Here we go again....

[LeinsCSL]

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:

Rep. of Ireland was still MPH, not KPH, in 2003/4 Neil. There should be no difference between an Irish car and a UK one that I know of, except the massively inflated list price over here when new (€120k IIRC)

[John_csl]

Cheers Neil that all makes sense. I thought it wouldn't matter but you gotta ask these questions. Interesting that there was UK & Ireland cars then GB cars.

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:

[J13NY S]

Although we never really salted the roads much here in the winter, and certainly nothing in comparison to England in particular

You’re right about the salt, I use to go with a girl from Co.Wexford & people use to say it was in my head but all you had to do was look at the hedgerows & it would be covered/splashed in like a light grey soot which I’ve never seen anywhere else, I don’t know how much more or less corrosive it is but it washes of a lot easier, plus salt in the UK has a grit/sand in it.

[J13NY S]

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:

When you say UK & Ire. are you referring to N.Ireland or Irish Republic?

I was told many moons ago that there was no CSL’s sold brand new in Ireland (Republic) & that each of the Northern Irish BMW dealers had to take one, so if that is correct that would’ve been 4 sold here which would count 4 of the 422 UK cars.

[Heisenburg]

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

:hahaha: You're not wrong Jeff...withdrawal symptoms are well and truly in. He'll be back in one yet!

I was told many moons ago that there was no CSL’s sold brand new in Ireland (Republic)

There were two sold in the Rep from new as far as I know...mine was originally sold by Conaln's in Kildare. I was told about the other but can't remember for the life of me where it sold.

[Andytkd]

The other original Irish CSL was sold by Joe Duffy BMW in Dublin and had some bodywork needing repair within a few days as the owner took it for a spin in the wet and had not quite got to "grips" with those special CSL tyres.

[Hankcharlie]

Hi gents, the csl for sale in Nicks is indeed my car. It is a standard UK spec, as it left the factory. Clocks were in MPH from day one. Subframe repair is being done at the moment due to a small hairline crack found, and should be complete any day now. Original car from new registered in the Republic or Ireland. Any questions please don't hesitate to contact Nick Johnson who is selling it on my behalf. I got a compression test done before I brought it over to Nick and the engine is 100%. I will miss and regret selling but I am in the process of buying a new house so it needs to go unfortunately. I will have another some day tho! Awesome machine. I'm sure whoever buys it will have lots of fun and enjoyment out of it. Cheers lads.