2004 bmw e46 m3 smg

[DrFerry]

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2004 BMW E46 M3 SMG - $20500 Or Best Offer

Reposting this here as not much traffic on E46 Classifieds Forum

This car is in great condition, having been maintained by its owner who is a professional, BMW trained mechanic, and owns his own BMW Indy Shop. If you're interested in this car please Personal Message me, and I will forward the seller's contact information to you. I am posting this Ad because the owner doesn't have a bimmerpost.com forum account.

• Expertly modified for Track Events
• Over $18,000 in mods alone
• Please see all photos below
• Approximately 350hp at the crank
• Euro Headers with Cat Delete
• K&N Cold Air Intake
• Shark Injector Tune for E46 M3 with SMG
• 152,000 miles
• Car has a flood title but has been professionally maintained since purchase
• Fully strengthened and gusseted chassis at sub-frame mounting points
• Recaro drivers seat
• 5-Point Harness
• Porsche 4-Pot Brake Calipers
• Stainless Steel Rear Muffler Box
• Turner Motorsports Sway Bars
• S.T. Adjustable Coilovers
• Vibra-Technics Engine Mounts
• S.T. Adjustable Camber Plates
• Baffled Oil Pan
• Solid Sub-Frame Bushings
• Turner Motorsports A-Arm solid bushings

This car has most - if not all - of the "trick" parts needed for H.P.D.E. Track Events and is a turn-key "buy and go" solution for anyone wanting an E46 M3 to run on the track. The car has been modified and cared for at Schall Motorsports in Spartanburg, SC (home to the largest BMW plant in the world by the way.) by its owner - a German mechanic.

IF you want a very well looked after, highly sorted, and very sporty street car then this could be it. IF you want an expertly modified car for Track Events then this car is definitely it. PLEASE see all of the photos below. Please P.M. me if interested and I will forward the seller's contact information to you.
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[DrFerry]

Two standard (non-M3) passenger seats in black which came from a 4 door car are available. These are manual seats. Either one will work.

[E92Mthusiast]

Free bump for a clean car. Got to see it about a year or so ago at the performance center time attack. Was very nice and sounded great (i had the GTS looking e92 at the time). You apparently also owned an e34 m5 I had for a bit.

[DrFerry]

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[e90335e36m3]

Super clean glws

[DrFerry]

Originally Posted by e90335e36m3

Super clean glws

I'm thinking about buying it for my son. Who knows? Stranger things have happened. With used car prices at all time highs, over 700 views on the E46 M3 forum, and 400+ views on the E9X M3 forum, not a single person has contacted me about this car. Is the price too high? What gives. I guess Autotrader nor Edmunds folks will appreciate it? However, the M3 Forums are far more sparsely used nowadays then they were a decade ago.

[e90335e36m3]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

I'm thinking about buying it for my son. Who knows? Stranger things have happened. With used car prices at all time highs, over 700 views on the E46 M3 forum, and 400+ views on the E9X M3 forum, not a single person has contacted me about this car. Is the price too high? What gives. I guess Autotrader nor Edmunds folks will appreciate it? However, the M3 Forums are far more sparsely used nowadays then they were a decade ago.

Originally Posted by E92Mthusiast

Free bump for a clean car. Got to see it about a year or so ago at the performance center time attack. Was very nice and sounded great (i had the GTS looking e92 at the time). You apparently also owned an e34 m5 I had for a bit.

I think fairly priced. I called EAG about a new E92 M MW on FR 6MT, it sold within 48 hours @$90K. This market is strange and asinine and frustrating, it's no fun anymore. I just want to buy a car and drive, no speculation no games no ripoffs. Life isn't that easy anymore.

[MPizza]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

I'm thinking about buying it for my son. Who knows? Stranger things have happened. With used car prices at all time highs, over 700 views on the E46 M3 forum, and 400+ views on the E9X M3 forum, not a single person has contacted me about this car. Is the price too high? What gives. I guess Autotrader nor Edmunds folks will appreciate it? However, the M3 Forums are far more sparsely used nowadays then they were a decade ago.

flood title
152k miles
SMG

those are the reasons you aren't getting any hits. lots of nice mods, but that only further limits your pool of potential buyers. owner should consider parting all that stuff out.

[DrFerry]

Originally Posted by MPizza

flood title
152k miles
SMG

those are the reasons you aren't getting any hits. lots of nice mods, but that only further limits your pool of potential buyers. owner should consider parting all that stuff out.

Okay. Thanks for your insights. I will pass them along to the owner. The cost of the mods is ~$18K+ so you make a good point about parting those out for cash $. Heck, even if $10K were recouped, the car could be still be sold for $12K and all total up the same as the asking price now.

I didn't know SMG is undesirable, which perhaps doesn't bode well for my DCT equipped E92 M3 years from now. Though I'm aware DCT was an improvement over SMG's harshness and response.

If I recall correctly the flood title was bestowed upon it even though the water damage was quite minor. I'm not the owner, but I did ask about that detail. Perhaps it's time to pull the ad down off here? Twenty somethings are all on reddit or FB, IG, or similar nowadays, but not here anymore. Life goes on.

[MPizza]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

I didn't know SMG is undesirable, which perhaps doesn't bode well for my DCT equipped E92 M3 years from now. Though I'm aware DCT was an improvement over SMG's harshness and response.

DCT is fine and suits our cars well - and has not hurt resale value. SMG's on the other hand are plagued with issues and often require expensive repairs. Manual swaps are not uncommon on those cars.

[spammysammich]

GLWS on an obviously well kept example. I had mistaken this thread for something else not remembering it was a classified listing. Sorry.

[IB M]

Wow - that's a beauty.
Owner could do a manual swap in his shop for pennies since the cost is mostly labor. A 6MT would appeal to more buyers.

[DrFerry]

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Bump. About the same price as a new Corolla right now..

[DrFerry]

Bump - Way better than a Kia or a Corolla and cheaper too.

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[chris82]

Originally Posted by IB M

Wow - that's a beauty.
Owner could do a manual swap in his shop for pennies since the cost is mostly labor. A 6MT would appeal to more buyers.

If in the Philadelphia area, VAC Motorsports will do the manual swap for $$750, that includes parts and labor: https://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac...ion-p5015.aspx

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