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Richard Hammond Explains Why The E46 BMW 3 Series Is Perfect

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Raphael Orlove
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Before landing a gig at Top Gear, Richard Hammond worked for Motor Week, and he took the time to explain why you shouldn't buy a now-classic E46 BMW 3er.

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You see, the car is just too good. He can only find a single fault with the car at all (rear seat legroom doesn't trouble the Hamster). The sump plug is a carryover fromt he E36! Surely the German engineer responsible for this cost cutting was shot for his mistake after this episode aired back in 1998.

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MotorWeek Theater is our showcase of some of our favorite classic reviews from public television's finest motoring program and in this case some random old British car show. How does this video only have 22 views on YouTube? It's got that guy who crashed at 300 miles an hour in it!