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Like the CSL not fussed about the crazy Lotus.

Mate of mine specialises in CSL's and he has taken me out many time on the track at Abingdon for some drifting sessions. Man that's a **** of a car if drifting is your bag. 100yd power slides around bottom hairpin is fun fun fun!
 

Andyk

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Like the CSL not fussed about the crazy Lotus.

Mate of mine specialises in CSL's and he has taken me out many time on the track at Abingdon for some drifting sessions. Man that's a **** of a car if drifting is your bag. 100yd power slides around bottom hairpin is fun fun fun!

Would that be Nick by any chance......I had a CSL and before I bought one always used to look at his web site......Best car I've owned Contigo
 

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Yep Nick Johnson.

He's a top man and I've bought and sold car's to him (check the 78 Bay Window Campervan!!). He specialises in CSL's and RS4's.

If you want to meet him or want to meet up for a track day then head up to Abingdon as we are often up there ragging them around the track!
 

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Yep Nick Johnson.

He's a top man and I've bought and sold car's to him (check the 78 Bay Window Campervan!!). He specialises in CSL's and RS4's.

If you want to meet him or want to meet up for a track day then head up to Abingdon as we are often up there ragging them around the track!

I'll remember that Contigo.......I am a moderator on the CSL Forum (although don't go on there anymore) and Nick posted on there a few times. One ot two of the members gave him a bit od a hard time and I remember thinking what a bunch of tw@ts as everytime I have spoken to him he was a gent and has some great cars.

I was trying to buy an E39 M5 off him last year before I bought the one I have now but needed to get rid of the T350 first and by the time I had it had gone.....Another car he had last year which I wanted to look at was a CAT Integrale which was a good price but sold straight away.......He sells some very nice kit....
 

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Yes he really goes over the cars well, I've been with him on inspections and boy does he know the cars well. He can haggle well and is generally a decent honest bloke. Punters on the RS4 forums give him a hard time but that's what they do, people want the earth with their purchase and with a car that is nearly 10 years old it's hard to get them perfect, I bought my first RS4 from him about 5 years ago and it had a boost leak, so I took it to a specialist in Banbury and he paid for it to be put right no problems. As I say we call each other quite alot an meetup at Abingdon for some fun days out and he's always very good at advisisng regarding track driving. He's also a very competent driver, if you ever get the chance to go out in one of his CSL's then snap it up as it's a real experience, he can drift properly and knows how to drive the CSL like a go kart around even the Nordschleife.
 

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Alot of people get slated but I'd imagine it's the usual dealer thing, promises something and then doesn't deliver, but in my experience of him this is not the case. Of couse I've had to call him a few times for gentle reimders but things do get done. Alot of the time it's miscommunication and then they start to get really miffed off and then post on a public forum. Totally backstabing in my opinion and much easier to resolve face to face or over the phone.
 

Andyk

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Adam it was a few people who had dealt with Nick but mainly they said the cars weren't up to scratch when they went to look at them...not preped....It was very few and I take as I find and have found Nick very good.
 

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Well in Evo in the showroom section, they tested a CSL he had for sale and they didn't complain about anything, they said the car was well prepped and in very nice condition.
 

Andyk

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One or two Adam...most people are well please with Nick...you always get one or two with any business who maybe expected too much.