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Any M3 CSL's in NZ

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I just spent the weekend at the Nurburgring with a few friends and one of them took me out in the M3 CSL he bought about 2 weeks ago. It was so good I'm seriously tempted to sell all my cars and buy one, but as my wife snd I are planning to move to NZ later this year there are concerns over the inport taxes.

Are there any CSLs in NZ and if so do they ever come up for sale (and what are they worth)? If not would it be a really bad idea to bring one in or would dealers or specialists be willing to work with me on getting parts from Europe if I needed any? It would be a pain if it was off the road waiting for bits, but I would have something else as well so it wouldn't be my only car. If I imported one and wanted to sell it would there be buyers or would people be scared to take something on so rare?

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One on trademe.co.nz for around 110k if I remember correctly - they come up for sale pretty often. There were a few imported and a couple of private imports.

Dealers would support it.

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Yeah plenty of buyers, and we also have our fair share of CSL's as well. usually 1 or 2 for sale so far as i know....

Not sure of current price, maybe around $100-130k? only a guess

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Excellent, thanks folks. That gives me something to work with, especially that some were officially imported.

They go for £32,000 to £38,000 or so in the UK currently so probably not too far different by the time I factor in import taxes. It may be a driver to just sell all the cars before we leave and not have the hassle of importing.

Is Trademe a better place to look than Autotrader? Anywhere else to keep an eye on for cars for sale?

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Is Trademe a better place to look than Autotrader? Anywhere else to keep an eye on for cars for sale?

TradeMe is mostly private sales, whereas Autotrader is mostly dealers, so I would keep an eye in both.

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Contact the NZ BMW agents, Auckland is Team Macmillan BMW, and Jerry Clayton BMW.

They tend to keep pretty good track of CSL's and other reasonably sought after cars.... Same with most places, you may have to really squeeze it out of them, as sometimes they cant be bothered with the hassle

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I just spent the weekend at the Nurburgring with a few friends and one of them took me out in the M3 CSL he bought about 2 weeks ago. It was so good I'm seriously tempted to sell all my cars and buy one, but as my wife snd I are planning to move to NZ later this year there are concerns over the inport taxes.

Are there any CSLs in NZ and if so do they ever come up for sale (and what are they worth)? If not would it be a really bad idea to bring one in or would dealers or specialists be willing to work with me on getting parts from Europe if I needed any? It would be a pain if it was off the road waiting for bits, but I would have something else as well so it wouldn't be my only car. If I imported one and wanted to sell it would there be buyers or would people be scared to take something on so rare?

Hi Fen,

Still looking for a CSL i am thinking of selling. Your post looks pretty old. Anyway low KMs, nz new best of the 8 (3 written off or crashed) orginals left as i have had it stored, only used when i am back in NZ.

Email me if you are interested.

Q

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I'm very interested.

Once I finish my degree in 4 years :D

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Saw one in Hamilton a fortnight ago. I almost crashed - they shouldn't be allowed they are distracting to other drivers :P

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Saw my first 2 weeks ago driving the other way down Waimari Rd. God they have a stance like no other. The guy didn't even wave back at me though :( (was in my Tech1)

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Yeah but I mean if you were driving it would you be looking at the other people waving? I'd be looking to the nearest twisties :P

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delivered a pizza a while back to a guy with one. he showed me around it, then gave me $5 tip. best delivery ever.

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interesting... it's a red m3 looking thing with a carbon roof, i'll get a pix next time i see it

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I saw a silver CSL parked a few doors down from me last night. Caught the ducktail spoiler out of the corner of my eye and spun my head round to have a perve, almost drove into a parked car!

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