Heavily Tempted by CSL !
Discussion
I had a CSL back in 2004 for around 4/5 months and loved every minute... 6 years on and thinking back to one of my best enjoyed cars and I keep coming back to a CSL as a great weekend car... So now fancy getting another (SG only though) before spring (thinking values may soften over Xmas and usual cold stretch)...
How do you find them now, what should I be looking out for in a 40k - 60k mileage car as a potential problem area?
Value wise seem to be 22k - 25k as of today, have they dropped or holding firm in price?
All thoughts appreciated as going to pitch it to wife and convince her its a sensible car for my weekend thrasher and Im sure a baby seat would be fine in the back! (do they have isofix?!? - I imagine not)...
Cheers....
How do you find them now, what should I be looking out for in a 40k - 60k mileage car as a potential problem area?
Value wise seem to be 22k - 25k as of today, have they dropped or holding firm in price?
All thoughts appreciated as going to pitch it to wife and convince her its a sensible car for my weekend thrasher and Im sure a baby seat would be fine in the back! (do they have isofix?!? - I imagine not)...
Cheers....
I bought mine back in June, currently 78k on the clock.
Been under BMW warranty all its life (still is), but in the last 6 months its had:
Front & rear shocks
Rear springs
Complete diff
propshaft
rear exhaust box
Get one thats stil under warranty!
Great cars though, mines a weekend toy as i have another E46 M3 for everyday use.
I would not fancy trying o get a baby seat in & out of the back though, the front seat tilt is very limited.
Prices seem to be pretty firm, & look set to stay that way.
Been under BMW warranty all its life (still is), but in the last 6 months its had:
Front & rear shocks
Rear springs
Complete diff
propshaft
rear exhaust box
Get one thats stil under warranty!
Great cars though, mines a weekend toy as i have another E46 M3 for everyday use.
I would not fancy trying o get a baby seat in & out of the back though, the front seat tilt is very limited.
Prices seem to be pretty firm, & look set to stay that way.
Re the baby seat aspect, I have had a rear facing baby seat in the back over the last couple of years. I used to hold my daughter to my chest and squeeze in and sit in the back seat, then put her in the baby seat. Then the same went for taking baby out, sit on back seat, take baby out and squeeze out the gap holding baby. If I needed the baby seat with me, I would place her on the front seat whilst I unclipped the baby seat and took it out.
I then had another baby in quick succession, so had one front facing and one rear facing which was more of a squeeze but again, still do-able. Place youngest baby in front rear facing seat, I squeezed in and sat in between the seats, then manouvered baby into the rear facing seat.
To take the baby seat in and out all the time with baby in it (for the seat we had, not sure if they differ in sizes) meant you had to tilt the seat out at an angle and to onlookers looked like the baby would fall out the seat (in-laws were not impressed).
It can be done, but I suppose it depends how much your wife loves the car
My daughter LOVES the CSL now and is always wanting to go out in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved6-_1flAk
ETA, it has Isofix
I then had another baby in quick succession, so had one front facing and one rear facing which was more of a squeeze but again, still do-able. Place youngest baby in front rear facing seat, I squeezed in and sat in between the seats, then manouvered baby into the rear facing seat.
To take the baby seat in and out all the time with baby in it (for the seat we had, not sure if they differ in sizes) meant you had to tilt the seat out at an angle and to onlookers looked like the baby would fall out the seat (in-laws were not impressed).
It can be done, but I suppose it depends how much your wife loves the car
My daughter LOVES the CSL now and is always wanting to go out in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved6-_1flAk
ETA, it has Isofix
Edited by cslgirl on Friday 19th November 08:09
cslgirl said:
Re the baby seat aspect, I have had a rear facing baby seat in the back over the last couple of years. I used to hold my daughter to my chest and squeeze in and sit in the back seat, then put her in the baby seat. Then the same went for taking baby out, sit on back seat, take baby out and squeeze out the gap holding baby. If I needed the baby seat with me, I would place her on the front seat whilst I unclipped the baby seat and took it out.
I then had another baby in quick succession, so had one front facing and one rear facing which was more of a squeeze but again, still do-able. Place youngest baby in front rear facing seat, I squeezed in and sat in between the seats, then manouvered baby into the rear facing seat.
To take the baby seat in and out all the time with baby in it (for the seat we had, not sure if they differ in sizes) meant you had to tilt the seat out at an angle and to onlookers looked like the baby would fall out the seat (in-laws were not impressed).
It can be done, but I suppose it depends how much your wife loves the car
My daughter LOVES the CSL now and is always wanting to go out in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved6-_1flAk
ETA, it has Isofix
Thats awesome!I then had another baby in quick succession, so had one front facing and one rear facing which was more of a squeeze but again, still do-able. Place youngest baby in front rear facing seat, I squeezed in and sat in between the seats, then manouvered baby into the rear facing seat.
To take the baby seat in and out all the time with baby in it (for the seat we had, not sure if they differ in sizes) meant you had to tilt the seat out at an angle and to onlookers looked like the baby would fall out the seat (in-laws were not impressed).
It can be done, but I suppose it depends how much your wife loves the car
My daughter LOVES the CSL now and is always wanting to go out in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved6-_1flAk
ETA, it has Isofix
Edited by cslgirl on Friday 19th November 08:09
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