Ultimate Parts Car: 1997 Bmw M3 Base Coupe 2-door 3.2l 95% Stock! Single Owner! on 2040-cars
Austin, Texas, United States
|
NOTE: first and last pictures are from 2012 after paint job. Interior picture is from 2012 after restoration. After a detailing however it won't look unlike this. More recent pictures included of all sides. I am the original owner of this car. The motor was from a 2000 M roadster (last year they made stock engine). Car has 241,000 miles exactly. Drove like a champ until the day it died (thought it was a blown coil pack). This car has basically EVERY STOCK OPTION: 0) Engine is from 2000 M roadster and had about 150,000 miles. Car had 241,000 miles exactly when it died. 17) ASC Delete (parts provided) 18) No glove box sag! 19) BMW Motorsport Door handles (brand new drivers handle included not installed yet) 20) 6 CD Changer in trunk was recently replaced 21) Brand new UUC Motorwerks Short Shifter installed November 2013 - one month before car died 22) Brand new EVAP in trunk. 23) Rear end was rebuilt in 2010 with welding. 24) Leather eBrake. 25) Bosch glass headlights 26) Clear corners with Invisibulbs. 27) Most repairs documented on M3Forum where this car was famous! I will offer 7 day email support for the first 30 days! 28) Metal pedals. 29) ALL Light bulbs work on all electronics! 30) Digital Climate control with no missing pixels. 31) OBC with deluxe options from Lux Pxg 32) Lowered (H&R black springs for street) 33) Bilstein shocks 34) LTW Rims (Staggered - no full spare) 35) Rear spoiler with new Cyclops light. 36) Motorsport side badges. 37) New fuel pump and both floats working in gas tank. 38) Three-spoke steering wheel with tricolor M stitching and airbag (no airbag light). 39) Brand-new fog lights with premium bulbs. 40) Plastic underbelly just installed 1 month before it died - front end was never so tight. This car could still do 0-60 in under 6 seconds until the day it died. See video for more! I loved this car and kept it so mint that in 2012 when it was painted and I restored the interior it was literally better than the day I bought it, given all the upgrades. Video (of 2 days before they broke windshield Sat - pm me for video of windshield). http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/kirkpatricknn/media/WP_20140612_007_zps0182daf1.mp4.html Thus, I am not parting it out - I am hoping someone who has an engine and some expertise will restore this to its glory days! |
BMW M3 for Sale
'04 6 speed smg 6k mi premium pkg sunroof nappa leather harmon kardon audio
2001 bmw e46 m3 coupe laguna seca blue 6-speed manual 9,900 miles tasteful mods(US $69,900.00)
1998 bmw m3 4 door alpine white exterior & modena nappa natrual interior(US $9,500.00)
2012 bmw m3 base convertible 2-door 4.0l
2012 bmw m3 e92 6mt individual laguna seca blue paint and rust brown interior(US $60,000.00)
M3 coupe elite certified cpo competition package only 3k miles 6 speed manual(US $63,988.00)
Auto Services in Texas
Whatley Motors ★★★★★
Westside Chevrolet ★★★★★
Westpark Auto ★★★★★
WE BUY CARS ★★★★★
Waco Hyundai ★★★★★
Victorymotorcars ★★★★★
Auto blog
Old vs. new debate gets new life with $25,000 Fiesta ST vs. E46 M3 showdown
Fri, 10 Jan 2014You know who you are. There's probably a few of you reading; the ones that say, "Why would I spend $27,000 on a new Mazda MX-5 when I could get a used Chevrolet Corvette with more power." Yes, we're talking to you, used car proponents. While it is a fair argument, it's not like used cars don't come with drawbacks of their own, though.
In an attempt to put this new-versus-used argument to bed once and for all, Matt Farah of the The Smoking Tire has picked up a pair of $25,000 cars - a used, but lightly modified, 2003 BMW M3 and a 2013 Ford Fiesta ST. Naturally, there's a comparison.
Farah, as he's wont to do, does get into the nitty gritty of what each car is like to drive, and discusses the merits of used and new-car shopping. But as he rightly points out while testing the M3, "So, it is a good car. But like any used car, it really does depend on the individual car."
BMW offering Track Handling Package for 2 Series
Thu, 17 Apr 2014After getting a chance to drive the BMW M235i earlier this year, we mentioned our regret at not being able to sample the lighter and less powerful 228i Coupe. We'd like to have seen how close the latter could get to the former, noting that "there's a lot of room for upgrades with the $11,000 retail difference." BMW is closing that performance gap slightly, announcing that a Track Handling Package will join the options sheet for the 2015 228i Coupe.
The group bolts on Variable Sport Steering, Adaptive M Suspension and M Sport Brakes behind new 18-inch lightweight wheels wearing Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires. There's no change to the 240-horsepower four-cylinder, but a coupe so equipped should be able to do plenty more with the horses it has thanks to a faster steering rack, sharper handling due to additional sensors and a ten-millimeter drop in ride height, and larger brakes and discs.
BMW has used the New York Auto Show as a venue to introduce the new Track Handling Package, and it will roll onto showroom floors in July and pricing will be announced sometime between now and then. Takers can get it with both the six-speed manual and eight-speed Sport Automatic, see it in the high-res image gallery above, and read about it in the press release below.
BMW's Quandt family in hot water over Merkel campaign contributions
Sun, 20 Oct 2013The mysterious and elusive Quandt family is in hot water again, nearly two years after its Nazi connections during World War II were exposed. The German family's patriarch, Herbert Quandt, nearly single-handedly saved BMW from being bought out by Daimler-Benz in 1959. Now, three living family members own nearly half of the German brand, and stand accused of buying votes with donations to the party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mere days ahead of a European Union vote that would cap vehicle emissions.
Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union accepted three donations, one from each shareholding member of the Quandt family.
Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union accepted three donations, one from each shareholding member of the Quandt family, totaling 690,000 euros ($935,000), on October 9. The CDU, for what it's worth, claim the donations weren't related to any political decisions and that the family have been donors for years. A Quandt family spokesperson, meanwhile, said that the family had been waiting for Germany's September 22 elections to pass before making a large contribution to the CDU.