In case you haven't caught on... we find YOU to be an a.s... so get lost-
with or without your bummer.

On Feb 2, 3:28 am, E Brown <three19...@att.net> wrote:

Yes, "someone".

Not me, as I have no experience with 323s at all.

I was wondering if any new information came about since its been
months since I've been here.

I haven't heard anything about the 325i or 330i which I am STILL
considering.

So I might very well buy a BMW.  Although I am off put by the
defensiveness of some of the posters here.

And the paranoid-ness.

I had posted questions here for a few weeks before some guy wrote
about the "bmw is a bummer" and gave as a reason his failed
transmission.  If my trannie failed so soon, I would be pissed too.

I asked him a couple questions and questions to the group about the
trannie issue.  Some some brilliant poster here (you?, it probably was
a worm like you) stated that we (the 'bummer' poster and me) must be
the same person since we were both interested in trannie issues.  Nice
logic!  I had never mentioned the issue of its 'bummer' trannies until
he gave his history with them.

Anyway, I guess there is nothing new.  I am still interested in a
BMW.  The ones owned by my friends haven't failed yet.  Althoug they
are still in the warranty period.

You have to wonder about a make with owners so paranoid about its
reliability and posters asking questions about such.

In article
<37968036-3353-41b8-a8a8-4e533b2036f4@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,

Put a search on Ebay for the transmission in question. See what they fetch
secondhand. If the prices are sky high you'll have your answer. In the UK
there's little demand for secondhand ZF autos so they just fetch what
you'd expect.

    We're not so much paranoid as impatient with your stupidity. *You*
seem to be the paranoid one. I mean, why post this again? Do you think
there's secretly a huge group of people with failed automatics who
only speak of them when you're not around and you hope to catch them
out? There's been no epidemic of failed autos since your last foray
here, no significant influx of new E46 owners, no change in the
status.
    Instead, why not check somewhere else? Anywhere else? EVERYWHERE
else? The one thing people on the net like to do is complain, so even
the most cursory research should turn up reams of information if this
were a real issue. Or have the Gamma people initiated a cover-up?
    Second, perhaps your methodology of checking ONE place over and
over again is typical since  - according to you - you were all set to
buy an E46 3-series when you read ONE post from ONE - ahem, "other" -
PERSON saying that his transmission failed after blah years and
unsubstantiated maintenance driven who-knows-how poorly and you
decided that ONE instance was enough to write off the entire model run
and forestall your purchase.
    The answer now is the same as before: if you're worried about the
devastating possibility that the auto trans *might* fail, DON'T BUY
ONE. You don't like this group? DON'T POST HERE.
    But you might want to avoid walking as well. I saw someone last
week walking on crutches, turns out he'd broken his leg! I had no idea
legs were prone to these sort of failures, I find the  situation
*completely* unacceptable, and I'm currently researching the
manufacturer or designer of legs to discuss this shoddy workmanship.
My own legs have given me no trouble so far (indeed, I've completed
several marathons with them) but the idea that they're breakable has
really put me off the entire product line.
    I've read that in Scandinavia they're working on replacement parts
made from rather nice wooden blocks. You appear to be using their
"head" replacement unit - how did you find the service?  
    epbrown
--  
How can you know where I'm at if you haven't been where I been?
Can you see where I'm coming from? "How I Could Just Kill A Man" Cypress Hill

See, I find the Steptronic very annoying.  I _cannot_ get a smooth start
off the line with the Steptronic or SMG no matter how carefully I do it.
In some ways it feels like it has the worst of both worlds.
--scott

Ummm... not. They are made by GM - but GM in France, not the US and they
aren't a US design.  And GM is noted for one thing - knowing how to make
automatic transmissions..