The CSL has become a bit of a cult car, surprising considering it wasn't widely praised when it came out.
The E46 M3 is one of the best cars I've driven, I'd even say I preferred it to the 996 Turbo. It has a lovely rawness to it.
My mate Sam sold his M3 CSL (On an 04 plate), we were gutted he sold it as we used to borrow it to go to Isle Of Man for TT races, I am not a fan of BMW's (I dislike them a lot) but that is one car I would have, Carbon roof, bucket seats, SMG box and 5 settings for suspension and gearchanges etc, we used to call it the "Defcon" switch
, on max setting it sounded like a spitfire and went pretty quick (363bhp i think?), I was lucky enough to drive it round the TT course a few times, we even managed to see an indicated 150mph over the mountain one day (before you drop down towards the Creg), was being egged on by Sam
(Oh and before anyone not in the know says anything there is no speed limit when you see the black n white sign in IOM
), The police just wave at you as you go past
, if they stop you its because they want a ride in your car
Happy days, to be fair he replaced the CSL with a very expensive motorbike (His passion)