Hello guys been a while since I've posted on the forum, I was in pursuit of a new car after the R26 was sold but finding one was very difficult as the megane ticked all the boxes in terms of performance and running costs.
So I went away and looked at pistonheads/autotrader for a long time and decided I really liked the 350z & E46 M3 and both were similar prices, I test drove both and they were very different but both great in there own ways and my mind was made up that I would happily own either of them.
I must of viewed hundreds of M3's and they were all dogs and i really wanted laguna seca blue which is a very rare colour and there were none available which made me sway more towards the 350z and I found a perfect fully loaded one on a 07 plate with every option available in grey with 55,000 miles so I went to view and it was bought!
However after only two weeks of ownership I got a call from a friend of mine telling me that the owner of bartley bmw specialists was thinking of selling his M3 and I asked for the contact details and thought "what the hell" it's got to be worth a look, on my arrival to the guys house I was presented with an immaculate Laguna seca blue M3 with lots of CSL goodies with amazing service history as you can imagine,
Spec as follows:
2002
Laguna seca blue
2 owners
SMG2 gearbox
59,000 miles
Amazing service history
Silver grey leather
Fully loaded
Mods:
Genuine CSL wheels with pilot sports
Genuine CSL bootlid
Genuine CSL cats
Genuine CSL diffuser
H&R lowering springs
Eibach anti roll bars
Stoptech front brakes & floating rears
Braided brake lines
Supersprint centre section
Eisenmann race rear back box
Carbon side grills
Carbon bonnet grill
Carbon CSL spats
Carbon carbonio air intake
L.E.D rears
The list goes on:
So I sold the 350z and bought the M3 and I'm a very happy man, such a special car that gets comments everywhere I go!
Sorry for the iPhone pics I will update with better picture when I can!
Comments welcome!
So I went away and looked at pistonheads/autotrader for a long time and decided I really liked the 350z & E46 M3 and both were similar prices, I test drove both and they were very different but both great in there own ways and my mind was made up that I would happily own either of them.
I must of viewed hundreds of M3's and they were all dogs and i really wanted laguna seca blue which is a very rare colour and there were none available which made me sway more towards the 350z and I found a perfect fully loaded one on a 07 plate with every option available in grey with 55,000 miles so I went to view and it was bought!
However after only two weeks of ownership I got a call from a friend of mine telling me that the owner of bartley bmw specialists was thinking of selling his M3 and I asked for the contact details and thought "what the hell" it's got to be worth a look, on my arrival to the guys house I was presented with an immaculate Laguna seca blue M3 with lots of CSL goodies with amazing service history as you can imagine,
Spec as follows:
2002
Laguna seca blue
2 owners
SMG2 gearbox
59,000 miles
Amazing service history
Silver grey leather
Fully loaded
Mods:
Genuine CSL wheels with pilot sports
Genuine CSL bootlid
Genuine CSL cats
Genuine CSL diffuser
H&R lowering springs
Eibach anti roll bars
Stoptech front brakes & floating rears
Braided brake lines
Supersprint centre section
Eisenmann race rear back box
Carbon side grills
Carbon bonnet grill
Carbon CSL spats
Carbon carbonio air intake
L.E.D rears
The list goes on:
So I sold the 350z and bought the M3 and I'm a very happy man, such a special car that gets comments everywhere I go!
Sorry for the iPhone pics I will update with better picture when I can!
Comments welcome!
