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ScottStoecker@excite.com - 26 Oct 2005 22:12 GMT

I have done a search for a service manual for my 1999 323is, and the
results come back with this:

BMW 3 Series (E36) Service Manual: 1992-1998

I have not found any years that include 1999. (Maybe I'm not looking in
the right places, but I did look on the Robert Bentley website.) Is
this the correct book I should purchase? I started looking after my
local dealer said it would cost $925 for an Inspection II service.
Ouch!

Thank you,
Scott

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Floyd Rogers - 26 Oct 2005 22:27 GMT

<ScottStoecker@excite.com> wrote

>I have done a search for a service manual for my 1999 323is, and the
> results come back with this:
>
> BMW 3 Series (E36) Service Manual: 1992-1998

You have an E46.

> I have not found any years that include 1999. (Maybe I'm not looking in
> the right places, but I did look on the Robert Bentley website.) Is
> this the correct book I should purchase? I started looking after my
> local dealer said it would cost $925 for an Inspection II service.
> Ouch!

That's garbage - $200-$300 high.

FloydR

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John - 26 Oct 2005 22:42 GMT

This is the correct manual. The 1999 323is is virtually identical to the
1998.

>>I have done a search for a service manual for my 1999 323is, and the
>> results come back with this:
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>
> FloydR

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Floyd Rogers - 26 Oct 2005 23:51 GMT

"John" <jrtjr@adelphia.net> wrote

> This is the correct manual. The 1999 323is is virtually identical to the
> 1998.
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>>
>> You have an E46.

Oh, yes. This is one of those crazy coupe/sedan model year things.
If you have a '99 coupe, it's an E36 even though the first year for the
E46 sedan was '99.

FloydR

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ScottStoecker@excite.com - 06 Nov 2005 00:26 GMT

To follow up, I called a different dealer, and their price was about
$600 less than the dealership in Lansing that gave me the price of
$925. So I'll be permanently be sending my business somewhere else.

Thanks to everyone,
Scott

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