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      03-30-2020, 11:58 PM   #23
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Great video Mr. Kojima!
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      03-31-2020, 06:30 AM   #24
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Loved my e46 M3, even liked the SMG. Funny that some folks think the s55 sounds better, probably think the s85 or the Lexus LF A are too zingy.

For me, just ahead of the e92 M3, and way ahead of the f82. Just a class machine.
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Owned her and F80 at the same time and found myself wanting to drive the E46 more, especially when going for canyon runs, etc. Wish I still had one
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      03-31-2020, 06:44 AM   #26
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I'd choose E46 M3 over any other BMW. I recently sold E92 M3 to get another E46. And I think S54 is the best sounding BMW ever made. That is of course very personal thing.
Subframe - easy fix.
Bearings - easy fix for con rod, for main you need to get the engine out but hey, those last eaisily 200k kilometers. And besides We're talking about 2000's engine that had crazy revs, and crazy bhp/liter. It still has, compare to a new 718 GTS 4.0.
Vanos - easy fix. And actually this was made worse with July 2003 engine upgrade.
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IMO the worst sounding M3 ever too
In comparison to what exactly? Your 340? Because that would be a joke, B58 sounds like nothing with over exaggerated exhaust burbles to create some sense of internal combustion happening in the background

Last time I checked all the F series BMW's were the worst sounding BMW's produced to date nobody has ever associated the S54 engine with sounding bad other than the rasp which is easily remediable.
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      03-31-2020, 07:36 AM   #29
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E92 m3 is the best sounding m3. S65 v8
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I see one E46 M3 and one E39 M5 parked on Roosevelt island the time, never run into the owners though...
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      03-31-2020, 09:38 AM   #31
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Ohh my, oh my. This is so true 😂 mostly the part about E92...or S4... i actually own S4 😂 but only to talk shit about it.

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E92 m3 is the best sounding m3. S65 v8
Well i never looked back, and had one... still have the v8 in one car... just don't get that hype around 8's sound.
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I had an E46 M3 up until a couple months ago and I actually did have more fun driving it compared to my e92 M3. If I wasnt supposed to move out of country I would have probably kept it. I hope to find a clean one again one day. As for the video, nicely done but all of the slammed m3s look like crap to me. I had to shut it off within the first minute.
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That sounds at high revs is just music to my ears!
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      03-31-2020, 01:08 PM   #34
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This is very funny! Good work! The great thing about this, is that the actor looks just like those douche bags in the BMW lifestyle catalogs.
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      04-01-2020, 01:53 PM   #35
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I'd choose E46 M3 over any other BMW. I recently sold E92 M3 to get another E46. And I think S54 is the best sounding BMW ever made. That is of course very personal thing.
Subframe - easy fix.
Bearings - easy fix for con rod, for main you need to get the engine out but hey, those last eaisily 200k kilometers. And besides We're talking about 2000's engine that had crazy revs, and crazy bhp/liter. It still has, compare to a new 718 GTS 4.0.
Vanos - easy fix. And actually this was made worse with July 2003 engine upgrade.
I thought about selling my E92 for another E46 M3 I can street drive. If I ever find an Estoril E46 M3 for a reasonable price, I just might.
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      04-02-2020, 02:01 PM   #36
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IMO the worst sounding M3 ever too
Have you heard an F80?

Will take the shitty noise coming out of an E46, I can fix that. Can't fix the F80. Car's been out for 5 years and is about to be axed, no one got one to sound half decent.

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IMO the worst sounding M3 ever too
Completely agree. The F8x is not far off but where the F8x is a lawnmower the E46 is a broken lawnmower due to all the rasp.

Personally, I always found the E46 to be the most uninspired M3 of them all.
Sound problem solved with the euro v8 e92 though.
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I need to get one NOW. Any leads in the PNW area for sale?
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