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Car Magazine (SA) BMW M235i Coupé Track Test
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Nice video. Can't believe he scratched the roof by putting the helmet on it.
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I'm wondering if that was only 1 lap. I think Eddie Vedder should have done it 3 times and I bet his time would have improved. Car looked solid.
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Seems like a good honest review. M2 going to rock
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Good driver-bad hair-irrelevant journalist-honest review. Thanks for posting the video.
Small BMWs (that rock) on that track and some of their best competition: 1M: 1:24,81 M235i: 1:26,93 M135i: 1:27,87 135i: 1:28,50 Audi TT RS: 1:24,80 Lotus Exige S: 1:25,20 BMW (2009) M3: 1:25,50 Mercedes A45 AMG: 1:25,67 Renault Megane RS Trophy: 1:27,45
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That's a mediocre time at Killarney. I really had high expectations for this car. Thought it would as fast, if not faster than the Audi TT RS.
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Deon needs to get a haircut... and the presenter wasn't even looking at the camera while speaking at the beginning but anyway...
No LSD on this test car compared to the M235i Chris Harris tested if I'm not mistaken
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Good video - thought the time would be a little quicker too - aka, 2 seconds slower than the 1M is further proof that some of BMW's original claims about this car were ///Marketing BS.
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And you base this claim on what?
Here is the Lotus Exige S and 1M times on another track in UK, Top Gear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ower_Lap_Times Shockingly Exige S is slower there too. Seemingly just a 0.1 sec but Lotus time is dry while 1M is faster on a damp track which Top Gear suggests to subtract 2 seconds further...means 2.1 seconds difference at the hand of Stig on a short track like Top Gear too. If you watch the video in this thread again and pay attention to track times of all cars, you will see a few Lotus times there, Evora, Elise and Exige versions. None are faster than the 1M. Again, what are you basing this claim on, can you share please?
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