Harry Metcalfe's predictions 2010 v 2015
 

http://www.carsourcing.com/#!Harry-M...f2836c88039abb

Interesting little article showing Harry Metcalfe's (founder of Evo and apparently serial car purchaser) top five investment picks from 2010 and how they have done.

CSL is the last one and looks like it hasn't filled it's potential in comparison to the others.

its only really the F40 (which I think everyone knew was possibly going to rise ) & the GT3 that have made big jumps

I had the opportiunity of buying a 996 GT3 at the £35K mark, bought a 996 turbo instead as it was more suited to what I needed at the time ... I knew the GT3 was going to be the better buy as it would holds its value, never guessed it would rise as it has. Sold the turbo & bought the CSL .. so here'e hoping :hahaha:

At the moment the 996 Turbo seems to be gaining value quicker then the CSL :banghead: Before I finally pulled the trigger on my CECIL back in '09 I toyed with the idea of a late 2003 Turbo but couldn't decide if I wanted a Manual or a Tiptronic as both seem to have their pros and cons. I tried a bit of "Man Maths" to see if I could have both (that's CSL & 996T) but The Boss put me straight with one simple 2 letter word that started with an N and ended with an O :bigcry:
I still fancy a bit of Turbo Pork :smt055

Do no in a Womans terms mean YES :whistle:

I had to scratch the itch and bought an 04 996 Turbo recently. Great car. I think the CSL is due a lift in price soon as anything comparable seems to have left it behind.

Another '04 996 turbo owner here, had it for 4.5 years, currently running about 670hp. It is massively quick but can't match the throttle response and sound of the CSL. The BMW just feels so much focussed and the performance is more usable. Great to have the choice.

MC

as said, the Turbo is a great car ... but it misses that 'something' that the CSL or GT3 has. I never felt any kind of emotional atttachment to the Turbo.

I hate to say it but whilst I don't believe the CSL will de-value any time soon I think as the years go by the margins in milage will make a huge difference to value.

Cars with very small milage I think will soar in value whereas average milage cars wont.
Its nothing different to any other marque really.

Well thanks a lot! :bigcry:

Whilst I agree in the main, have you seen the prices commanded by high mileage (>100k miles) E30 M3s lately?