nooooooo
nice car man, my buddy has one with intake exhaust and tune lowered on Tein coils, iz niiiice.
New Ride after the MS3 :-)
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nooooooo
nice car man, my buddy has one with intake exhaust and tune lowered on Tein coils, iz niiiice.
AllLostThings
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed 3
Ohhhh man is that a sweet ride. Very good deal getting the 100% warranty as well. When a BMW breaks it BREAKS!
andrew.savage
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- 2006 Mazda 3 5-Door
Touche my friend.
martyxcore
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hows it feel compared to the 3 speed wise
Speed3@UCI
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- Mazdaspeed 3
your gonna get a lot of kids with their 335 trying to start some s*** with yah.
funksilver07
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- 2007 Sunlight Silver Mazdaspeed 3 GT
NICE, love the BMW M3...
oaklandopen
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simple answer would probably be "wins"
spec-wise, stock e46 m3 would be 333bhp, 262lb/ft, 3400lbs
redline on this thing is wayyyyyyyy up there too
i can say from personal experience that they don't have too much trouble from a 60mph roll-on against a stock ms3.
hell...i wouldn't mind having an E36 m3, i still think they look good too
Can't really compare the 2. Not in the same class in tersm of engine, price, etc. The speed3 is still my favorite car under 25k. The only thing that I didn't like was FWD. I have always owned AWD and RHD's before the Speed 3 and it's very hard to make the switch.
H3br3w_Ham3r
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- 2008 Mazdaspeed3
My bro has one of these and its a riot to drive. Great choice!(cabpatch) No SMG gearbox?
SMG=Unreliable=$$$$$$$$$$$$
///M Compact
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Join the BMW Car Club and take it to some of our HPDEs. That's what that car is built for. Sooner or later(hopefully sooner) I'll be dumping my MS3 for another M car- unless my local BMW dealer drops the price on that 2003 540i 6-speed again. It's nowdown to $14950. I'm tempted to see if they would go for the MS3+$500-OTD.
Fingers crossed...
Fingers crossed...
what year is it? 540i's are fun, but repairs are ridiculous. E46 M3 is still my favorite car so far, and I've driven lots of exotics. I'm still debating on getting one, but it would pretty much have to be in the same condition as yours, and I wouldn't want to pay more than $35k out the door. they are going for $25k-32k with 18k-40k miles on them the last time I checked.
///M Compact
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It's a 2003, so it has the M Sport bodykit. It looks like an M5 except for the single exhaust. A 540i can be expensive to run, but I do a lot of the wrenching myself and I know the best parts places that offer a healthy CCA discount.
It is a mid 2003. You want to ideally get a 06/2003 thru 2006 so that the bearing recall issue is eliminated. I test drove 21 cars over a period of 2 months before I decided on this one.
AutoEuphoria
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Always wanted one in Alpine White...good choice, and congrats!
