Buying a first BMW
Hello, Im a 20 year old college student from EU and I plan on buying an e46 (manual only) as my second car, my daily runs perfectly but I will probably leave that car to my brother when he gets his license, I want to get a petrol engine since 90% of my drives are to college and back in the same city and it is stop and go driving so the diesel is out of the question, I was looking to buy a 320i(M54B22) or the 323i(M52TUB25), yes I am aware with the whole cooling system and rubber gaskets, since I dont have a lot of money I planned on maintaining the car myself since there are tons of forums and tutorials, of course if something more challenging and serious is in place I would eventually go to the mechanic, I care more about the bodywork and the mechanical aspect of the car than the seats wheels and such since I can just change it all to my liking whenever I feel like it, I planned on only getting the 6 cylinder engines since they are the most reliable and they are more powerful, the reason I say that is because the next car I buy I plan on keeping it until it dies, I like the older generation of cars when everything was simpler and less electronic.
TL:DR
Im broke and want to buy a 6 cylinder petrol e46
Is it a money pit? Is it worth it?
Is it a stupid decision?
Are there any other models that I should look into?