Y'all:
On this cold and rainy day in California's Central Coast Wine Country - the E46 is aging nicely in its little spot. It's been sitting there in silence for about 3 weeks. I took delivery on Feb 20, 2003 - 20 years ago - after special ordering it from the factory. A January 17, 2003 build date. When I ordered it there were literally no 330Ci’s in the entire country with ZSP (sport package), manual trans, leather sets, and no sunroof or any other frills. Paint is Steel Gray Metallic. Everything considered this has been an outstanding machine, one of the best cars I've ever owned. The E46 may be the last example of BMW's Ultimate Driving Machine era when the cars were relatively simple. Our E90 is more complex and harder to work on in every possible way. After taking these pictures it struck me that the E46 is finally starting to take up a classic look. After all, it is 20 years old...
Scott
On this cold and rainy day in California's Central Coast Wine Country - the E46 is aging nicely in its little spot. It's been sitting there in silence for about 3 weeks. I took delivery on Feb 20, 2003 - 20 years ago - after special ordering it from the factory. A January 17, 2003 build date. When I ordered it there were literally no 330Ci’s in the entire country with ZSP (sport package), manual trans, leather sets, and no sunroof or any other frills. Paint is Steel Gray Metallic. Everything considered this has been an outstanding machine, one of the best cars I've ever owned. The E46 may be the last example of BMW's Ultimate Driving Machine era when the cars were relatively simple. Our E90 is more complex and harder to work on in every possible way. After taking these pictures it struck me that the E46 is finally starting to take up a classic look. After all, it is 20 years old...
Scott