Q. about high milage!

[Barkie]

I am looking at buying a 323 2000 mod e46. Seems to be good but the milage i am not to sure off. It is on 196k, is this to high or is there still some life left in her?

 

[STREETRACER]

Beemers are built to see 500k kms! Just look at the service history! If it is well maintained by a BMW dealer that is low km's.. a car with less that 25k kms a year is fine!

If the car was not always serviced by BMW dealers.. take the VIN nr to nearest dealer and get some back ground on the car! Also get a diagnostics check done to see other faults on the car! If it has a BMW FSH its not nesecery!

How much do they want for the car?

 

[Barkie]

Thanks Streetracer, can get it for R60k, is this in line?

 

[STREETRACER]

If the car is in good nick that is a good price! Remove the cats and add a Dastek Chip and you can gan aprox 15 wheel kw! add a bmc replacement filter and that is another 4kw on the wheels.. TNT pipe plus branches will add another 10-15kw.. We get those 323i up to about 130kw on the weels with out opening the engine!

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[Barkie]

Thanks Streetracer, will check out if service history is ok and will see what i can do. I might swop my bike and my wifes Corsa to upgrade my wife's ride. I realy njoy the e46 as i have a 330d as well.

 

[STREETRACER]

Bud bring us your 330d.. we chiped it to 171kw and 630nm at the wheels! it achieved a time of 14.6 on the 1/4 mile!
plus it was A/T..

We turbo'd a E46 323i on 1.1 bar boost it now makes 258kw and 498nm @ the wheels! Might be a bit quick for the missis!

 

[Barkie]

Would love to do a few things to the 330. I friend told me to de-cat and remap will also help a bit. I compared the 330 to my previous car, a 2.0l 1v Mazda hatch this morning. The hatch is fast but it is realy a joke to drag against it. I just do not have a lot to spend at the moment.

 

[STREETRACER]

Dastek chip for your diesel is R3500.. and that chip you can use on all your next cars Petrol or diesel..
Plus you will make that back in the fuel you will save by adding a chip! you can get up to 150kms on a tank more! Plus about 40% power gain!

 

[Barkie]

How much for all the work when using the Dastek chip? Where can it be done as i am in the Eastern Cape!

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Streetracer -- What oil do you prefer to use in the 330d, It's a 2004 with 161km on the clocks. Im due for an oil change now in about 2000km. I will change every 7500km as i think 15k is just to much for these oil burners. Thanks for all you info!!

 

[james]

I use castrol slx or edge every 10k. 200k on the clock. Going strong.

 

[STREETRACER]

The dastek chip for diesels is fitted and mapped for R3500..

The steelers recomend Castrol! I preffer Hellix or Royal purple! Ill let you know in the week who fits the dastek chip in your area!

 

[Barkie]

Thanks for all, i have SLX in at the moment but some oke's do not trust Castrol at all. Is Castrol Edge better than SLX in a diesel?

 

[Spy007]

Also Find out what type of KM. A lot of long distance or all of it in City (Traffic). That also makes a huge difference