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Originally Posted by 3M TAPE
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Originally Posted by wdeerfield
best you will get is an 1er in xdrive (hopefully) Im really hoping they give the US a 1er msport xdrive with a turbo 4 that gets close to 40mpg on the highway. that would be a nice e36/e46 replacement
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I tell you this, nothing will replace the E46 generation BMWs.
The way E46 handled, feel, size, engine, over-engineering, etc.
People say F22 2er is the replacement but it is far from it.
BMW began to lose their mojo with the F chassis/code generation.
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E46 was unreliable. Too many issues. Window regulators, door lock actuators, cv boots ripping, guibo, ofhg, valve cover gasket, double vanos issues, cooling system being all plastic and brittle, rear shock mounts, rust in rear wheel arches on like every northern e46.
Granted. I did love the size and feedback in the wheel and handling like it was on rails and feeling pretty fast for 189 hp. (Had a 325xi) but the problems were too much. My e90 was perfect and didn't experience really any issues and the f30 is even better. While it may have lost some driving dynamics, it makes up for it in reliability.