Hi, new member

[73CSL]

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself :)

Ill get the controversial bit over with 1st.... I'm a huge Porsche fan :whistle: , had various aircooled over the years and just sold an immaculate 996 turbo that had been modded by dms . Currently have a 1973 Porsche 2.4s , which I've had for many years and is my pride and joy.

Also a BMW fan, my wife and myself both have bmw's as dailys .

Anyway, now the turbo has gone, I'm looking to fill the space in the garage with a CSL :beer: I've never driven one, but it ticks all my boxes for a weekend toy .... And the noise :smt055

Ill probably be asking questions you've heard many times before, so I apologise in advance :wink:

If anyone knows of any nice cars for sale please let me know. Ideally I'm after an sg one as I love the way the cf details stands out .

In case your interested, a couple of pics of my 911 that I'm hoping to park a CSL next to :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/hot66/porsche/3038627067_b09d9dc1f2_o.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/hot66/9A15732D-14F9-49EB-804F-814871BA6C0D-651-0000004DDB0D1404.jpg

[Mark CSL]

Welcome to the Site and the waiting list :whistle:
As the CSL secret looks like it is out as the number of people looking to get into a CSL is growing by the day i am sure you will lover the CSL :beer:

[Trawler]

Welcome, love pork myself (gt3) & would love a new coxster having spent some time in one.

As I can see it you are making one mistake, going after the slower colour.

Try & get one in time for the München trip.

[s1csl]

Welcome, you will be making a good choice SG, there is a waiting list now for the csl, 2 years ago with 50,000 mile csl would have been £23,000 to £26,000 but in todays market i would say £26,000 to £29,000 and they are still going up, as the uk market is the lowest price country in europe to buy a csl i can only see the uk ones going up to the same level as europe and the rest of the world , America are not able import the csl yet but when they can it is going to make these cars very expensive to buy and very rare , good luck in your search its only going to get harder as time goes on

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Welcome to the mad house, once you get your CSL you will love it and the nose and feel of the car :thumbs:

[Roland]

WELCOME Hot66 :thumbs:

[AlexGTT]

Welcome Hot66 and hope you find your CSL soon. More pics of early pork most welcome.:smokin:

Check out technical section for loads of good knowledge and tech stuff. Also a good buying guide somewhere. Anything you can't find just ask. If you see a car you like run it past Shimmy. He has a nice database of various cars history.

[shimmy]

welcome HOT66 :-D

[glendog74]

Welcome :-D

[LeinsCSL]

Welcome along, and best of luck in the search. That 911S looks awesome btw :thumbs:

Just curious, how come you're thinking of the CSL over a GT3?

[73CSL]

Hi, thanks for the welcome everyone :)

Csl rather than a GT3 .... I love gt3's having spent time on road and track in an immaculate club sport , but I've done the water cooled 911 thing and my heart lies with the aircooled cars. My turbo was an immaculate low mileage car but even then still cost me a bit over 12 months ownership and I'm not convinced the build quality is there with the 996/997 cars. To be honest, of all the 911's I've driven, the one that gives me the biggest grin is my 1973 car which is why I still have it after more than 10 years.

Over riding thing is, I have 2 kids so i need rear seats and I'm after a special car which will be used mainly on the road and for euro touring ... It's the csl that's pulling on my heart strings :)

[73CSL]

I've started the ball rolling and contact a couple of dealers. Just need to get my head around what I should be paying for a nice car with good maintainence history. Does seem to be a large spread on prices.

[cslgirl]

Welcome Hot66 :beer:

[LeinsCSL]

Hi, thanks for the welcome everyone :)

Csl rather than a GT3 .... I love gt3's having spent time on road and track in an immaculate club sport , but I've done the water cooled 911 thing and my heart lies with the aircooled cars. My turbo was an immaculate low mileage car but even then still cost me a bit over 12 months ownership and I'm not convinced the build quality is there with the 996/997 cars. To be honest, of all the 911's I've driven, the one that gives me the biggest grin is my 1973 car which is why I still have it after more than 10 years.

Over riding thing is, I have 2 kids so i need rear seats and I'm after a special car which will be used mainly on the road and for euro touring ... It's the csl that's pulling on my heart strings :)

Interesting, thanks! I only ask as the natural route seems to be CSL -> GT3. I've spent a little bit of time with the later air-cooled stuff though and really liked them, and a 964RS is probably the thing I'd love to eventually replace the CSL with

Anyway, get the right CSL, even if it costs a few extra quid over the cheaper ones out there, and you won't regret it. Whilst many who don't really know them can be critical of certain areas on paper, spend some time with them and they really get under your skin. There are few, if any, cars at the current price-point that excite as much IMO. Just from going to the garage to look at it, or when you fire it up, it does it for me anyway. And then there's the noise... :smokin:

[73CSL]

Actively looking at the moment for the right car.

Definately decided I want an SG one which is on or eligible for BMW waranty , also ideally would like Xenons. Prefer 40K mile area, but to be honest, im flexible on mileage , spec etc for a car in the right condition I have a couple on the radar, but if anyone knows of any coming up for sale please let me know :)

[s.mac]

Best of luck with search, welcome :beer:

[martin770]

Good luck with the search and Welcome !