Recommend nice BMW sites/forums.

[Yannis]

A friend of mine is considering buying a second hand E46 3 series and he needs to ask some technical questions.
Can BMW fans recommend some good BMW sites and forums for him please?

Here is a small list i have made:

http://www.bimmerforums.com/
http://www.bimmerwerkz.com/
http://forums.mwerks.com/

[Giannis]

is he going to buy the car at Zakynthos? or is he coming to Patras? If he's coming, here i can provide you some telephone numbers and some piece of advice on where he can find a good car!

[Yannis]

Thank you Giannis but he lives in Athens. He has found a two year old 3 series with the 1.8 lt valvetronic engine (140 hp) and 21,000 km for 26,500 euro and he is thinking about it. Right now he needs to know what kind of problems he should check for.

[Sayyaaf]

Yannis: the best one I think is http://forum.e46fanatics.com/

more concentrated on E46 .. but threads are easily spoiled by teenagers

[Yannis]

Thank you MJ.

I wonder where is just_me and Tycoon. Surely they will have something to recommend.

[warot]

Tell him to go to bimmerfest.com. That site is extremely good when it comes to technical advice. They will tell you what to look for in a second hand car, it's excellent. Although it's a great bunch of owners, I don't go there often anymore because I don't work at BMW anymore and don't drive a BMW

[Yannis]

Originally Posted by warot

Tell him to go to bimmerfest.com. That site is extremely good when it comes to technical advice. They will tell you what to look for in a second hand car, it's excellent. Although it's a great bunch of owners, I don't go there often anymore because I don't work at BMW anymore and don't drive a BMW

What happened to the 3 series you had?

[warot]

Originally Posted by Yannis

What happened to the 3 series you had?

The red one? That was just my car at work which I did accoustic work on

[Yannis]

Originally Posted by warot

The red one? That was just my car at work which I did accoustic work on

Oh right. I thought it was your car.

BTW what do you mean accoustic work?

[warot]

Originally Posted by Yannis

Oh right. I thought it was your car.

BTW what do you mean accoustic work?

I was an accoustic engineer for the summer. We tested cars that just rolled out of the factory for any kind of noise, just on the road and if it's bad, we took it into the accoustic lab and on the dyno. The red 330i was a reference car.... how a 330i should sound like without any problems (i.e drivetrain noise, windnoise, ect...)

[Just_me]

Yannis Have no links for you

BTW Im surprised you arent forcing him to buy a A4

[Yannis]

Originally Posted by Just_me

Yannis Have no links for you

BTW Im surprised you arent forcing him to buy a A4

No links?

Last year he almost bought a second hand A4. I wont suggest him to buy an Audi cause he likes to complain for every car he has. Last time he had a Toyota Avensis which was according to him very poorly made, unreliable , didn't handle well, was too slow ect. ect. so this time i hope he doesn't buy an Audi.

[warot]

Originally Posted by Yannis

No links?

Last year he almost bought a second hand A4. I wont suggest him to buy an Audi cause he likes to complain for every car he has. Last time he had a Toyota Avensis which was according to him very poorly made, unreliable , didn't handle well, was too slow ect. ect. so this time i hope he doesn't buy an Audi.

Again, bimmerfest is the only place you'll need for E46 info. Btw, how long is he planning to keep the car because that's a huge factor as well.

[Matt]

I was about to reccomend bimmerfest.com but warot already did. I used to be an avid member there as well.

[warot]

Originally Posted by Matt is bomb

I was about to reccomend bimmerfest.com but warot already did. I used to be an avid member there as well.

What was your screename?

[Matt]

CenterBMW, yours'

I need to change it because people started asking me about sales people and stuff.

[warot]

Originally Posted by Matt is bomb

CenterBMW, yours'

I need to change it because people started asking me about sales people and stuff.

I was thaiballs... I don't really remember anyone from there anymore. I joined when the 1er was about to be released. And half a year after that, I moved to GCF because it was less based on cars that you own and covered all German cars.

[Yannis]

Originally Posted by warot

Again, bimmerfest is the only place you'll need for E46 info. Btw, how long is he planning to keep the car because that's a huge factor as well.

He plans to keep it for about 4 years.

[Just_me]

Originally Posted by warot

I was thaiballs... I don't really remember anyone from there anymore. I joined when the 1er was about to be released. And half a year after that, I moved to GCF because it was less based on cars that you own and covered all German cars.

I remember you, Thaiballs and if the name Just_me doesnt help you, I was Zafiro in the old days. Ring a bell?

[Matt]

Yea, I think i also remember the name Thaiballs, were you using that at Germancaraddicts as well?

[warot]

Originally Posted by Matt is bomb

Yea, I think i also remember the name Thaiballs, were you using that at Germancaraddicts as well?

Yea I was there for a bit as well until we moved here.

[Netwerkz Wiz]

Another vote for the three sites already mentioned:
bimmerfest.com
bimmerforums.com
e46fanatics.com

[Giannis]

Yannis, did your friend buy the car?