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Same day as Sage, too!
Yesterday I picked up a new-to-me 2003 BMW 325i. It's a 23,000 mile CPO car, which means that in a year and a half when the original warranty expires, it gets an additional 2 years or 50,000 miles on the major systems.
It's a ZSP (Sports package) with a manual transmission, heated leather seats, moonroof, and xenon headlights. In other words it has everything I considered essential and no fluff. I would have liked to get a 330, but there was a big step up in price to get the additional power, and this has enough motor to be fun. This engine is notoriously hard to modify effectively, but I may be doing a few basic items to it.
The previous owner apparently added the lip spoiler and a small color-matched spoiler at the top of the back window, which are nice subtle touches of personality. It seems to have a short-throw shifter in it, too, because the throws seem, well, shorter than on the other 325s I recall driving. The clutch takeup is also better placed for some reason - in most of the BMWs I've driven the catch point is way up high in the travel, but this car seems much more linear.
It was a 250-mile round trip from one end of New Jersey to the other to get it, but the deal seemed worth it. I can't wait for an excuse to drive it - almost makes it worth going to work.
Yesterday I picked up a new-to-me 2003 BMW 325i. It's a 23,000 mile CPO car, which means that in a year and a half when the original warranty expires, it gets an additional 2 years or 50,000 miles on the major systems.
It's a ZSP (Sports package) with a manual transmission, heated leather seats, moonroof, and xenon headlights. In other words it has everything I considered essential and no fluff. I would have liked to get a 330, but there was a big step up in price to get the additional power, and this has enough motor to be fun. This engine is notoriously hard to modify effectively, but I may be doing a few basic items to it.
The previous owner apparently added the lip spoiler and a small color-matched spoiler at the top of the back window, which are nice subtle touches of personality. It seems to have a short-throw shifter in it, too, because the throws seem, well, shorter than on the other 325s I recall driving. The clutch takeup is also better placed for some reason - in most of the BMWs I've driven the catch point is way up high in the travel, but this car seems much more linear.
It was a 250-mile round trip from one end of New Jersey to the other to get it, but the deal seemed worth it. I can't wait for an excuse to drive it - almost makes it worth going to work.