Where is the topgear csl??

[_Nathan_]

I did that day as did wheels, that switch was funny, caused the car to go to limp home after a while, all the "late registration is better" people are probably driving round in cars that were utterly abused for the first 6 months of their lives

[cslgirl]

I did that day as did wheels, that switch was funny, caused the car to go to limp home after a while, all the "late registration is better" people are probably driving round in cars that were utterly abused for the first 6 months of their lives

Haha, yes they certainly did get abused!!

Was a good day though, really enjoyed it.

Do you think they would have re-registered them to change the plates?

[_Nathan_]

No idea, sorry.

[azrael]

From the many threads on the mlr regarding the infamous topgear fq400 evo, it is always on the radar, usually followed by bitchy 30 page slating:gayfight:

My question is does anybody own the csl as used on topgear? or anyone know of its whereabouts?

Just curious

Its Leon's car!

[shane@mbtech]

Its Leon's car!

Who is Leon? The french sniper?

[azrael]

Who is Leon? The french sniper?

Nope leonb on here amongst other places :smt023

[cslgirl]

Who is Leon? The french sniper?

A great film!!!:thumbs:

[shimmy]

A great film!!!:thumbs:

in this case its more like Leon The Pig Farmer:hahaha:

[DazBlackCSL]

Its Leon's car!

Was Leons :whistle:

[bromers]

Was Leons :whistle:

Has he sold it ?

Lawsey - the discs I gave you were originally destined for that car !!

[azrael]

Was Leons :whistle:

Ah, I thought it was a keeper, I know circumstances changed so he could well have sold it on...

[DuncanR]

Press car ?

Did you read this? Quite interesting

"

Ex-Press cars are good and bad.

All manufacturers prepare there press car differently. They are not from the production line. The car would have been driven for 3000 miles and then stripped. Then put back together with matching tolerance parts for the best panel gaps and interior finish the car would have been enhanced for the use of a better word. All Ford vehilces are prepared this way from Jaguars to the Ford GT. Engines are never standard and the NVH is improved with padding and hand crafted extra pieces as well as behind door cards and under dashboards. They dont leave anything to chance.

I myself once had a press car and it never rattled or went wrong once and it was a Fiat.

So if anything the car would have been looked after better than any owner. It would have had a dyno'ed engine with more power and torque and of course its own calibration. If its been left in this state then get it.

Do you all really think car manufacturer don't cheat to get the best reviews as it most cases its better than advertising and cheaper as well.

Take it from someone who knows...........

"

Thats interesting to note $w!ft, as I have just purchased an 08 Disco 3 which was also a press car. Picking it up Friday, my 06 Disco 3 having done 85k now !