2 months of CSL ownership
 

and finally got around to posting a few pics

Nice Car needs a full detail!

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Looking superb, but lonely!

Can you make the pics a little bigger - i'm struggling to see them here at work on my 17" monitor... :hahaha:

Very nice :thumbs:

Cheers folks. Yeah sorry, they are a bit on the large size those pics, but was trying to learn how Photoshop worked at 1am. You wouldn't believe that I actually work in IT!

Gonna go to town on the car soon with the Autoglym, Autosol, etc. and try and get it shining. Mind you, that shine won't last long as soon as I take it out around the country lanes again :banghead:

Good to see you're out enjoying it!
Found this pic of your car over on http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4.../T9G_2076R.jpg

Whop Whop on here was friendly with Jason Kelly. I presume that's him driving? There's also a clip of it at Mondello on you tube.

I've seen the clip of it on youtube, plenty of sideways action in the pissing rain at Mondello. I think whopwhop is the driver filming it in his car.

I've been away with work for a few weeks, so planning to take it out on Saturday morning around Wicklow for a blast. Have filled it up with Maxol E5, so will see if I notice any difference over the previous tank of Esso. Supposedly it's the only 99-octane stuff around?

Yeah Niall, that's Jason driving. There's a clip on YouTube somewhere of an E92 M3 trying to keep up with Whopwhop and him while they mix it with the 'Ring taxis

The poor old car must be wondering what the hell's going on these days with my lack of driving skills. But hey, as long as I'm having fun :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMdWzQmv4X0
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Really nice:thumbs:

Good pics :thumbs::thumbs:

Good work fella !:thumbs:

Welcome aboard LeinsCSL :thumbs:

Great car, driven like it was supposed to be but very well maintained.
If you happen to bring it back to the ring at any point you will probably find most of the other cars diving out of your way for safety sake :clown::clown:
and as fir the Limerick registration... i hope you have purchased a pair of ROM runners and a nice shiney shell suit :hahaha:

Oi! Watch it..:smt068


LOL! ;)

Should that not be a knife in your hand :birdman:


ok , ill run now ha ha

Couldn't find a Smilie with one :hahaha:

..things have moved on around here anyway!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...an1/willie.jpg

Lookin good mate hope you enjoy the car :thumbs:

ha ha ... brilliant !!!:hahaha::hahaha:

That's top class Niall :hahaha::hahaha:

But if I hear "Fook your BMW I've got a horse outside" from the lads one more time....:banghead::moan:

Hey Whop, yeah seems to be a good one as Jason said it was. Loving it so far, although still waiting for a really dry day so I can give it a proper drive. Was down Blessington way on Saturday but all I found was rain and fog

And to think I legged it back into Dublin so I wouldn't miss any of the rugby :smt017:smt017:smt017

Cheers Bealo! Watching your current purchase dilemma with interest. All sound like good options to me :drool:

Not a new thread (sorry Shimmy ;)), but resurrecting my one now that I've had the CSL for a year, and still love it. This is a particularly good shot of everyone ignoring it:

And here's the new addition. Will be 21 next month:

Love the e30 particularly as I have had a few of them in the past but what is with the taxi type "Breaker, breaker" antenna on the top of the roof?

Pip

Aha, you've figured me out, the taxi sign is going on tomorrow ;)

Thought it might be disguised a bit better from this end, but no joy :bigcry:

Nearly two and a half years into CSL ownership now and still love it as much as the first day, possibly more actually

Took it in for its annual oil change today (got 1800miles out of the last lot!), and treated it to some new kickplates and a rear diffuser, as the old one had a slight crack in it. Sorry, not used to taking pics in the sunshine :hahaha::

When you buy the kick plates, does it come as the whole thing or just the "CSL" alloy part and how much, as the same one on mine could do with replacing to make it perfect (it has a couple of water marks under the lacquer which annoys the OCD in me LOL.

It's the black surround too Mike, see the old ones below. They cost me £220 for the pair delivered to Ireland

Many thanks - not too bad I suppose (well not after £5 per wheel "M" badge and £65 for one of the boot reversing lenses :smt120 ).

Everything's cheap compared to new door cards! :hahaha: Hopefully won't ever have to replace those

The 'CSL' tabs on the gills are £22 each ! And they only last months....

I would remove the kick plates if you use your car in winter.

where did you get the kick plates from mine are going a bit funny

dont suppose you have a part number do you i thought they would be more than that.

cheers

CSL sill strips :

left part = 51477895573
right part = 51477895574

bmminiparts do them I believe, or any dealer.

Got mine from Simon @ http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/

He's a decent lad to deal with

Took it out yesterday to get cleaned with these guys in prep for the trip: http://www.detailingshed.com/

Got my new SuperSports fitted too, so she's a bit squirmy until they bed in after a few miles

im tempted to put supersports on my other set of wheels so will be interested to hear your opinions of them :) .. unfortunatley , there is always the chance of getting caught in rain when up in the hills , so not quite sure I fancy running cups

That's exactly the reason why I put them on, as have gone out many a time early in the morning with the sun out, then 30 minutes later it's been sheeting it down up in the hills. I've heard great things about the SuperSports, so am quite excited to see what they're like when I get a few more miles under the belt

Well it's a lot longer than 2 months of CSL ownership now, I'm up to 3.5 years. Haven't driven it much since getting back from the Munich trip last year due to a winter hibernation (me, not the car ;)), and then messing around with my E30 for a while

Took it out for a bit of a blast across the hills this morning with other member DUBU, and those occasional thoughts about selling it for something older and/or more Porsche-like have just about been banished again I think! :thumbs:

Looking good Jeff :smokin:

Nice :smokin: