Should I maintain warranty?

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Not 100% sure if it swaps after 2 or 3 years but what matters is that BMW carry out the inspections and manage the works.mondial (now Axa I think) don't get tok involved,just underwrite the CSL losses

Would not trust anything with AXA's name to it.

[s.mac]

Mine is due for renewal in May. I won't be renewing. The car went to Germany and back last year, not worth it for the limited mileage .
Most parts are new so another reason for me not to renew. The cars at BMW getting a full check over and MOT before it runs out

[s1csl]

There was no indication in relation to standard m3 parts.
This relates to the fact that BMW simply don't have certain csl specific parts any more and rather than wait for them to try and make them and go warranty repair route, other avenues may need to be explored. An example could be replacement carbon roof (not a great example), they just don have them so would need to work something else out in that instance.
I would definitely recommend warranty on a csl though.

Lucky I have a spare CSL roof then:blalalala:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Lucky I have a spare CSL roof then:blalalala:

You don't have a car for it though :whistle:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Just wondering if I should cancel my BMW warranty as car is a garage queen

[Das Chin]

once the last of the late reg cars go past the ten years that will be your lot.

I think there are a few 05 cars out there. that's it. 10 years is done and BMW won't be interested in the slightest. same as Porsche.

if you are doing small mileage then no point in the warranty. my car is over 100k miles but did not bother me. put the money in the bank and if after 3 years you have saved 3.5k then great. I save £100 a month for running costs/wear n tear just in case.

you can't expect to run a car, that was 60k new, to have the running costs of a 114i. especially when they are 10 years old now and have been 'well used'...

CSLs (like any other road car if you use it on the track) will wear more quickly. they are still heavy compared to caterhams and Atoms so they will wear parts. 1 track mile = 10-15 road miles. do the maths.

I think a lot of certain CSL dealers did very well out of BMW when it came to 'warranty' repairs and maybe there was a case of things being done when they did not need to.

when I had my black one I had a friendly dealer that would pretty much replace anything you asked them to. BMW HQ were severely burnt on the CSL warranty costs.

[mattCSLnut]

once the last of the late reg cars go past the ten years that will be your lot.

I think there are a few 05 cars out there. that's it. 10 years is done and BMW won't be interested in the slightest. same as Porsche.

if you are doing small mileage then no point in the warranty. my car is over 100k miles but did not bother me. put the money in the bank and if after 3 years you have saved 3.5k then great. I save £100 a month for running costs/wear n tear just in case.

you can't expect to run a car, that was 60k new, to have the running costs of a 114i. especially when they are 10 years old now and have been 'well used'...

CSLs (like any other road car if you use it on the track) will wear more quickly. they are still heavy compared to caterhams and Atoms so they will wear parts. 1 track mile = 10-15 road miles. do the maths.

That kind of calculation will make Shimmy's Cecil at least a 1 000 000 miler

[shimmy]

once the last of the late reg cars go past the ten years that will be your lot.

I think there are a few 05 cars out there. that's it. 10 years is done and BMW won't be interested in the slightest. same as Porsche.

if you are doing small mileage then no point in the warranty. my car is over 100k miles but did not bother me. put the money in the bank and if after 3 years you have saved 3.5k then great. I save £100 a month for running costs/wear n tear just in case.

you can't expect to run a car, that was 60k new, to have the running costs of a 114i. especially when they are 10 years old now and have been 'well used'...

CSLs (like any other road car if you use it on the track) will wear more quickly. they are still heavy compared to caterhams and Atoms so they will wear parts. 1 track mile = 10-15 road miles. do the maths.

I think a lot of certain CSL dealers did very well out of BMW when it came to 'warranty' repairs and maybe there was a case of things being done when they did not need to.

when I had my black one I had a friendly dealer that would pretty much replace anything you asked them to. BMW HQ were severely burnt on the CSL warranty costs.

That kind of calculation will make Shimmy's Cecil at least a 1 000 000 miler

I think you both need to take a break and do something else :birdman:

[s1csl]

You don't have a car for it though :whistle:

You may be right but I could cut it about and fit it to my 2cv :smokin:

[s1csl]

Just wondering if I should cancel my BMW warranty as car is a garage queen

Have you had Brett round to build one or does it sit out still?

[0836whimper]

once the last of the late reg cars go past the ten years that will be your lot.

I think there are a few 05 cars out there. that's it. 10 years is done and BMW won't be interested in the slightest....

.... BMW HQ were severely burnt on the CSL warranty costs.

There's just a sliding scale of cost and >100k miles gets prohibitively expensive. But they will keep taking your money I suspect.

And the BMW HQ costs for keeping the UK CSL fleet running sweetly are a drop in the ocean of their overall figures, not sure anyone even noticed the specific model anomalies. Comes with the territory of a major manufacturer making a low volume car, all the normal post sale support applies.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

You may be right but I could cut it about and fit it to my 2cv :smokin:

:hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Have you had Brett round to build one or does it sit out still?

No still outside and off to Circuit de Bretange in August again great track. :thumbs: Could not bring myself to make the car a garage queen (What a waste of a great track car)