well i wouldn't even attempt it, and to have a shop do it would cost thousands in labor.
Wrong! Wrong because until you've actually done a full suspension rebuild on this car, you can't even begin to comprehend the amount of work that's involved, IF you have all the right tools and a lift that is. it's easy to just add up the parts $$$$ and think ah. $300 on brakes could be pretty close depending on what you're looking for.īut this isnt even half the story. $500 on cooling system stuff is doable but even there it wont cover everything. It's easy and cheap to do a cooling system on these s not cheap nor easy to get that 100k miles off the engine/tranny/chasis $600 worth of suspension parts won't get you everything you need for a full suspension rebuild,not even close, especially if you want anything aftermarket. Compare that to the 200k mile M3, I personally think the highly maintained 100k M3 is a better decision. Assuming you DIY (like most of us do), you now have an M3 with 100k miles and every piece of maintenance up to date for an extra $1400. Your order $600 worth of parts for the suspension. You get home, order $500 worth of parts for the cooling system. You buy a 100k M3 without any maintenance done. I don't understand why someone would buy a M3 with 200k on it compared to one with 100k.just because it had maintenance done. especially when there are plenty out there for sale with lower miles personally i wouldnt buy a car higher than 200K as i dont like staring at that high number on the Odometer. there are plenty being sold you should find one for a good price. Id look for one around 150K with receipts and inspect every bit of the car you can.
Its not gunna be affordable if you cant do it yourself! and even if you can, it still aint gunna be cheapīottom line: if you like / have the know how to work on cars then go for it! you will love the car and how its built. your vanos unit will probably need servicing as well that being said, only if it has had proper maintenance. the engine and trans will last a long time. Ive seen e36m with just below 300k on the clock. Over all as long as you replace/ inspect all the wearable items, the car will last a long time. Probably will need new Guibos/flex discs before they explode and send your drive shaft flopping through the floor pan to cut your legs off at 100mph (over exaggeration but i have seen crazier things) You are going to hear some squeaking / strange noises and feel a bit of play in the rear until you replace quite a few bushings, you probably wouldnt need them all done right away, you can get away with using the old ones till you get around to replacing them, and youll notice a huge difference in handling. Needed all new shocks, bushings, mounts, and all fluids replaced and it handled like new!Įngine and tranny mounts are very important to keep up as it can easily be over revved from a miss shift under high torque conditions and its all flopping around down there. I bought my 95 m3 with 155k great car but definitely needed some things. If you can't, don't know how to, can't afford, to do most of the work required to maintain these cars, Don't get a old, high mileage, German sports coupe or sedan. Way less than that the last few years too. lol (owned since new and it now has 72K miles, coming up on 17 years, that's about 4.2K per year. (the Audi was going to become a real money pit very quickly, and had practically no resale value) It'll probably take another 10 years for my m3 to get to 100K. I had an 01 Audi A6 Avant for 8 years and just over 90K when I sold it to get the Mini. To tell the truth, I've NEVER even owned a car that got over the 100K mark. Perfect is when it left the factory, that's probably as good as it ever will be, unless you rebuild it. But for the most part, with proper maintenance and care, these things can easily run a couple of 100K more.īut I'll say 150K is starting to really get up there.Īs for mechanically perfect? Probably not. Suspension, cooling system issues are expensive and need to be done. With an E36 100K is high, but mostly from a maintenance standpoint. It used to be anything over 100K was very high mileage. I guess that depends on who's doing the asking.