My story is...
I had a E46 M3 which I bought when it was 2 years old back in 2004, I bought it with 22k miles on it and sold it in 2009 with 124k on it!
It was a cracking car, I modded the hell out of it, I was lucky as I managed to source some OEM CSL parts, so I turned it into a CSL replica, albeit a Phoenix Yellow one.
After I had spent many moons hacking about in it, I wanted the real thing, the CSL was top of my bucket list (along with a GT3), but when I had the chance to get a CSL I bottled it, and bought a Focus RS MK2, 3 months later I instantly regretted my decision, sold the RS.
October 2010, I bought my CSL, had him ever since, it's the longest I've ever had a car, and still today Cecil pulls on my heart strings, it would take a very long and painful decision to sell him, it's like he's a part of the family, always there for when I need him, I don't do many miles in Cecil nowdays, just the occasional weekend blasts and a few track days a year.
I have been lucky and had a few other cars to go with Cecil, such as E46 330i Touring, E60 M5, i8 etc, but in comparison they were all lacking that something.
I still think the CSL was BMW's last and possibly greatest car, yes it's clunky, noisy etc, but it has soul, and lots of it, it's good, honest fun, something a lot of modern cars lack, in my opinion, the only other car that has those characteristics nowdays is the GT3.
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