My 'lil babe...

[RichW]

...its only another bloody CSL! :-D


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This is how the interior should look..... :thumbs:


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You cant see that well in the photos but the cars fitted with K-Sport brakes front and rear (8 and 6 pot respectively), a stainless after market backbox (fantastic welding but no manufacturer tag?) and according to the supplying dealer a remapped ecu ... certainly goes alright!


Hope you like! :-D :-D


* edited to say added bonus was finding a receipt for over £1500 for the stereo in her :blalalala: :thumbs:

[Mark CSL]

So i take it you like the CSL then :whistle:

What did you drive befor this ?

[dave1]

an evo :thumbs:

[Mark CSL]

And what do you think ? the evo or the csl ?

[Andyk]

Very nice Rich...Enjoy.....What do you think of the K-SPORT brakes?

[dave1]

looks great mate :thumbs: how loud is the exhaust?

[SMD]

Looks great Rich!

Looks like a Gruppe M Exhaust tho?

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[RichW]

Before this i had an M3 for 6mths - never felt 100% happy with it though, i'm very excited about the CSL - chalk and cheese!

Previous cars were a 425bhp Evo 6 and 620bhp Evo 9 - the CSL is possibly as fast as the evo 6, hard to tell because of the smooth power delivery, though we know that these cars are'nt just about straight line speed.

I'm actually moderator on the MLR (http://www.lancerregister.com/index.php) so been around Evo's a long time, i like them alot but started to get bored and wanted something more challenging to drive. The shear grunt you can get out of corners with an Evo with its turbo'd AWD is amazing, you can literally power out drifting sideways and be in total control - with the CSL i think its more to do with getting the balance of the car right and learning the lines better. The better halfs already booked me a day with Don Palmer so i can learn to get the most out of the CSL


The K-Sports feel nice, though the pads (what ever they are) are too soft so i'll be upgrading to Pagid RS29's for next season.

The exhaust is loud outside but not so in the cabin, its "just right" and makes for a perfect balance with the induction roar. I'll have to borrow the noise meter from work and test it. Pics of said item to follow next time i get the car out, beats me what it is :hahaha: Thinking on, the salesman did say the backbox cost over £1k (which i took with a pinch of salt :rolleye: ) - have to say the welding is stunning and the blued quad tips finish it off nice, it could well be a Gruppe M?!

[dave1]

gruppe m is £1500 :drool: but all ti, but a lot of people have took them off again cause of the noise i have been looking into it,ca do a stainless back box with ti tips for around £1k if its a gruppe m it will have a tag on it somewhere.

i agree with your comments on evo,s totally i have had 6 and love them took me ages to find something else that i like as much

[glendog74]

Welcome RichW - lovely car mate :-D

[donkcsl]

hi rich looks well, looks very like a csl that i looked at last year, was the last owner from newtownards in northern ireland

[RichW]

It has spent some of its life in NI yes - who ever had it has spent some coin thats for sure.

Just found out the exhaust on it costs £2k :119:

[M3CSLIRL]

Hi Rich, Nice CSL Mate!!! Would you be the Same Richw I met at the Ring a year ago?? Black Evo9 Reg Something RAW?? I was Driving a White Evo 8 had a Problem with my wheel stud! :thumbs:

[RichW]

LOL - yes, thats me :D


Hows tricks? I see you made it home then :hahaha:


Let the Evo go - was getting too expensive so bought an M3 - too tame, then this - perfect!

[M3CSLIRL]

Hi Rich, Not to bad thanks see you got CSL Fever aswell!

Made it Home Safe Guy from BMW Training Sorted me out with Wheel studs and Fitted them for me to get me Home! So Since Sold the Evo And Got myself a 04 Black CSL :thumbs:

[RichW]

lol - theres quite a few ex-evo owners on here now, cant fault 'em :D


Glad to hear you got sorted alright, could have been nasty, and nice to hear youve also got a CSL too; i went to look at a black one but ended up with this silver one from the same dealership :smokin:

[glendog74]

lol - theres quite a few ex-evo owners on here now, cant fault 'em :D

Me too - i used to have a black Evo 6 TME. Awesome car, but the CSL is on a whole new level - with added refinement :-D

[RichW]

Yay!!! :beer:




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[M3CSLIRL]

Good to hear from you again Rich! Might Bump into you again at the Ring this Time in CSL's :thumbs:

[Jaw_F430]

lol - theres quite a few ex-evo owners on here now, cant fault 'em :D


Glad to hear you got sorted alright, could have been nasty, and nice to hear youve also got a CSL too; i went to look at a black one but ended up with this silver one from the same dealership :smokin:

Was that the black one at GC motors? What was the black one like condition wise?

[RichW]

The black one has now sold - i spoke to GC yesterday.


It had been badly sprayed both sides - very orange peely, apart from that looked to be a very nice car, shame as i would have bought it had it not being for that fact.

[Rags]

Sprayed to BMW standards then :thumbs: