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06-07-2010, 05:39 PM | #45 |
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06-07-2010, 05:46 PM | #46 |
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e21 323i prolly didnt need the 2 singles but it looked good and set it apart from all the other e21's.
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06-07-2010, 05:52 PM | #47 |
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I have a better idea. Why don't they just rearrange the 135i parts and make it a 2 seat mid-engine M1. Can you imagine?
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06-07-2010, 06:11 PM | #48 |
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Yep, can imagine it will have the same problem that the Cayman has and to some extent the 430 Scud and the 458---they are not allowed to encrotch on big brother's territory until a replacement for it is on the market.
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Yes, I know they are the same ones as the Comp and the GTS, but why test the car with 19" wheels if they will only offer it in 18" wheels as SCOTT26 mentioned!! Maybe they will offer it in 19" as an option after all?
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06-07-2010, 09:22 PM | #51 |
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It looks like the rear sits a bit lower than the front, comparing the stock 135i's front to rear.
This model seems to have a modest drop in front, but a much bigger drop in the rear. Anyone else see this? Also, with the N55 engine being a bit lighter up front than the N54, and with an LSD and dual exhaust rear, the weight distribution should be much closer to 50/50. Along with that, and if there is also a bigger drop in the rear suspension, rear traction should be better too. |
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Quads=working ballast & more balance & faster? Perhaps I should change my attitude. |
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06-07-2010, 10:58 PM | #53 |
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Its definitely a Looker. I want so I don't have to spend the same amount of money modding a 135i to a comparable state.
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06-08-2010, 08:19 AM | #54 |
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Quads are for posers, period.
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So corvettes, gt-rs, ferraris, and all M cars of the last 10 years are posers?
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I like the way the squiggly wallpaper covers up the sowbelly...
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Give me one performance reason for quads on a straight 6? Besides making the posers happy. Same with the "bulge". WTF? Make decisions based on performance not ///Marketing. They keep throwing in the E30 sentiment quotes. If they truly want to harken back to those emotions, they need to shelve all the bling. 19's? Quads? Bulge? CF interior bits? T |
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Marketing is very much as important as Performance. What do you think actually moves these cars? Being super reliable? Cheap to run? Excellent MPG? Or is it the supple and ultra luxurious interiors? It is all about looks and performance. A modern M car has to look like an M car, period. Are you forgetting that people will be ponying up to pay for a car more than $20,000 more than a 128i. Paying big money for tiny car has always been a hard sell for the American market.
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I don't want the extra weight of quads, but I like the look.
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You're right with performance, performance, performance. But until somebody can point me how much its going to suffer and in comparison to another car it dosen't bother me. I had to change my underwear after reading the First drive of that 3600lb M3 with competition package. BMW can do amazing things with cars. It dosen't matter the weight. Read here: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...fications.html In fact I'd say they are better with heavier cars than lighter ones. The Z4M was one of the lightest M's in a while and it still got its butt handed to it on many levels. E30 aside its almost as if 33XX-35XX is the hotspot for this companies mass produced stuff. Now I fully expect the M5 to be a major asterisk in my theory. Unfortunately, today, you buy a BMW sports car for looks. You buy a coupe/sedan to get your socks rocked.
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so um. what's it going to be called is the next big question...
interested to see how these new generation of M's would really be like with the turbo's. I have ridden in a x6m, and while the motor is unbelievably strong, the motor was quiet, not high-sprung at all, and just like a buffer version of the n54/n55. Hopefully they will make the lighter, sportier M's more sporty in general. |
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