{"id":14508,"date":"2022-02-02T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14508"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:34:43","slug":"matt-farah-e46-m3-eag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14508","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Matt Farah&#8217;s E46 BMW M3 is Museum Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As BMW enthusiasts, we often put the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/01\/10\/bmw-e46-m3-for-sale\/\"> E46 BMW M3<\/a> on a pedestal, as many of us claim it to be the best M3 of all time. Though, it can be easy to make such hyperbolic claims through the rose-tinted lens of nostalgia. Is it really true, though, is the E46 M3 as good as we remember? Matt Farah apparently thinks so, as he just recently bought one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2020\/05\/30\/enthusiast-auto-group-video-tour\/\">Enthusiast Auto Group<\/a> and it\u2019s about the nicest stock E46 M3 you\u2019ll ever see.<\/p>\n<p>In this new video from The Smoking Tire, Farah shows off his new E46 M3, explains why he bought it, and drives it on some stunning mountain roads. It\u2019s a great watch but it\u2019s also dangerous because it\u2019s going to make a lot of BMW fans scouring classifieds for E46 M3s that are more expensive than they can afford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-405355\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-830x528.jpg\" alt=\"bmw e46 m3 00 830x528\" width=\"830\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-830x528.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-1609x1024.jpg 1609w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw e46 m3 00 830x528\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-405355\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20528%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-830x528.jpg\" alt=\"bmw e46 m3 00 830x528\" width=\"830\" height=\"528\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-830x528.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-1609x1024.jpg 1609w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bmw_e46_m3_00.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw e46 m3 00 830x528\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As previously mentioned, Farah bought his M3 from EAG, which probably has the most pristine collection of M cars outside of the BMW Classic museum. In fact, Farah\u2019s E46 M3 is essentially museum-quality; it\u2019s literally never been driven in the rain, its paint is perfect, it has extremely low miles, and looks like it just rolled off the factory floor. Actually, it\u2019s better because it\u2019s been completely refreshed by EAG, paint corrected, and given a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/01\/20\/dinan-stage-1-software-upgrade-s63-engine\/\">Dinan<\/a> intake, exhaust, and front sway bar. So it\u2019s a mildly enhanced museum-quality E46 M3.<\/p>\n<p>This video is going to make almost all enthusiasts reading\/watching jump to their favorite classifieds or auction site to seek out the best E46 M3 they can afford. And for good reason. Farah\u2019s car is absolutely gorgeous and offers him a brand-new E46 M3 experience, something you can\u2019t really put a price tag on. Dammit, now I\u2019m gonna be looking for pricey E46 M3s. How much are kidneys worth, ya think?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Here's Why I Bought the Cleanest E46 M3 EVER! - TheSmokingTire\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rxn5860e4Vw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As BMW enthusiasts, we often put the E46 BMW M3 on a pedestal, as many of us claim it to be the best M3 of all time. Though, it can be easy to make such hyperbolic claims through the rose-tinted lens of nostalgia. Is it really true, though, is the E46 M3 as good as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}