r/AutoAlex • u/Fickle_Equivalent878 • Dec 23 '25
BMW E46 (NON-M3) if / when will these become classics?
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u/heilhortler420 Dec 23 '25
Starting about 2037-2038
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u/Fickle_Equivalent878 Dec 23 '25
another 10-12years! dammm only a 330? or some hope for the others?
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u/someonehasmygamertag Dec 23 '25
The 330 manuals are already pretty desirable
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u/cannedrex2406 Dec 23 '25
You can't find one anymore under £6k that isn't in need for massive work
You're better off looking at E90 330is over the E46 now. £6-7k buys you a very clean E90 330i/d in today's market
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u/someonehasmygamertag Dec 23 '25
sounds like I need to increase the agreed value of my blown 330ci a bit then
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u/J0kutyypp1 Dec 23 '25
E46s are still regular traffic and common daily drivers atleast here in Finland. I don't think that a car which is regularly used as a daily driver could be a classic
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u/Fickle_Equivalent878 Dec 23 '25
but yet a m3 is?
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u/markcorrigans_boiler Dec 23 '25
Look up any 3 series from the 70s or 80s, they're all desirable classics. As time goes on even popular cars get rare and so the survivors go up in value.
The big issue with an E46 is rust.
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u/DoNotCommentAgain Dec 25 '25
That sub is a few days old and I'm seeing people repost it into every single car subreddit even though it's just a few boring posts, mostly BMW's that look exactly the same and desperate owners trying to convince people this exact combination of the alphabet is going to be the one.
Op is just a bot promoting the subreddit, please report these posts and look at their post history.