[{"id": 17646794, "authorName": "Mxstyles", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mxstyles/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Besides waiting until 2029, how could one get a CSL in the US?", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1747180412, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17646860, "authorName": "KWF89", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kwf89/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "BaT\u2019s first E46 M3 CSL? Yessss", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1747180741, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17646906, "authorName": "PorchNineOneOne", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/porchnineoneone/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "57k miles? NICE! Great to see these get driven and not live in a clean room.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747181123, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17646973, "authorName": "otoupalik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/otoupalik/", "bidAmount": 3246, "content": "EUR \u20ac3,246 bid placed by otoupalik", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747181597, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17646963, "authorName": "SometimesJDM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sometimesjdm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mxstyles Possibly use the show & display amendment \"loophole\", but I believe you can only put so many miles on the car per year. Before the R34 Skylines became legal; that's exactly how most people got them over here.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747181634, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17646982, "authorName": "otoupalik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/otoupalik/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mxstyles when there is a will, there is a way", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747181656, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647092, "authorName": "Revmatch21", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revmatch21/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Who\u2019s bringing this to the US?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747182479, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647115, "authorName": "bmwm3tz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bmwm3tz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you for bringing the first CSL to BaT! What I would do to get my hands on those seats, airbox, roof, and a couple other OEM parts I don't have yet. In the meantime I'll be here drooling until we get a chance to do things legally in the US.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747182629, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647317, "authorName": "Dgroos2084", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dgroos2084/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very excited to see a CSL on BaT! I\u2019m surprised by the location of the ABS/stability pump under the hood. Thought these and all 2003 plus cars had it located somewhere else.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747184097, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647326, "authorName": "EMAXX", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emaxx/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "When I got the email notification, I thought it was a mistake or a CSL replica. I\u2019ve drooled over these since they first came out. Who\u2019s going to bring one of these to the US first?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1747184185, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647341, "authorName": "sharky51", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sharky51/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "EUR \u20ac5,000 bid placed by sharky51", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747184300, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17647358, "authorName": "johnwann", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnwann/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This one will be very interesting to watch. Very special car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747184441, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647376, "authorName": "otoupalik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/otoupalik/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dgroos2084 remember this is a right hand drive car. You are correct with left hand drive cars (M3 and CSL).", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1747184572, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647385, "authorName": "mad_max99", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mad_max99/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ohnwann, special car wrong audience. Would have done better on Collecting Cars. I predict a RNM.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747184647, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17647427, "authorName": "Jstyloglou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jstyloglou/", "bidAmount": 5400, "content": "EUR \u20ac5,400 bid placed by Jstyloglou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747184985, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17647646, "authorName": "JDNY516", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jdny516/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "man that Kenwood CD player ruins it! But for real, its always amazing to see one.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1747187152, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17648088, "authorName": "Secretariat19", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/secretariat19/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Whoa Nelly. Pass the popcorn.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1747192743, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17648173, "authorName": "italjob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/italjob/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "EUR \u20ac10,000 bid placed by italjob", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747194309, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17648179, "authorName": "Rix", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rix/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019m sure there will be a lot of attention on this auction, and rightly so, I\u2019ve been wondering when the first CSL would pop up on BAT for a long time. That being said I don\u2019t think the eye watering money will come out until we see an unmodified LHD version.", "likes": 12, "timestamp": 1747194387, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17648194, "authorName": "sharky51", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sharky51/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "EUR \u20ac15,000 bid placed by sharky51", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747194668, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17648287, "authorName": "msoto5", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/msoto5/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Everyone is watching this auction 448 Total were made in Black-Sapphire Metallic 140 were RHD\n\nRare car but would you bother doing the BIG 3?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747196873, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17648542, "authorName": "Marecki", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/marecki/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You can pull this off if you have an EU passport. I've been thinking of a master plan as we approach 25 years. I wouldn't want a RHD car on the correct side of the road, though.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747207453, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17648769, "authorName": "TBF3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tbf3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019ll never understand all of the comments favoring LHD\u2026. If you want to look like every other CSL clone in the US, then be my guest. If you drive this one in the US their is no question that it\u2019s something special.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1747222080, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17648862, "authorName": "LSLees", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lslees/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "big 3?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747224307, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17649395, "authorName": "otoupalik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/otoupalik/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TBF3 have you driven/owned a rhd car in a lhd country? It\u2019s such an incredible pain for simple things. It\u2019s one thing when it\u2019s the only option, like a gtr. But when you can hve a lhd, it makes the experience much better. \r\n\r\nTry going through a toll booth when it\u2019s on the wrong side! lol", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747230158, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17649403, "authorName": "specracer46", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/specracer46/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SometimesJDM \"Possibly use the show & display amendment \u201cloophole\u201d, but I believe you can only put so many miles on the car per year.\"\n\n2500 miles.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747230298, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17649479, "authorName": "otoupalik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/otoupalik/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My e46 m3 never sees 2500 miles a year anymore. If you have multiple cars, that mileage is not really a problem.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747230741, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17649661, "authorName": "TBF3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tbf3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@otoupalik - Yes, currently drive a RHD E36 Evo (have owned two RHD). I guess I rely upon my electronic tolling and am not bothered when I need to work around very infrequent times when I back through a garage entry/exit that requires a card swipe. At least people understand that my car is special when they see me on the \u201cwrong side\u201d.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747232444, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17649850, "authorName": "differential11", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/differential11/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a great candidate for a trip back across the Channel to see one of the pioneers of the CSL manual swap. While you\u2019re at it, you could delete the radio if you choose, maybe refresh a couple of things, and continue to have a very special car that you can enjoy in any country in which it is road legal. If your end goal is to bring it to the United States you can do that in a few years. Seller, other than the front bumper cover, is the paint all original?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747233911, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17650015, "authorName": "otoupalik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/otoupalik/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TBF3 I hear you - and nice car. I guess I am different that I de-badge all my cars and prefer that people not know they are special! lol \r\n\r\n@differential11 I was thinking the same thing. Changing to a manual is the way to go!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747235178, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17650138, "authorName": "fotontom", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fotontom/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The real deal. The sounds these make are unbelievable. Check it out. https://youtu.be/w7pTzyc9xFY?si=UnrgVnGjov-QPHUr", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1747235944, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17654501, "authorName": "tdem", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tdem/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "https://youtu.be/2g3SKsZHBnQ\n\nMore music!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747252133, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17658664, "authorName": "IvantS8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ivants8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pure driver\u2019s car\u2014CSL\u2019s lineage begins with the 1973 3.0 CSL homologation special and was reborn on the E46. What you\u2019ve got here is a true piece of BMW\u2019s racing heritage. seller, GLWA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1747261789, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17671717, "authorName": "Safari05", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/safari05/", "bidAmount": 15500, "content": "EUR \u20ac15,500 bid placed by Safari05", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1747377061, "type": "bat-bid"}]