 BMW M3 (Diamantschwarz/Cardinal), 1987 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 (Grey market)

  14. #64
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    2001 BMW M3
    Just passed 150,000 a few weeks ago, no issues.

  15. #65
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    I will be up there, but I doubt a quarter million miles. Bought my 06 ZCP with 25k on the clock in January this year, at about 42k now and that was 2 months of never driving it.

  16. #66
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    wow alkemyst you drive a lot!

    back on subject: my E46's passanger side door lock actuator is starting to fail intermittently

  17. #67
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    2005 M3/ 1987 E-30 SCCA
    My A4 Audi has 227,000 .. M3 .... 38,000

  18. #68
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    2003 E46 M3
    Just hit 150,000 two days ago. Love every minute of it.

  19. #69
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    2004 BMW M3 Convertible
    mine is still at 72K!

  20. #70
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    '03 M3 6MT / '06 X5 3.0i
    I'm around 125k right now. 2003, bought it at 60k 5 years ago.

    Nothing major yet, alternator went out at like 80k miles, that's about as bad as it gets as far as unexpected stuff.


  21. #71
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    How many of you high milage guys have had the rear subframe mounting points checked? Or how many have had it repaired?
    In Heaven… the mechanics are German, the chefs are French, the police are British, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss.
    In Hell…the mechanics are French, the police are German, the chefs are British, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organized by the Italians.

    1986 M535i Manual

  22. #72
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    Had mine checked at the stealer. They said it was fine. 97000 on the clock.

  23. #73
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJEMPOWER View Post
    Had mine checked at the stealer. They said it was fine. 97000 on the clock.
    ...
    Last edited by dewolf; 02-17-2013 at 05:52 PM.
    In Heaven… the mechanics are German, the chefs are French, the police are British, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss.
    In Hell…the mechanics are French, the police are German, the chefs are British, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organized by the Italians.

    1986 M535i Manual

  24. #74
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    e46 m3 / turbo brick
    nothing quite like your own set of eyes..

    139k- clutch/ alternator. will need brake rotors/pads in the very near future but thats car stuff..

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    109010 n strong.

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