Bye bye CSL, hello standard 'tame' M3

[thrashermax]

My wonderful CSL will be going soon… my little 9 year old daughter cried quite a bit over that fact. Here she is ready for the new owner to enjoy.

Not sold yet but once the days get longer I'm sure she will go... I may shed a tear. It's been 40,000 miles of pure joy, fun, excitement, including spending the night in her in an over night traffic jam on the snowed up A23.

Thank you to Jason from here for selling her to me and thanks for all the people on here who make the car feel even more special. You fanatics are bloody great.

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As this was my first M3 I thought I should try the standard version and one came up for sale 7 miles from me last night at 8pm, I called and chatted loads to the owner who had spent a fortune on her. After talking for a while I made a deposit last night and collected her today.

I prefer to buy privately as you get a real feel for the car by speaking to the person who has owned it. The guy was a M3Cutters member (no bad comments please) and a true enthusiast. He spend 1 ½ hours cleaning the car this morning before I showed up… even though the car was already clean. All the typical M3 problems have been sorted and she is fully loaded.

The guy I purchased from kindly drove it to my house so I let him drive my CSL back to his house… you should have seen his face when I pressed the sport button and he put his foot down! He was happy to have made a sale and then have a go in the CSL.

She’s the same colour as my CSL. Here’s some pics of her, some with the CSL. I will miss the CSL when she goes but at least I have a new ‘tame’ version of the epic E46 to enjoy. The E46 is such a lovely machine.

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[Chappers]

This is probably exactly what I will have to do one day when I need the cash. Looks a great example, I fancy a LSB one myself I think, perhaps without the crazy blue interior though :D

Good work, sir.

[thrashermax]

This is probably exactly what I will have to do one day when I need the cash. Looks a great example, I fancy a LSB one myself I think, perhaps without the crazy blue interior though :D

Good work, sir.

Those crazy blue interiors are more porn star than my new red one!

[Chappers]

Haha yeah quite. Glad to hear the M3 lad enjoyed his drive. I've only driven two I think and I remember the experience being "hey cool yeah this is pretty fast" and yet even when I commute in the CSL just as I pass the national speed limit signs it's basically "WHOOOAAAAHHH holy fuckkkkkk" and I giggle for 5 mins.

[thrashermax]

Haha yeah quite. Glad to hear the M3 lad enjoyed his drive. I've only driven two I think and I remember the experience being "hey cool yeah this is pretty fast" and yet even when I commute in the CSL just as I pass the national speed limit signs it's basically "WHOOOAAAAHHH holy fuckkkkkk" and I giggle for 5 mins.

The guy asked me, 'how do you drive this normally? Surely you need to hear that roar all the time?'

His face was just like mine the first time I drove it... I'll miss that.

[Trawler]

Keep both you know it makes sence.

[Chappers]

The guy asked me, 'how do you drive this normally? Surely you need to hear that roar all the time?'


I think we all know the answer to that :whistle:

[cslsuperfan]

Keep both you know it makes sence.


Just for the summer thrashermax. The cesil's better than money in the bank.:thumbs:

[thrashermax]

Just for the summer thrashermax. The cesil's better than money in the bank.:thumbs:

True, but they have parking restrictions on my road now... I have my mk1 Escort, the wife's Golf GTi, my CSL, my DC5 and now my M3...

Space is an issue for me. I shouldn't have bought the DC5, the E46 BMW has got under my skin.

[thrashermax]

Keep both you know it makes sence.

If I had a bigger drive and garage, I'd keep both along with the old Escort then I'd probably add an E30 M3. Good job I don't have a bigger drive!

[Trawler]

You will miss Cesil. Sell the M3

[mattCSLnut]

You will miss Cesil. Sell the M3
He only just bought it :banghead:
Keep the M3 as well as Cecil and sell the DC5 :thumbs:

[thrashermax]

He only just bought it :banghead:
Keep the M3 as well as Cecil and sell the DC5 :thumbs:

DC5 is up for sale already... now I'm starting to do man maths to justify keeping.... stop it. No, seriously, it needs someone else to enjoy it. I hope the new owner, whoever it may be, will join here and post so that I can reminisce.

I've really loved it but it's time to let go. I've had 2 people ex owners call me who want to get back into a CSL. It is one of those cars that gets right under your skin. The noise is :smt055

[sailorbaz]

Keep all the cars, sell the Wife and Kids.

Or move to a street that don't have nanny parking restrictions... park in someone elses drive?

[mattCSLnut]

DC5 is up for sale already... now I'm starting to do man maths to justify keeping.... stop it. No, seriously, it needs someone else to enjoy it. I hope the new owner, whoever it may be, will join here and post so that I can reminisce.

I've really loved it but it's time to let go. I've had 2 people ex owners call me who want to get back into a CSL. It is one of those cars that gets right under your skin. The noise is :smt055

:thumbs: "Man Maths" is a very dangerous thing ;) however now that you're a proud owner of a tidy E46 M3 this should (in theory) ease the passage of the Cecil to it's next owner. It would be cool if one of the previous owners pulls the triger on it and keeps it within the CSLR community :thumbs:
Fingers crossed for Ya Max

[thrashermax]

:thumbs: "Man Maths" is a very dangerous thing ;) however now that you're a proud owner of a tidy E46 M3 this should (in theory) ease the passage of the Cecil to it's next owner. It would be cool if one of the previous owners pulls the triger on it and keeps it within the CSLR community :thumbs:
Fingers crossed for Ya Max

I'll be pointing any prospective owner in this direction. I guess anyone who is serious will have found this forum already. Sometimes I wish my brain would be happy with a cheap run a round... petrol in your veins should be a mental health issue.

The person I bought the standard E46 was an OCD cleaner... he even offered to clean it for me in the future! Car people are bloody crazy...

[Alx]

Very nice M3 with a great color combo and a manual gearbox.

Congratulations.

I would be glad to have one of those if I had just one car for everyday.

The E46 is the last nice BMW for me.

[Marv968]

The person I bought the standard E46 was an OCD cleaner... he even offered to clean it for me in the future! Car people are bloody crazy...

WTF?!? :hahaha: I do keep my fun cars really clean and waxed, I wouldn't say I enjoy cleaning them that much though!

Lovely standard E46 M3 you have bought there. I really like red leather BMW interiors :smokin::supz:

[billyboysm3]

Well done for doing 40k miles in it.

[Bounce]

Well done for doing 40k miles in it.Bet you wish you could have done 40k miles in your Billy:bigcry:

[Chappers]

WTF?!? :hahaha: I do keep my fun cars really clean and waxed, I wouldn't say I enjoy cleaning them that much though!

Lovely standard E46 M3 you have bought there. I really like red leather BMW interiors :smokin::supz:

When I sold my Focus RS (many years ago) I actually wrote the new owner a cleaning guide. I wish I had the time and inclination nowadays.

[cslsuperfan]

When I sold my Focus RS (many years ago) I actually wrote the new owner a cleaning guide. I wish I had the time and inclination nowadays.


OCD and high end cars......like wine and cheese.

[Trawler]

I wish my brain would be happy with a cheap run a round... petrol in your veins should be a mental health issue.

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Tried it once in a Fiat Uno, remember them? Mrs said this this won't last long. She was right for once. Bought a M3:smt055

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Bet you wish you could have done 40k miles in your Billy:bigcry:

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