Any luck at junkyards?

[Tbonem3]

The only real deals you can find are parts that are on both m3 and 323ci, for example

[sev]

Ive seen a few m3's in the junkyard but they were stripped shells. Lots of e46s though. Ive picked so much stuff.

This is in So Cal

[bigjae46]

In houston there are a bunch of dismantlers that scoop them up. Be very wary of what you buy. Extreme caution is advised.

[usdmej]

never seen an M3 at a junkyard but plenty of normal E46s.
be careful on pulling any interior parts though, a lot of them have been weather exposed and, depending on your standards, not worth transferring to your car.

[Obioban]

Tons of BMWs, never any M cars. They're worth too much in parts to end up in junk yards.

[Cubieman]

If one was ever in Lincoln, NE there would be line of people. Even non-m E46's are fairly rare and are picked clean very quickly at my local junkyard.

I imagine in CA junkyards it may be different, seems like 60% of the M3s live in CA.

[oceansize]

With the advent of copart and specialized strippers/sellers on ebay I've not seen a single M3 in a junk yard anywhere close to my area but I quit looking years ago. Perhaps larger metropolitan areas are different.

[Mackshackm3]

Has anyone had luck in their home city finding m3’s or any e46’s in general at their local junk yard (for pulling parts?). I’m in the Houston surrounding areas and haven’t been to one in a decade but when I used to frequent this places I never saw bmw’s or Mercedes just sitting there waiting for parts to get picked…..seemed like the junkyard management would strip them out and put all the parts on eBay. All I saw laying around for picking were old 90’s American cars, Saturns, Buicks, fords chevys etc

just wondering what everyone’s experience has been finding our cars at these places. Just looking for small replacement trim pieces etc…..not looking to get a 4.10 diff or anything fancy lol