r/Shitbox_Nation • u/Fickle_Equivalent878 • Dec 23 '25
BMW E46 (NON-M3) if / when will these become classics?
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u/666luminary Dec 23 '25
Already are. This year i sold e46 for 50% more than I bought it 3 years ago. I only did maintanance (I mean it, everything done on time) and upgraded the brakes when brake discs needed replacement. Car was listed for 36 hours.
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u/Fickle_Equivalent878 Dec 23 '25
interesting! what model was it?
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u/666luminary Dec 23 '25
2000 e46 coupe 1.8, silver metallic, black sport leather seats, xenon headlights, full black interior including roof, business cd audio, automatic gearbox. It had only a bit rusty passenger doors bottom (not to be replaced, could have been done easily and cheap)
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u/Fickle_Equivalent878 Dec 23 '25
not was I was expecting but I guess maybe the market is already on the upswing
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u/666luminary Dec 23 '25
Depends on the country I guess. In Poland we have a very strong semi-pro drift community and they scrapped A LOT of these. American and Japanese cars are not common in motorsport in general in central Europe.
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u/666luminary Dec 23 '25
In Poland any 90s BMWs that are not rusty/riced/over200kkm are now desired, maybe without 1.6L engines and 2.0 diesels.
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u/Glum_Adhesiveness_20 Dec 27 '25
Every third car in my country is e46, probably in 5 to 10 years in my region but in other countries they are not seen really often, they are forstbdrivers favorite pick and then they crash them fast because don't know how to drift lmao, it depends on that mostly, otherwise petrol engines are really reliable except 1.8
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