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      07-04-2014, 01:44 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by M3 n X5M View Post
A new stock F8X owner should do a sound comparison to a stock E9X.

The comparison would include same conditions, microphone, camera, driver and attempt to accelerate in a similar fashion. And it would be good to see these at idle, in cabin, launch, drive by.

And we could all then tell how the stock F8X compares.

From the testimonials of some new owners the F8X sounds exotic and even better than expected.

I own both a 2011 E90 M3 and a 2015 F80 M3. egad, the F80 M3 sounds like crap. It becomes less offensive once you are actually accelerating on the throttle and fairly guttural 4000rpm + but it's not a good sounding car. It sounds like a diesel at idle as well.

The E90 M3 is far and above the better sounding car. But, it's waaaaay slower. Like noticeably even in day to day driving.
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