Lot Ended
Description
Good
recent expenditure; intoxicating exhaust note; six cylinder, manual; large
history folder; subtle upgrades
First
registered in March 2001, this BMW 325CI comes to us with a large history folder
including numerous invoices, the service book which contains six service stamps,
the last of which is dated October 2015 at 82,543 miles, two keys and handbooks,
seeing lots of recent expenditure as well as some classy subtle
upgrades.
In our vendors ownership lots of good
work has been done to get this E46 back to its best with a total spend over
£3,500, standout items include a new clutch in June last year, a new fuel pump,
two new driveshafts in October last year along with all new Toyo Proxes tyres
and new wheel speed sensors.
This 3 series saw a
sporting new look with new 30mm lowering springs along with 20mm spacers on the
rear and 15mm spacers on the front and a stainless rear sports exhaust, at the
same time new discs and pads were fitted all round, a month later we have an
invoice for a lube service and new thermostat, in December a new front and a new
rear brake caliper were fitted, and most recently a new radiator was fitted in
January of this year.
Our vendor notes that the
speedometer is not working and thus the odometer has not moved since its last
MOT, the odometer reads 101,255 miles, this speedo fault has triggered the usual
E46 dash light triplets (ABS,ESC and the handbrake warning light), with the
replacement of the wheel speed sensors and of course new ABS rings courtesy of
the new driveshafts, our vendor says the culprit is most likely a brake in the
loom just under the rear seats (This is a common fault on the E46
generation).
Looking back through the MOT history
we can see the mileage has gently increased each year, meaning this odometer
issue is relatively new. Coming with MOT until May 2025 with three advisories,
these been a corroded brake line binding rear brake and worn rear tyres, the
latter two have obviously been sorted.
Up for
auction as our vendor is emigrating and so needs to part ways with the majority
of his car collection, this looks to be very enticing at the guide price
given.
Running and driving nicely on site.
Contact: Quintin.hayward@brightwells.com