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OSULemon
OSULemon Reader
8/18/14 6:40 p.m.

At that price point, I have to ask. What does the e36 m3 have as an advantage? Reliability? Ease of service? Parts cost? I'm sure the m3 is more raw feeling, and the ZHP has no LSD.

Storz
Storz Dork
8/18/14 6:40 p.m.
bmw88rider wrote: How is the rear seat in one of those? I've got the need for a bigger 4 door because my forester is just a little too small to fit everyone in. I was looking here or a 5 series as an option. I'd rather go 3 series but we will see.

Its not too bad, we have my sons Recaro Proride child seat installed using the factory latches

Harvey
Harvey GRM+ Memberand Reader
8/18/14 8:01 p.m.
bmw88rider wrote: How is the rear seat in one of those? I've got the need for a bigger 4 door because my forester is just a little too small to fit everyone in. I was looking here or a 5 series as an option. I'd rather go 3 series but we will see.

Its not gonna be much bigger than a Forester. Maybe a little.

Harvey
Harvey GRM+ Memberand Reader
8/18/14 8:04 p.m.
OSULemon wrote: At that price point, I have to ask. What does the e36 m3 have as an advantage? Reliability? Ease of service? Parts cost? I'm sure the m3 is more raw feeling, and the ZHP has no LSD.

Not much. The mechanical LSD is about all. The ZHP e46 is just about as simple and cheap to wrench on as the e36 m3. The changes to the ZHP make it just as involving IMO as the m3.

e46potenza
e46potenza None
8/18/14 8:06 p.m.

Nice! Pretty hard to beat the way a BMW feels in the curves... but maybe I'm biased lol

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UberDork
8/18/14 8:21 p.m.

Great score. I almost bought one of those in 2010.

glueguy
glueguy GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
8/18/14 8:48 p.m.

To me the telltale sign of a ZHP is the chrome gauge rings and red pointers instead of white on normal E46's. If someone has gone through the hassle to swap clusters, there will be other telltale signs of mods or abuse to where the condition of the car will play in as much as what it or might be.

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