drken,
e46 beemer i can input la.
i sold my e46 328 '00 to buy an e46 325 '02.
i paid through my nose to pay for everything. lost hell a lot of money with my 328. somemore still a young ciku at that time... now still young ciku lar (or i would like to think so lar)
1 thing i can say, "I HAD IT" and "STILL HAVING IT". albeit more prudent lar. 2nd time around i know i can mod the 325 more kao la instead of going for e60 or 90
with bird flu lar, hand foot mouth disease lar, cat pimple, dog fever lar etc etc. you are definitely right about us not surviving tomorrow. like many typical "Chinamen" out there ... who works so freaking hard until the deathbed. I'm sure he/she regrets like hell for not buying the 'more' latest
UCM ---> ULTIMATE CHINESE MACHINE : Mercedes lar
what the sifus said above are all correct. Just the angle that they took. Your angle should be YOUR ANGLE.
From the way you say, don think you will settle for anything other than e46. that's why i feel for you.
If you are going for the new accord or mazda 6 (love them both) i can gurantee you will be just servicing it for the next 2 - 4 years.
with a 2nd hand bimmer, you are gua-damn-the-ranteed to pay for radiator leak lar, hose renewal lar, gearbox oil change lar, lower arm bush lar, termostat konk lar, power window lifter lar, check the list in one of the threads. bleeder nut also plastic and cost RM15/-. sure pay pay pay and spend/waste time in the workshop one.
when sell that time after 3 years, cannot get good price, lose 30k, repair so far already 20k blah blah blah. sell also painful. don sell also painful.
but remember! what's the point of driving a good and reliable jap machine, stopping at a traffic light, look at an e46 and ogling at it as it passes you ...
