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[sykotoyRS4]

Hi,

a few months ago my RS4 was set on fire by Audi in their showroom, it was chipped tuned, hand r lowered, and full miltek, damn. insurance paid out the finance (165k) but have no car now, for example new B7rs4 175k drive way, not sure the exchance in UK, new e92 BMw coupe 170k here , new M3 covertable 200k.

Anyway, divorce looming, financial settlement etc, so on a budget, had an e46M3 before and loved it, Australia brought in 26 CSL's of which 19 left i think, here's one i found i might buy. 6 years ago this car had 26klms on it and the guy wanted $126,000

now ....2004 with 38,000KLMs or 23,000 miles..not bad?????? on it ...he wants $78,000k, 2 others for sale in OZ, with simillar KLMS want in the 90k's. i know much more expensive than u pommy guys, our car tax is fked, what do u think of her. posting pics hope they work. collectors item? if i keep miles low and in good nick should at least hold value? Chris harris said on video to "hoard e46m3, especially competition packs and CSLs"I think for the money, i could get an RS4 with 100klms on it, needing work, an 08 e92 coupe with 80,000klms, a 2006 sl55, but i do love this baby.
Is there anything i should be looking for, dangers, upgrades, smgII or brakes, anything to be concerned about? oh yes, by the way, when these cars arrived in australia the sticker price was $235,000 plus on road costs

Rich

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[sykotoyRS4]

Hi,

a few months ago my RS4 was set on fire by Audi in their showroom, it was chipped tuned, hand r lowered, and full miltek, damn. insurance paid out the finance (165k) but have no car now, for example new B7rs4 175k drive way, not sure the exchance in UK, new e92 BMw coupe 170k here , new M3 covertable 200k.

Anyway, divorce looming, financial settlement etc, so on a budget, had an e46M3 before and loved it, Australia brought in 26 CSL's of which 19 left i think, here's one i found i might buy. 6 years ago this car had 26klms on it and the guy wanted $126,000

now ....2004 with 38,000KLMs on it ...he wants $78,000k, 2 others for sale in OZ, with simillar KLMS want in the 90k's. i know much more expensive than u pommy guys, our car tax is fked, what do u think of her. posting pics hope they work. collectors item? if i keep miles low and in good nick should at least hold value? Chris harris said on video to "hoard e46m3, especially competition packs and CSLs"I think for the money, i could get an RS4 with 100klms on it, needing work, an 08 e92 coupe with 80,000klms, a 2006 sl55, but i do love this baby.
Is there anything i should be looking for, dangers, upgrades, smgII or brakes, anything to be concerned about? oh yes, by the way, when these cars arrived in australia the sticker price was $235,000 plus on road costs

Rich

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[shim]

Looks like a beauty.

Same issues as E46M3 mainly. Watch for the subframe cracks, head gasket (but 60-80k miles), clutch slur, broken rear springs, alternator failure 40-60k miles, Vanos will go at some point.

Faults for CSL only include stuck/broken actuator for air flap (won't open) , check roof CF for any bad chips or damage, get software updates checked (slows down gear change a but), make sure oink changes are spot on or more than required. ESP 1200miles first change. Seats brackets can break occasionally,

[Mermaid]

sykotoyRS4 said:

Hi,



now ....2004 with 38,000KLMs or 23,000 miles..not bad?????? on it ...he wants $78,000k, 2 others for sale in OZ, with simillar KLMS want in the 90k's. i know much more expensive than u pommy guys, our car tax is fked,

The AUD was circa 3 to the £ around the turn of the century, now it is half.

At 3, the sterling price is £26k. . Bargain if it was in the UK.

[robm3]

A lot of the Aussie cars are UK imports anyhow. The Aussie ones don't have the plaque.
The cf roof can go opaque in the sun too so watch that.
Great price for those cars over, we haven't cottoned on to their real value yet.

[Leins]

robm3 said:

A lot of the Aussie cars are UK imports anyhow. The Aussie ones don't have the plaque.
The cf roof can go opaque in the sun too so watch that.
Great price for those cars over, we haven't cottoned on to their real value yet.

A lot of ex-UK cars don't have the plaque either

[robm3]

Leins said:

robm3 said:

A lot of the Aussie cars are UK imports anyhow. The Aussie ones don't have the plaque.
The cf roof can go opaque in the sun too so watch that.
Great price for those cars over, we haven't cottoned on to their real value yet.

A lot of ex-UK cars don't have the plaque either

Sure, but three I contacted over the last 6 months were 2 from UK and 1 from NZ. For some reason we consider these cars to be less attractive than 'offical imports' even though all are actually 'imports'.

I think the plaque can be obtained from Synter BMW Nottingham anyhow (or used to be).

[Leins]

robm3 said:

Sure, but three I contacted over the last 6 months were 2 from UK and 1 from NZ. For some reason we consider these cars to be less attractive than 'offical imports' even though all are actually 'imports'.

I think the plaque can be obtained from Synter BMW Nottingham anyhow (or used to be).

There was only one CSL officially sold here in the RoI, so all the others came from the UK and it therefore makes no difference. Saying that, they don't change hands all that much here anyway

The plaque is only available if your UK car didn't already have one issued to it AFAIK, so if that's the case and you provide a CSL chassis number any UK BMW dealer should be able to source one

[NBTBRV8]

robm3 said:

Sure, but three I contacted over the last 6 months were 2 from UK and 1 from NZ. For some reason we consider these cars to be less attractive than 'offical imports' even though all are actually 'imports'.

I think the plaque can be obtained from Synter BMW Nottingham anyhow (or used to be).

5 out of the known 33 cars are imports. The Australian delivered cars and CSLs in general don't come up for sale here regularly.

[SimonOcean]

That looks like a beautiful car Rich.

Clearly cars are super expensive, but what are petrol / gas and other running prices like in Oz?