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Revolutions: the wheels for those with a bit more of an imagination than those who fit Minilites. Only a bit more, mind.
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Revolutions: the wheels for those with a bit more of an imagination than those who fit Minilites. Only a bit more, mind.
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Take one 318i, add parts from a donor M3, and bam!
The build.
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=578901
The build.
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=578901
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The front quater vent doesn't look right without the chrome. Apart from that.....I' s'pose my question is why? You have an M3, you have a 318. Both are great for different reasons, but I don't think its the best job done in the world (although props for making it tasteful). If he was so desperate for an M3 4 door, why not spice up an E36 M3? Or maybe stretch it to an E9x?
Liking the seats though.
Liking the seats though.
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Only reason he did this is tax.
The build thread explained most of it, but basically it costs 80k on top of purchase price to register an M3.
The build thread explained most of it, but basically it costs 80k on top of purchase price to register an M3.
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I think it's pretty cool. I don't like the blacked-out grille though, it just doesn't work on dark cars. The best bit is the CSL-style bootlid. I'll show these pics to my 318i-driving friend, he'll love them...
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waiiiiitwaitwaitwait. You're telling me it costs roughly THREE TIMES what the car itsself is worth just to register it?
Or should it be 8k?
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Well...lemme check prices...I WAS thinking E36, but...
Well, we're looking around $36K USD...But...still, that's a lot of money in any currency, save for maybe YEN, to pay for just REGISTERING a car!
I find that absolutely ridiculous.
Well, we're looking around $36K USD...But...still, that's a lot of money in any currency, save for maybe YEN, to pay for just REGISTERING a car!
I find that absolutely ridiculous.
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You don't get out much, do you?
Most of Europe has huge taxes on their autos, with a lot more complexity to the system.However, Normay, if I recall correctly, has something, in total, like a 180% tax rate after all is said and done on cars.
And recall, in the UK, you can basically translate Pounds straight to US Dollars, 1 to 1, for the price of a car, despite a closer to 2:1 exchange rate...
You guys don't pay much for cars do you? The average E46 M3 is still 80k here...
Cheapest one I found in the state is $18,000. 82,000 Miles on it, but still...
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Prius tuned by Tommy Kaira, yes. If it happens
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You're pretty much right on that. Sometimes it's even worse. I seem to remember when you guys were paying $12k for a Dodge Neon, we were paying around ÂŁ15k for the Neon in the UK...
Oh, and I wish the exchange rate was still 2:1. Our currency is weak as anything at the moment. One pound is $1.6 at the moment. It hasn't been 2:1 since I was in the States this time two years ago...
On the plus side, we're actually cheaper than much of Europe now. Consumers in the UK spent so long complaining that everywhere else in Europe was cheaper to buy a car that we've been getting better and better value for money over the last decade or so. Ten years back tens of thousands of people were actually buying their cars from Germany, Italy, France etc, but I'd be surprised if that number was in the hundreds these days.
Oh, the Prius and Zagato Alfa? WIN đź‘Ť
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