My brother in law had just picked up a brand new estriol blue m3 back in 2004 and I can remember thinking what a car I was hooked on the m3 at this stage but then as with a lot of us that csl episode on top gear it was the game changer for me I wasn't going to settle for anything other than a csl. So only being a cub back in 2004 I had to wait a few years to be able to afford one and of course be old enough to insure it . Well worth the wait though.

Touché :smokin:

I've lost count of the amount of times I watched the hot metal video by JC and this is a noise that you just can't ignore...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4eqvcm

I imported a LHD E36 M3 GT, chassis number one.

The last I heard it was back in Germany with a collector.

Lovely car.

Heard something about a man train,so signed up :gayfight:

i see where this thread is heading!

Doesn't it always :hahaha:

Mine was almost accidental and I have a Porsche dealership to thank for ending up with the CSL.

Had an E46 M3 since 2001 then another in 2003 and at the time had my deposit down for a CSL, but ownership was to be ruined by the less than stella magazine reviews back then so I ended up forfeiting my spot and bought a standard M3.

Come 2005, I walked past a dealership with a prestine 996 GT3 Mk1 in black with basically delivery km and one collector owner - it was a car I long lusted after. Went in and checked out the car and an agreement with the dealer to be back in the afternoon to put down a deposit. Silly me, I didn’t sign any paper work, just a hand shake and a nod of agreement on purchasing price.

I duly returned to the said Porsche dealership in the afternoon beaming with my cheque book, only to be confronted with a big “Sold” sign on the car. Slightly confused and thinking it was for me I quickly approached the sheepish looking sale person only to be told “I am too late, the gentleman that was in here at the same time as you this morning gave us the full price for the car the moment you left”.

Gutted, slightly bemused and a little peeved I walked across the road to the BMW dealership only to be confronted with the most glorious car I’ve had the pleasure of owning for the last 12 years. A single owner CSL with just 10k km owned by an old guy that no longer liked the car due to the “uncomfortable seats”. A deal was hashed together in around a week, helped by a thorough inspection of what really was an almost brand new car inside and out. A deal with swiftly done this time with no omission on my part paper work wise!!!

The rest they say is history.

Nice story :thumbs:

For me it was over 10 years of Cosworth and melting engine's etc that I decided to go Jap.
Evo RSll then a Subaru 22b showed me that there was cars out there that were actually capable of completing a trackday and driving home under their own Power. Sold the 22b and decided I wanted a CSL for no other reason than it was seen as a road going track car. Made my list of wants etc one being that the car had to have more than 50k miles as that was the price switching point back then.
Was sitting on a rig offshore of Yarmouth just browsing the net and spotted a local garage to my home had just taken one in. 57k on the clock, 3 owners and AP's all round.
Called, guy agreed to hold it until I'd returned onshore and viewed.
Test drive and the rest is history.

So basically was wanting a car I could drive to the track, would hold its own on track and drive home at the end of the day.

CSL does this brilliantly.

I was looking for a track day car in 2013 after selling my boxster spyder.
Always regretted selling that but I wanted something safer to do track days in with a proper roof.
Lo and behold a csl came up with 67k miles but a fully weld in cage, proper suspension mods, stripped out interior, spg recaros and all round APs so I took the plunge.

AT the time I was a manual shift only kind of guy, the CSL changed my opinion of SMG and I never looked back. It's a veritable workhorse on track and I look forward to many more years of trackdays in it. Too bad I don't see other CSls on track nowadays.