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:-D

Just cause I live in the States doesn't mean I agree with the mentality of pick ups or SUV's.

We need to petition BMW to make more of them ;)

I hope you're not referring to pick ups.

No worries Cossack, we are playing about. We just all happened to see it in real life the other day

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Trust me this doesn't affect me. I already have all the parts that are worthwhile doing. I'm on your guy's side to ramp up production. The market will price those who can't afford to play out. How many people could afford oem csl parts, when they can get an M3 for the price of just an airbox, and interior. I'm fully covered for any incident, or accident. So for me I'd like to see BMW continue production of the parts. It doesn't help anyone for them to stop. I see the CSL as being a real classic car in about 20 years. All BMW has to do is raise the price on the parts, I'm sure less guys across the pond will be buying them then.

you have right Alex what about our roofs?, what if the clear coat peels off end they can't relacker it ?:banghead:.

FFS I go out for a few hours and come back to this shit fest :hahaha:

Cossack, dont take this the wrong way but you come across quite aggressively in a lot of your posts on this thread.

I personally think BMW have let all CSL owners down quite badly by permitting the sale of CSL specific parts to non owners full stop. In fact the more i think about it - its outragous :banghead:

The issue here really isn't about whether you can afford it or not - that's moot.

If CSL parts are easy to come by and as Yanto have pointed out -it's a free market and as Cossack have said easily obtainable from the USA - then why aren't there group buys every week from the USA for CSL parts from BMW NA - my suspicion is BMW NA would say you can't order it.

I know some parts are easy to come by and some aren't as easy, if there's a will there's always a way - heck GTS parts have been flowing to the USA for a while now, just not widely known how it is done.

I have no issues if people wanting legitimate parts buying a wreck or mint car and stripping it just for parts (it's done everyday in this world) - at least then you own a CSL and that means you are entitled to "Support" from BMW AG.

The point here is legitimate owners are being deprived of the ability for this support as BMW AG never anticipated majority of parts going to Countries that they never imported to - this is not elitism, it's an owner asking legitimately why can this happen in the first place.

I am mindful that you will never stop those wanting parts to be able to get them, but when BMW AG is selling truck loads to overseas, something's screwed up with their system. And as many have pointed out, why would they care - other than perhaps the possibility of there being legal liability if somebody gets killed having one of those carbon roof installed on a car that didn't destine to have one.


FYI - As Yanto pointed out, if there are enough orders, BMW will sometimes reproduce parts - so who here wants to put up some money :hahaha: I was told an owner of an E34 M5 once waited 14 months for BMW to reproduce a part ... so it does happen :hahaha:

FYI 2 - I've been waiting 7 months now for a particular part also on the CSL ... I wonder if I'll beat the 14 months record held by the E34 M5 owner above ....