Enjoying CSL life

[glendog74]

Very nice - I know that view well :thumbs:

Enjoy the KWs at the Ring - they are very good :-D

[Lefty]

Sunday was bloody foggy, at 1°C it was certainly quite exciting on cups that are a bit worn!

[DazBlackCSL]

Lovely Pics there

[CraigMillwardCroft]

What no snow yet :whistle:

[Lefty]

Happy dayzzz :supz:


A bit of news on the CSL. I ditched the KW Comp...on the Nordschleife it was great, but on public roads I just couldn't find a setting I could live with. Since my usage is about 80/20 road/track, I went back to stock - nothing to be sad for since the stock suspension is quite brilliant. Originally I went for the KW's as I was hitting full compression in some places on the NS so I'll lose some time there but gain fun back on the road.

I'm also considering losing the Wiechers cage. Most of the time I use the Alpina when I take my wife & daughter along, but sometimes I'd rather use the CSL instead. Depends a bit on the roads of course.
Only sad thing is that I'll lose a bit of sound and rawness as well, putting the rear seat and all that back in there, but I guess I'll have to live with that.

Still love this car so much. You immediately feel that you're sitting in something special, the sound is sublime and the handling is nothing short of fantastic. RWD doesn't get any better than this!

[Marv968]

That's a great pic, Lefty!

[Sailorbaz]

Great pics and great thread, being enjoyed in all weather and conditions, good man.

[sp2c]

Interesting post & great photo:smt114

[Lefty]

Guys (and girls?), need some help.


Everytime I take the CSL out for a long drive (multiple hours), it feels like someone is sticking a knife in my neck and twisting it around a bit. Hence I need to fiddle a bit with the seat to set it up differently (more straight up presumably). Does anyone have experience with that - how easy is it? Do's/Don't's?

Further I'm considering lower the seat as well. I'm quite a tall chap and it will certainly help in oversteery situations, my knees tend to get in the way (have the same problem in the GT3RS which is already getting sorted).
Does anyone have any tips / experience with that as well? Do the standard brackets allow for lowering or should I get custom brackets somewhere on the interwebs?

[shimmy]

I had a CSL seat for 2 years and 25k miles. Was very comfy and I'm not a small chap.

Only issues were mainly on track where my shoulders and hips did not really sit in the seat enough.

Swapped to a Recaro Profi SPg XL, more room, lower (way low if you don't put the runner in) and so comfy on track and long journeys.

[LeinsCSL]

I'm fairly tall and have loads of room on the lowest settings

[Lefty]

I'm fairly tall and have loads of room on the lowest settings

I'm a bit over 6,5ft - perhaps I need to check the brackets, maybe the seat is not yet in the lowest setting possible. it's just a bit too cramped with my knes when a lot of steering input is needed in oversteery situations.

[LeinsCSL]

I'm a bit over 6,5ft - perhaps I need to check the brackets, maybe the seat is not yet in the lowest setting possible. it's just a bit too cramped with my knes when a lot of steering input is needed in oversteery situations.

I'm 6'8 and have plenty of knee room in the CSL on the lower settings, so worth checking again

My E30 is a bit of a tighter squeeze though, so just as well they're not very tail-happy

[cslgirl]

5ft 2 and 3/4... no probs here :thumbs:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

5ft 2 and 3/4... no probs here :thumbs:

Thought you would have rounded it up :thumbs: