1st Weekend in the CSL....

[funtime]

Well chaps, as most of you know I picked up my CSL on Friday. After a 5 hour train journey and 4 changes I arrived at Simpson Motorsport, my tyres had turned up late but just in time for Ant and Julian to get them fitted and pop them on the car.

Drove back setting off around 4pm so right through rush hour so I poodled along, and by the time I got home I had done 150 miles and was staggered to see this on the trip:



At first I thought something must be wrong as I'd never done that in my M3, but it had also only just used over quarter of a tank?!

Anyway, that's not what this car's about, but always nice to know it's good on a run! So I spent the saturday cleaning the beast and I have to say the bodywork is stunning. Apart from a tiny mark on the front bumper, there's literally not a scratch or chip or dent on the whole car

Anyway, done a few miles over the weekend down some of my favorite local roads and the drive grip and sheer noise of this beast is just increadable Obviously most of you already know this!

Fav response of the weekend though has to be from my girlfriend though after we went down a nice b-road on the way to the pub with the sport button on - "I don't know wether to laugh or cry, it's just terrifying"

BUT... only downer on the whole weekend which is a bit gutting is that the clutch is just starting to slip when it's warm I havent tried to reset it yet by pulling both paddles back (assuming you can do this in the CSL) and it's not actually slipping to the point where the rev's climb and the car doesn't gain speed, but it boggs down when shifting to the point where the rev's just hold for a second or so... and this is only with using mode 4 as that's what mode I used to drive my M3 all the time in.

So it's an absolute pain in the nuts now because I've got to get the car back to Simpson's and get a new clutch fitted before the ring and I've got no holiday left really as I'm starting a new job soon.

I really really hope this is not going to be a problem car, as I love it to bit's and just want to enjoy driving it now...

Anyway, still very very very happy with it