Here we go again....

[John_csl]

Hi all, I'm getting compulsive thoughts that I need to buy a CSL again, this time to keep! At the moment I have a budget of £30-31k to spend but may be able to dig a bit deeper and push the boat out if the right car came along.

What's everyones thoughts, I had SB last time so should I go Black this time? I don't mind if its slower :whistle: (colour obviously subjective but be interesting to get opinions)

Also thoughts on mileage, it's a second car so not to be driven much and kept good, say 2-3k a year. £32k seems to get something around 60k, but would it be worth £2k extra to get a 50k car or again finding £6k for one of Nick Johnson's cars around 25k-35k.

What about the Irish car Nick has for sale, is there any stigma attached to it with it not being a UK car? (assuming it being Irish means Irish Republic)

[Heisenburg]

Welcome back mate :thumbs:

Where it is from shouldn't really matter...condition and maintenance is what is important. I bought mine in Mayo and imported to the UK last year...a good low mileage, well-cared for example, best one I'd seen. Only problem I had is the roads...stone chip heaven :bigcry:

Paddy

[shimmy]

oh dear :hahaha:

[Touring_csl]

I think NJ's Irish car had its running in service at around 2,000 miles. Personally I don't see this as a big issue provided the price reflects this.

[AlexGTT]

As long as it's not over 2000 miles it's no issue at all.

[GarageQueen]

I'm about to sell my car if you'd be interested, you can contact me via my profile

Hi all, I'm getting compulsive thoughts that I need to buy a CSL again, this time to keep! At the moment I have a budget of £30-31k to spend but may be able to dig a bit deeper and push the boat out if the right car came along.

What's everyones thoughts, I had SB last time so should I go Black this time? I don't mind if its slower :whistle: (colour obviously subjective but be interesting to get opinions)

Also thoughts on mileage, it's a second car so not to be driven much and kept good, say 2-3k a year. £32k seems to get something around 60k, but would it be worth £2k extra to get a 50k car or again finding £6k for one of Nick Johnson's cars around 25k-35k.

What about the Irish car Nick has for sale, is there any stigma attached to it with it not being a UK car? (assuming it being Irish means Irish Republic)

[LeinsCSL]

What about the Irish car Nick has for sale, is there any stigma attached to it with it not being a UK car? (assuming it being Irish means Irish Republic)

Why would there be a stigma? Many of the E30 M3s in the UK are ex-Germany or Italy and that doesn't seem to have affected prices. A good CSL is a good CSL period IMO

[John_csl]

I'm from Northern Ireland and the border is less than an hour away, folk used to get cars over it all the time but the specs where always European specs rather than UK and never finished to the same standard.

Therefore I thought I'd ask the question in case due to UK legislation or some other EU regulation the cars where slightly different therefore perhaps not as attractive to UK drivers.

That was the rational behind the question.

Welcome back mate :thumbs:

Where it is from shouldn't really matter...condition and maintenance is what is important. I bought mine in Mayo and imported to the UK last year...a good low mileage, well-cared for example, best one I'd seen. Only problem I had is the roads...stone chip heaven :bigcry:

Paddy

[Heisenburg]

I'm from Northern Ireland and the border is less than an hour away, folk used to get cars over it all the time but the specs where always European specs rather than UK and never finished to the same standard.

Therefore I thought I'd ask the question in case due to UK legislation or some other EU regulation the cars where slightly different therefore perhaps not as attractive to UK drivers.

That was the rational behind the question.

Ah. I guess I was trying to share my experience of buying an Irish CSL more than anything else.

Re: the specs, AFAIK only two CSLs were sold in Ireland from new, and both were UK specs anyways (mine being one of the two).

NJs car for sale...if it is the car I think it is...I believe this was Brian's (Cork area), aka Hankcharlie on here. Might be worth touching base with him for more info on the history.

Paddy

[LeinsCSL]

Ah. I guess I was trying to share my experience of buying an Irish CSL more than anything else.

Re: the specs, AFAIK only two CSLs were sold in Ireland from new, and both were UK specs anyways (mine being one of the two).

NJs car for sale...if it is the car I think it is...I believe this was Brian's (Cork area), aka Hankcharlie on here. Might be worth touching base with him for more info on the history.

Paddy

I gave Brian a shout about this on another forum Paddy, but he may be away. I've not seen his CSL myself, but his brother used to own my E34 M5 and they're proper car guys, so I suspect it's a good one

[shane@mbtech]

Wonder if Scottish CSL will lose value if there is a yes Vote:hahaha:

[J13NY S]

Why would there be a stigma?

That’s because you’re all Hallions down there... I’m only joking! :hahaha:

But Southern cars did have a stigma up her in the big bad North, people seen Southern cars to be rough given the poor roads conditions etc. but all that is changing, you now have some of the best roads anywhere, its just price, spec & being calibrated in kilometers that would put people of.

Spec shouldn’t affect this car, as I believe it was imported from the UK originally?

A customer/friend is thinking of a CSL & mentioned this car to me weekend past, he mentioned the owner by name but I’ve since forgot, for some reason I think the owner could be central Ireland & not Cork, could be wrong.

[Heisenburg]

I gave Brian a shout about this on another forum Paddy, but he may be away. I've not seen his CSL myself, but his brother used to own my E34 M5 and they're proper car guys, so I suspect it's a good one

Hi Jeff. Yes, if it is Brian's car, I have no doubt it is a good example.

I'm actually meeting up with the previous owner of mine next weekend, who I suspect will have some more info on this particular CSL. Leave it with me folks.

[LeinsCSL]

That’s because you’re all Hallions down there... I’m only joking!
But Southern cars did have a stigma up her in the big bad North, people seen Southern cars to be rough given the poor roads conditions etc. but all that is changing, you now have some of the best roads anywhere, its just price, spec & being calibrated in kilometers that would put people of.
Spec shouldn’t affect this car, as I believe it was imported from the UK originally?
A customer/friend is thinking of a CSL & mentioned this car to me weekend past, he mentioned the owner by name but I’ve since forgot, for some reason I think the owner could be central Ireland & not Cork, could be wrong.

Ah yeah, I know, although for something like a CSL it shouldn't make much difference, as they should all be the same spec
Although we never really salted the roads much here in the winter, and certainly nothing in comparison to England in particular

Hi Jeff. Yes, if it is Brian's car, I have no doubt it is a good example.
I'm actually meeting up with the previous owner of mine next weekend, who I suspect will have some more info on this particular CSL. Leave it with me folks.

Dangerous game Paddy, he may want to buy it back from you

[Neil M]

Hi John and welcome back to the fold :thumbs:

The majority of cars supplied (of the 422) were designated: "allocation: United Kingdom & Ireland" a few however were noted as "Great Britain", all supplied via BMW UK for distribution.
I can only assume that the only difference would be the speedo calibration which would have been done by BMW UK prior to shipping? :whistle: