Philip Foglar
///Member
Hi guys,
After quite an elaborate process I found this beauty for my Wife and arranged for a nice surprise for her - she had no idea, and for her not have found out is quite an impressive feat! Any case, for those who didn't see my E46 Advice thread I was initially looking for a nice 325i but in the time that I had I simply could not find anything worth going for. There was a decently priced low mileage '01 model but it looked and felt like it had experienced the wrath of some evil torturer! Went to have a look at a young high mileage "manual" 330i which turned out to be an automatic that had also visual signs of torture! Then went back to have a second look at the poor 325i and then saw this 320i which is in pristine condition in contrast with the others. It is a '03 (facelift 125kw) 320i with 151k km on the clock. Sounds, looks and feels great - just had an overall good feeling on the test drive and look around it, and it is still BMW 6I awesomeness! Not a rocket on wheels but no slouch either, and very flexible engine character makes it a very nice cruiser. Also seems to sip fuel compared to what I was expecting! My Wife is still in shock from her day! So I think all my plans worked out quite well in the end!!
Exterior is generally very good, a few small chips here and there including the windscreen. Interior is as far as I am concerned close to mint condition, very carefully looked after. Both front door window mechanisms are on their way out though, so will have to get that sorted out. Wheels and tyres are fine for the moment, but will put a set of 17" on with better rubber! So far extremely happy with my choice and my Wife seems to have already bonded quite nicely with her new car!!! Heard her talking about her as "silver bullet"...
Philip
After quite an elaborate process I found this beauty for my Wife and arranged for a nice surprise for her - she had no idea, and for her not have found out is quite an impressive feat! Any case, for those who didn't see my E46 Advice thread I was initially looking for a nice 325i but in the time that I had I simply could not find anything worth going for. There was a decently priced low mileage '01 model but it looked and felt like it had experienced the wrath of some evil torturer! Went to have a look at a young high mileage "manual" 330i which turned out to be an automatic that had also visual signs of torture! Then went back to have a second look at the poor 325i and then saw this 320i which is in pristine condition in contrast with the others. It is a '03 (facelift 125kw) 320i with 151k km on the clock. Sounds, looks and feels great - just had an overall good feeling on the test drive and look around it, and it is still BMW 6I awesomeness! Not a rocket on wheels but no slouch either, and very flexible engine character makes it a very nice cruiser. Also seems to sip fuel compared to what I was expecting! My Wife is still in shock from her day! So I think all my plans worked out quite well in the end!!
Exterior is generally very good, a few small chips here and there including the windscreen. Interior is as far as I am concerned close to mint condition, very carefully looked after. Both front door window mechanisms are on their way out though, so will have to get that sorted out. Wheels and tyres are fine for the moment, but will put a set of 17" on with better rubber! So far extremely happy with my choice and my Wife seems to have already bonded quite nicely with her new car!!! Heard her talking about her as "silver bullet"...
Philip
