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They make some similar numbers on paper to the more extreme sports cars out there, but they also are more practical. |
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04-24-2020, 04:19 PM | #179 | |
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The most-recent M3 I've driven was an E92. That was on the track at 6/10ths, so not really relevant, and I have no recollection of any mods the car may have had. 2) As I haven't driven one, I don't really know. For example, are the bushings stiffer? I've assumed that many or most of them must be, but I don't know. The issue for me is this: BMW tells us which are M-cars, and which are not. In my opinion, the 'M' in our cars is an M-for-Marketing 'M' (not that there's anything wrong with that), and the 'M' in an M2 is an M-for-BMW-Motorsport 'M'. My principal interest in BMWs is how they handle, and the differences that matter to me are: LSD, wheel and tire limitations, suspension compliance, bushing stiffness, overall rigidity, and alignment flexibility. I wanted something that I knew would be softer than an M2 but would still be a car I could mod into what would best meet my needs. For the street, I didn't want some of the rigidity or the bushing stiffness, and I was willing to give up the ability to easily fit wider wheels and tires than the M240i will accept. The rest I could alter to my satisfaction, yielding (for me) a better-than-M2 car at a lower price.
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04-24-2020, 04:32 PM | #180 |
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I had the opportunity to work on naming vehicles, price classes, option packages at another car company in my past career. This truly is marketing-driven with little substance...any of these cars could have been or now be called almost anything that didn't chase people out of the showroom. On this topic, I chuckle when I refer to my THP-equipped car as a M228i, as it's only missing two cylinders!
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04-24-2020, 04:37 PM | #181 |
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Yeah, in my mind I'm driving a 230i. I thought briefly of badging it as such but couldn't be bothered; plus, there'd still be, what, 16 'M's festooning various parts of the car.
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