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    New to forum, thought I'd introduce myself and my E46

    Thought I'd introduce myself! Back in November of 2018 I purchased a 2004 325i from the original owner, it had 87,000 miles on it. Car is a manual and the only options were ZCW and ZPP (cold weather and premium). And elderly couple had bought the car new and took incredible care of it. Fast forward to now and I've put nearly 23,000 miles on the car, it's my daily driver and I have a ~90 mile round trip commute. I make it a point pretty much every weekend to take it into the hills and really get after it, what an incredible chassis the E46 is and I'm very happy to finally own one.


    Here is the car when I brought it home last November.


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    The few things I've done to modify the car have been quite subtle.


    -ZHP Shift knob
    -Style 68 wheels
    -H&R Race cup kit
    -Pagid pads


    Besides that I've just taken care of some maintenance items and kept all the fluids drained. Recently I cracked open the valve cover gasket to take care of VANOS - Everything looked immaculate -


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    And here are a few pictures of how the car sits now -


    DSC00761 by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    DSC00726 by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Finally got rid of front plate


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    And here it is as recently as last weekend after a nice bath


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Untitled by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    I'm also going to include a link to a spreadsheet where I track expenses and maintenance. You'll notice on that last month I hit a deer, the damage was minimal, but since I have comprehensive I went ahead and filed a claim (does not raise rates). They wrote me a damn nice check considering the minimal damage and I took care of a few things that were bothering me. Namely the small dent in the passenger side fender that had been there since I purchased the car, and a little rust on the rear passenger fender. I also got some black kidneys since I lost one. I left the hood along, the damage is hardly noticeable. I also left the bumper cover alone, because well, it's a daily driven car and usually covered in bugs within a few days of me washing the thing. Here is damage from deer.


    DSC00009 by Erik Friedland, on Flickr


    Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing


    Thanks for reading, happy to be here!

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    Oh, I forgot to add, I did order a sport wheel for it. Should be here Friday. I'm looking forward to that.

    And thanks for the comments!

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