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Currently been discussed on BM3W. Said he won't take less than £28k for it, which with those miles and its allegedly abused history, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Its been on the market for 4/5 months at least ...
Currently been discussed on BM3W. Said he won't take less than £28k for it, which with those miles and its allegedly abused history, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Its been on the market for 4/5 months at least ...
With respect guys who buys a CSL to polish on the drive each Sunday? If you do you are a little sad, I suggest a 316i in that case. These cars were built for one thing: THRASHING. I know who is buying the alleged Damon Hill car, and I know what will be done to it, Roll cage, brakes, etc etc, and when finished it will be used for major track days and thrashing. If any of you are at Spa on the 6/7 June you will see it as it passes you being THOROUGHLY THRASHED. I have sold 50 cars in 20 years and if anyone buying a second hand CSL, 911 GT3, 968 thinks it hasn't been thrashed then they are 95% certain to be dreaming.
51000 miles at full throttle but properly maintained and serviced with BMW Warranty is a mere drop in the ocean for a car of it's calibre. Also panel damage happens to loads of cars and my mint M5 has had a back wing after some over enthusiastic driving. Does this make it a bad car? I can also do a set of tyres in a day, again is it a bad car? I think not.
These cars were nearly £60,000 new, at three years old it's already down to 28,000 and dropping! They will soon be £20,000 Track Day animals and I may even be tempted to buy one myself. For what it is going to be used for this car is perfect.
Tell me you don't know someone with a one owner M3/M5 that has been mollycoddled from new, low miles always warmed up properly blah blah blah, and after all this the car has still been nothing but trouble? I know of, and read about, plenty on these and other forums!
Bit of a rant I'm afraid but where else will you get this kind of Track performance for £28,000? Judge a car once you've seen it as it is for sale. Do you know what spares package etc it comes with included in the price? Definately don't be put off by rumours and other peoples stories of what they MAY have done to a set of tyres in a day etc etc etc
2802th said:
Tell me you don't know someone with a one owner M3/M5 that has been mollycoddled from new, low miles always warmed up properly blah blah blah, and after all this the car has still been nothing but trouble? I know of, and read about, plenty on these and other forums!
Ahh me? 27K miles, warmed and thrashed realistically e.g. around 5% of the time, 2 track days last year and no trouble ('cept for some interior trim), for a counter point read about Raj's (c5l), reguarly thrashed and costing an arm and a leg to run.
2802th said:
Bit of a rant I'm afraid but where else will you get this kind of Track performance for £28,000? Judge a car once you've seen it as it is for sale. Do you know what spares package etc it comes with included in the price? Definately don't be put off by rumours and other peoples stories of what they MAY have done to a set of tyres in a day etc etc etc
Good to have opposing views although most CSL owners I know use their cars everyday, not many can afford a 28K track day only car (why would you bother with a CSL for track days only, plenty of better, faster, cheaper specials out there). So if you were buying a car, for yourself, with hard earned cash, would you want a cherished car or one with a chequered history??
Again, as you say, judge a car when you see it. Personally misaligned panel gaps, shagged gearboxes, drivetrain slack etc.. don't rock my boat and I bet my motor at 51K will be a much better buy.
Bottom line is that the miles and history don't realistically reflect the price, plenty of good mid 20K mileage examples now around high 20's.
not of the roll over you monkey!!
of us nailing the car when it was picked up from P1!!
the roll over is naturally a rumour....but the carbon roof is rumoured to have been intercepted in transport and then appeared in ebay...
you know how these things spread!
of us nailing the car when it was picked up from P1!!
the roll over is naturally a rumour....but the carbon roof is rumoured to have been intercepted in transport and then appeared in ebay...
you know how these things spread!
Edited by DasChin on Friday 9th February 19:58
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