duane_sword
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BMW CSL is the cover issue in Classic Car magazine for the May 2012 issue.
BMW CSL at 40, cover issue
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bobabob
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Well done, Duane!!
Nice to have a dedicated CSL anniversary section, including a very late Taiga Bat and a RHD Chamonix CSL. Great that this magazine jumped on the idea of a CSL 40th anniversary. As discussed earlier here on this forum, August 1972 was the official launch of the CSL. Of course, the carb came out earlier on the market, but I think most people will consider 2012 as the year for the 40th anniversary of the CSL.
Interesting to see if BMW will celebrate this milestone.
Cheers
Henric
Interesting to see if BMW will celebrate this milestone.
Cheers
Henric
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Well I bought the magazine and read the article and I must admit that the article leaves me disappointed. The writer Mike Goodbun in my mind fails to describe a truly fantastic car focussing instead on 'strange' nitpicks (see below) which means that the article is somewhat missing in content and ultimately unsatisfying.
On the front spread showing an excellent picture of a Taiga Bat and a Chamonix RHD CSL he makes the comment: "CSL prices have virtually doubled over the last five years. But it takes a particular type to love one"
Now am I being a hysterical old woman or is this not a very strange way to open a commemorative piece on a fantastic piece of machinery: "It takes a particular type to love one" ? What is that supposed to mean?
Am I a 'particular type' because I love a well engineered car that performs and drives better than many 40 year younger cars?
Because I appreciate a machine that I can pull out of the garage and drive straight to the south of Europe without fear of the car overheating, the brakes failing, the engine or the gearbox losing its oils ....?
Because I love sound of one of the best engines ever made, its silky smooth and consistent delivery all the way to the red line - an engine which delivers urgency and pull while remaining turbine smooth.
Because I love the way the car handles excellently on my favourite twisty 'special stages' ?
Later in the piece he makes a - for me - startling statement saying that the brakes on RHD CSLs are 'shocking' (i.e. very poor)!!! Perhaps one of our UK CSL owners can comment. The brakes on my car are excellent, it's really the best way to describe them so if the brakes on a RHD CSL are 'shocking' that is very surprising to say the least.
Goodbun continues to make statements that I just cannot recognise ... he claims the car 'is not a point-and-squirt machine like a Lotus Cortina or the M3. It rolls and understeers to much for that'.... What? comments like these makes me wonder if he has actually driven a car. Sure the E9 rolls, but that doesn't mean it isn't surefooted and perfectly linear in its delivery and its cornering abilities on the limit.
That the car understeers is news to me! Contrary to what Mr. Goodbun writes I find it easy to drive the car with oversteer and I don't find that the CSL has a tendency to understeer.
He goes on and on in a strange negative tone and in my mind complete fails to describe what a fantastic driving machine the CSL was - and is - even compared to today's cars.
What a wasted opportunity for classic cars to publish an insightful and relevant article paying tribute to one of the best driving machines ever made!
Rant over! ;-)
On the front spread showing an excellent picture of a Taiga Bat and a Chamonix RHD CSL he makes the comment: "CSL prices have virtually doubled over the last five years. But it takes a particular type to love one"
Now am I being a hysterical old woman or is this not a very strange way to open a commemorative piece on a fantastic piece of machinery: "It takes a particular type to love one" ? What is that supposed to mean?
Am I a 'particular type' because I love a well engineered car that performs and drives better than many 40 year younger cars?
Because I appreciate a machine that I can pull out of the garage and drive straight to the south of Europe without fear of the car overheating, the brakes failing, the engine or the gearbox losing its oils ....?
Because I love sound of one of the best engines ever made, its silky smooth and consistent delivery all the way to the red line - an engine which delivers urgency and pull while remaining turbine smooth.
Because I love the way the car handles excellently on my favourite twisty 'special stages' ?
Later in the piece he makes a - for me - startling statement saying that the brakes on RHD CSLs are 'shocking' (i.e. very poor)!!! Perhaps one of our UK CSL owners can comment. The brakes on my car are excellent, it's really the best way to describe them so if the brakes on a RHD CSL are 'shocking' that is very surprising to say the least.
Goodbun continues to make statements that I just cannot recognise ... he claims the car 'is not a point-and-squirt machine like a Lotus Cortina or the M3. It rolls and understeers to much for that'.... What? comments like these makes me wonder if he has actually driven a car. Sure the E9 rolls, but that doesn't mean it isn't surefooted and perfectly linear in its delivery and its cornering abilities on the limit.
That the car understeers is news to me! Contrary to what Mr. Goodbun writes I find it easy to drive the car with oversteer and I don't find that the CSL has a tendency to understeer.
He goes on and on in a strange negative tone and in my mind complete fails to describe what a fantastic driving machine the CSL was - and is - even compared to today's cars.
What a wasted opportunity for classic cars to publish an insightful and relevant article paying tribute to one of the best driving machines ever made!
Rant over! ;-)