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      03-04-2017, 06:12 PM   #17
Ian1973
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E46's are maintenance pigs and have some chassis flaws. The VANOS being the huge one. If the bolts in the VANOS are failing you can expect a complete motor failure. You have to check and adjust the valves like every 30k miles. Have they ever been adjusted? Then you have to think about the subframe mounts, as the floor tears.

The interior trim scratches and peels. The rearview mirrors have a tendency to fail and leak onto the interior and ruin it.

Just to name a few things. lol But they are cool cars and drive differently than any generation after.
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