The Mary Celeste

[Jon8710]

what's happened chaps?

This place is a ghost ship

I know a lot of people are afraid to even look at there cars let alone drive them and don't even mention the word "Trackday" but is that it?

is the CSL now relegated to garage queen sat on a dusty shelf for someone else to enjoy when you are to old or dead.

come on lets see some images of people thrashing these cars the way they love to be driven!

when you lay on your death bed many years from now you will not say

I wish I had driven my CSL less"

so get out there and put some miles on the old girl, show up some of these smug Pork owners.

cheers

[knoxville]

Kick it's head in every time it's out :supz:

[CSLManual]

To be fair, it's also winter. Even my mega-mile car is safely tucked away while the roads are covered in salt and all sorts.

I did take it for a cheeky McDonald's the other day though, just to clean up the brakes and make sure the tyres aren't flat spotted...

[Chad]

Do we all have to be a track day heroes,to be a csl owner ?? If you “”really “”use csl to its full potential, chances are you will eventually bin it , I’m guessing most are playing track day heroes, 80 percent of it’s potential only. Total bollocks what they were made for. :whistle:

[CSLManual]

I'm wondering how many CSLs haven't been to the 'ring. This was October.

[Mike RT4]

To be fair, it's also winter. Even my mega-mile car is safely tucked away while the roads are covered in salt and all sorts.

I did take it for a cheeky McDonald's the other day though, just to clean up the brakes and make sure the tyres aren't flat spotted...

This for me as well - I use it how BMW intended when it is out though .

[Trawler]

Xmas eve for me. Dry road with the odd damp patch to keep one on their toes.

[kziaa77]

I try to use it every weekend to keep the battery fresh and justify the bloody warranty:smokin:

[AlexGTT]

Been a very low mileage year for me I'm sorry to say. Had a little blast over Christmas on a nice sunny day. Will try harder this year.

[Yanto_csl]

Was looking at 2018 TDs earlier.

Want to do a couple in CSL an a couple in M2 this year.

Unfortunately I'm pretty limited to weekends or Fri / Mon.

We HAVE to do a June / July get together somewhere central (Silly ??).

[Jon8710]

Let me know mate I’m going to get a load in this year as the pearl might be going the end of this year.

Was looking at 2018 TDs earlier.

Want to do a couple in CSL an a couple in M2 this year.

Unfortunately I'm pretty limited to weekends or Fri / Mon.

We HAVE to do a June / July get together somewhere central (Silly ??).

[Gazza]

Mines been in the garage since September.

[knoxville]

Do we all have to be a track day heroes,to be a csl owner ?? If you “”really “”use csl to its full potential, chances are you will eventually bin it , I’m guessing most are playing track day heroes, 80 percent of it’s potential only. Total bollocks what they were made for. :whistle:

Ok i'll bite. If I bin it i'll just buy another one. No point in having the car and pootling around. Each to their own tho!

[Gazza]

I'm unsure about track days, I've done one in my M Roadster at Brands Hatch with instruction and to be honest it didn't float my boat.

I consider myself a capable driver but does that mean I'm a 'track day driver' or would I just be going faster and hanging on for dear life ?

Just a note, the guy I bought my CSL from is an extremely capable driver and he said that the capabilities of the CSL exceeded his capabilities

I often wonder if the driver that does a few track days a year isn't just another nutter that thinks he knows it all behind the wheel (#runs for cover)

[Mike RT4]

I'm unsure about track days, I've done one in my M Roadster at Brands Hatch with instruction and to be honest it didn't float my boat.

I consider myself a capable driver but does that mean I'm a 'track day driver' or would I just be going faster and hanging on for dear life ?

Just a note, the guy I bought my CSL from is an extremely capable driver and he said that the capabilities of the CSL exceeded his capabilities

I often wonder if the driver that does a few track days a year isn't just another nutter that thinks he knows it all behind the wheel (#runs for cover)

Driving the car on the limit and occasionally a smidge over (in the safe environment of a track), allows you to learn better car control and also learn how the car reacts at / or approaching the limit. In my opinion, this makes you a SAFER driver on the road, as you become more experienced in learning how the car is going to react if you ever get into a "loss of control" situation, and gives you more scope / experience to deal with that eventuality as well is gives you more warning, as the car gives you signs of impending doom that you will recognise (and hopefully not ignore) and therefore salvage the situation, where someone else might not have the skill-set to know what to do or recognise the signals that the car was about to spit them off road (as they'd never pushed their car to it's limits).

The E46 chassis is a big pussy-cat and is so predictable on the limit (especially the CSL), so I can't recommend track days enough .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za0I38-fxyQ