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    Hey fellaz !
    Name's Darian all the way from south africa, cape town to be exact :thumbs:
    Now first things first, I've been petrol head since baby teeth and always had the exposure by family and family friends owning bmw motorsport cars.
    My love for bmw started when I was in the early ages of middle school and always knew I had to drive one when I grow up, well I like to think I'm pretty grown up now, but my significant other will probably disagree :hahaha:
    Anyway the first bmw I drove after was a friends E30 325iS evo2 (limited to south africa) and that car blew my socks off!! A year down the line I found myself in the same friends E36 M3 and once again was blown away but could only dream about owning these cars at the time.
    Then came the e46 M3... Once again a good friend of mine had one and handed me the keys, that is where I knew, stuff this no holding back now and a year later I got my first bmw , a Laguna Seca Blue E46 M3 :thumbs: over the moon I was for a few months then had a little incident and had to let go of her, she was replaced by a golf 6 gti but let's skip that part of my life .
    I now own a E82 135i dct M sport with all the bells and whistles, she is an awesome little car but not quite the M3.
    But since my e46 I always had this dream of owning the glorious CSL but with there only being 65 in South Africa and a few of them sadly had passed away off the road so finding one was always hell and when you do find one, the guys are asking prices rivaling vital human organs :hahaha:
    Bit now I'm in the position to finally live my dream :smt055: I've been searching for a few weeks but what I'm here for is to learn alot more about the csl, I've done plenty of research and know quite a decent amount about one of the greatest cars of all time but as you know, one can always learn something new everyday so that's what I'm hoping to do while I search long and hard for this long load love of mine :beer:
    Looking forward to learning from you awesome bunch of enthusiasts :supz:

    #2
    Originally posted by Dari-N55

    but with there only being 65 in South Africa
    Welcome. Your numbers aren't quite right though.

    I’ve just finished cataloguing one by one all the RHD CSL production data (yes I know, hello ladies). It is a fairly arduous process but I don’t know of anyone else that has done it. I will start on the LHD production data next, but as there are more cars it will take me a few months. So in the interim here is a

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      #3
      Welcome to the register :beer:

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        #4
        Welcome Darian - you have excellent taste... :whistle:



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          #5
          Originally posted by NBTBRV8 View Post
          Welcome. Your numbers aren't quite right though.

          https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/c...on-data-thread
          Hmmmm strange because this is the plate in one of the cars hence me saying 65

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            #6
            Originally posted by glendog74 View Post
            Welcome Darian - you have excellent taste... :whistle:



            Thanks bro!
            Dam there's just something about LSB that gets me going :smt055
            Your car's are gorgeous you lucky bum!!!! :thumbs:

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              #7
              Welcome to the mad house.

              I tried to buy a Laguna Seca Blue M3 but there were so few around when I was looking particularly as I did not want satnav (too heavy) but did want Bluetooth (I am not actually sure if that is possible). I then looked for M3 in the launch colour - Phoenix Yellow but again it was hard to find the spec I wanted. In the end I opted for a CSL even though I really wanted a gear stick/ manual M3. Anyway financially it was the right decision.

              That plaque does not look like the UK ones although they were probably local purchased by BMW as I think they were an afterthought. Anyone know the answer.

              NBTR what is the correct figure for South Africa?

              Pip

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                #8
                Welcome Darian :thumbs:

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                  #9
                  Welcome to the forum mate, always good to have more onboard.

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                    #10
                    Welcome, hope you find a good one & not in the boring silver

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                      #11
                      Welcome Darian :thumbs:

                      A word of advice, don't pay attention to the plates.
                      They are one-offs from the importers and not from BMW, so the figures are off the mark.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Pip1968 View Post
                        NBTR what is the correct figure for South Africa?

                        Pip
                        South African cars
                        60 RHD cars, including 1 “data restricted” test car.

                        21 (35%) black cars, 3 were delimited and none supplied on double spokes.
                        39 (65%) silver cars, 12 delimited and none supplied on double spokes.
                        Thus 25% were delimited all supplied on Y Spoke wheels.

                        2 CSL debadged.
                        32 with a green upper strip windscreen.
                        28 with a climate comfort screen.
                        All supplied with floor mats, smoker package, headlight washers, Xenon lights, CD, radio, seat belt buzzer.
                        42 with PDC.
                        34 with rain sensor.
                        54 with air conditioning.
                        4 cars had option S988A which I don’t know what it is.

                        South African built month by month

                        Build Quantity First Vin Last VIN
                        Sep-02 1 - JC98006 JC98006
                        Oct-02 0 -
                        Nov-02 0 -
                        Dec-02 0 -
                        Jan-03 0 -
                        Feb-03 0 -
                        Mar-03 0 -
                        Apr-03 0 -
                        May-03 0 -
                        Jun-03 1 - JC98010 JC98010
                        Jul-03 19 - JC98013 JC98105
                        Aug-03 0 -
                        Sep-03 35 - JC98146 JC98249
                        Oct-03 4 - JC98318 JC98353
                        Nov-03 0 -
                        Dec-03 0 -

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                          #13
                          They seemed to like the black cars more than us.........

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by shimmy View Post
                            They seemed to like the black cars more than us.........
                            So do BMW as you remember from the trip

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by shimmy View Post
                              They seemed to like the black cars more than us.........
                              Haha and funny enough I am looking for a black one :thumbs:

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