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If you like bills why not go for an e9x 335i? Lots around that are suspiciously cheap, will no doubt provide both driving and financial excitement.
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Welcome back - you’ve been missed!
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Forget what the car is valued at, what's it worth to you? My personal view is that when I have a car I like for whatever reason I will happily pay to keep it running in top condition. £3 K doesn't sound like too much if you keep an otherwise good car going.
My particular kink is french hot hatches and I recently sold a really good one I loved. Bought a modern, safer 308 GTi 270 and it does absolutely nothing for me. Not a patch on the older 306.
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Don't think theres much newer that would maybe float your boat, my mate got a 130 M 2 door coupe job new in around 2013/14, the one thats got a little turbo on it. He normally never buys a car at the end of the deal but he kept that one and hasn't really kept anything else again since so must be alright. Its a second car for him though so maybe doesn't get as much wear. The interiors on a lot of those and the 3 series of the time got squeeky and rattly past about 5 years old.
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Alright? My 130i is up for some big repairs - timing chain has started rattling and it needs a full new exhaust which is NLA so will be a fabrication job. I love this car dearly, it’s so much fun and so useable and the fact that it’s a bit tatty adds to the appeal tbh. With a few other bits the bill is going to be around £3k, the car is worth about £1500, I bought it for £4k 3 years ago and I’ve put about 40,000 miles on it.
I honestly can’t think of another car I would prefer, the only option I can see is another one the same, much nicer, same year but with only 56k on it. It’s £8k which is a lot but I could own it for 5 years before it gets to the mileage my current one had when I bought it.
Any suggestions for alternatives? The 130 has rear drive, it’s manual, it’s got 5 doors, a big boot, anonymous grown-up looks, it sounds tremendous and has a 265hp straight 6. Subaru Impreza is the only thing I can think of but the nasty interiors and boy racer image put me off.