BMW 325ti Compact - On the road in the affordable E46 M3

[@andrewrichards6153]

Greetings from the U.K. I bought a Sapphire Black 325ti M Sport from Germany back in 2004. It was 18 months old when I purchased it with only 6000 km on the clock. It was LHD but I had it registered in the UK with UK plates. I used it to go back and forth to Germany for about 10 years. I ended up selling it with 350,000km on the clock. It was still on its original clutch and never missed a beat. That 2.5l straight 6 was bomb proof. I used to cruise it at 200km/h on the Autobahn and it pulled all the way up to about 240km/h. The build quality was superb and I miss that car a lot. Apart from tyres, discs and pads, the only thing I had to replace was the Xenon bulbs as they started to go dim and quite a few coil packs as they tended to fail a lot because of the heat build up.

[@lenpastoor5997]

Hello from Australia. I also have a 325ti 5speed manual, it has been M54B30 swapped, a bit of extra power and torque makes it a fun little car

[@kisbandi946]

Hi Mate🙂I have a 2003 as 30 ti (m54b30+ lsd) compact, I am now planning to rebuild a complete 46 m3 engine, transmission chassis ... the transmission is smg inside... I will send pictures and video when it is ready 😉

[@joonkt3483]

Greetings from Malaysia. I've 325ti as well. However it's with an automatic tranny. Wished it was manual like yours. Totally agree it being a rare car. I've only seen 2 other cars on the road and that was quite some years ago and am not sure how many units are in Malaysia.

[@simontrigg9059]

The 'ti' is an abbreviation for touring international.I'm not entirely sure why BMW decided to badge them this way,but it sounds cool.