Hey guys,
Went to see the car last night with a good friend and met the owner. Very nice guy and gave us the full story on the car – everything seems legit, but I agree, R600K is too much, even it’s #1 out of 65.
The car is very clean, not perfect, but it’s a 2003 model with 8x,xxx km’s so its understandably within spec. Brand new tyres, and brakes all round and Tune Tech worked on it last. Alcantara seats and steering wheel are in good shape and the owner drives with gloves to keep it as clean as possible. Overall, the body work is good and he did say there was work done to the front and side fender by BMW. Also, no tracks days.
The owner races BMW’s, he had a heavily modded E46 M3 & 325is in the corner, so he knows how to drive. Saying that, he took up for a spin. What impressed me was that he patiently waited for the oil temp to reach operating temp before he showed us what he and the car were born to do. Most people don’t understand (or care!) how critical operating oil temp is, especially in an M car...
I have never been that fast in a car. I’m not talking top speed, but referring to corners and handling. I still cannot get over how this car handles!!! It almost bends the laws of physics around itself and makes the rules as it goes along. It’s impossible to explain the experience, but I feel that I was part of a miracle. Accompanied by the out-of-body experience was the noise. It sounded like the engine was possessed by an army of raging bulls... Snorting, growling, blipping every aspect of a comma endued nightmare...
Reading news articles and how they always refer to this being the best ‘modern’ day M3, I couldn’t agree more. There is nothing like it. Watch the youtube video when it runs a Nurburgring lap... It’s like that, but with the volume at 11/10.
If given a choice, I would take an M3 CSL over any other car in the world, period.
It is that good...
