In terms of performance, bushings have already been covered, but I haven’t see a Z3 steering rack been mentioned yet. It basically makes the steering snappier and the car feels more go-kart-y.
Just an FYI for you and whomever might come across this post. Bmw alternators are amazing and have removable voltage regulators. Just had a voltage drain that I diagnosed as a bad alternator on my e61. New voltage regulator for $30 and I’m back on the road, this was about 4 months ago. Saved me a lot of money when I was considering a chain store alternator, and it’s all oem equipment now. After this I learned that most of the time it’s not the alternator that goes bad, just the regulator. But almost no one makes alternators with removable regulators anymore.
Just recently replaced the fuel pump, tie rod ends and a left front spring and had to do some engine head work, replacing the exhaust valves, valve stem seals etc. and replacing the VANOS, everything straight off the shelf, only item the shop had to order was the spring since my car is still on the original M-Sport suspension.
For about a month I have owned a 2016 REx whose 60 Ah battery is supposed to get 72 miles. This week I fully charged it and have been commuting four four days without topping up. Today the REx kicked in with the trip meter at 73.3 miles. This was a mixture of city traffic jams and short bursts on the carriageway, mostly with the air con on and mostly in Comfort mode. So I'm pretty pleased.
Today I actually saw a car where the wheels had fallen off. I had to dodge a brake disc in the road lol.
Hey that's one thing that is easy to replace in my e46 bmw 3 twist pins under the hood by the windshield and its out
M3 stock brakes are better, the GTI gets a little tail-happy under hard braking above 110-130mph.
My local Bavarian car specialist refuses to install ceramic pads and will only do OEM due to low performance in the cold and increased wear on rotors. I was looking forward to less brake dust, especially on the front, but I live on top of one of the steepest hills in the city. I now have OEM pads.
My experience of running my previous E46 325i (rare manual) echoes what some of the others are saying.
Cooling system components are flakey at best, especially the expansion tank.
Side-note BMW's smells like peaches :laugh: Doesn't work for crap in cold weather, we had do change a lot of pumps out even when doubling the concentration. Would freeze up when it hit the teens and split those suckers right in two.
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